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ronc
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 Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject: Problems with ATI IXP SB400 Sound Card |
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I've got a box with an ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller. I went through the Gentoo ALSA Guide, and everything worked (through alsaconf) except that I could never load alsamixer (or any other mixer for that matter). There is something going wrong with a module. I have snd-atiixp in my modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file, and I've modprobe snd-atiixp manually (no error message). However, when I /etc/init.d/alsasound restart, I get the following:
| Code: | # /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
* WARNING: you are stopping a boot service.
* Storing ALSA Mixer Levels ...
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1163: No soundcards found... [ !! ]
* Unloading ALSA ... [ ok ]
* Unloading ALSA modules ... [ ok ]
* Loading ALSA modules ...
* Loading: snd-card-0 ...
FATAL: Module snd_*** not found. [ !! ]
* Loading: snd-pcm-oss ... [ ok ]
* Loading: snd-seq ... [ ok ]
* ERROR: Failed to load necessary drivers [ ok ]
* Restoring Mixer Levels ... [ ok ]
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I got the ID of the sound card for lspci. Could it be that lspci is mislead and I've got some other sound card? Alsaconf identified the sound card. I would have thought that everything was alright. Moreover, why would there be a "Module snd_***" line in the message if the snd-atiipx card is correct? |
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kabage
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:15 am Post subject: Dont forget make.conf |
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Do you have something like this in your make.conf file?
| Code: | | ALSA_CARDS="atiixp atiixp-modem" |
I dont have atiixp module in auto load, I've always assumed it loads the module associated with make.conf
, in other words the alsa start up script may have troubles loading a module that is already loaded, maybe?
I noticed you transposed the spelling of the driver in the post, so maybe its just a simple
spelling error.
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ronc
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:38 am Post subject: Still not working |
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Sorry about the typo.
You suggested that I modify the USE term in the make.conf file. When I posted the message, I did not use the alsa-driver method. Rather, I used the kernel method. However, after your suggestion, I worked backwards on the ALSA guide and took the alsa-driver route. Exact same results.
Another odd symptom is that snd-*** driver issue came up when I (re)ran alsaconf. alsaconf didn't give me any error messages, but it didn't specify snd-atiixp (rather, it only mentioned snd-***). Is it possible that alsaconf messed up? |
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kabage
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:54 am Post subject: NOT a USE term |
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One line all by itself in make.conf, notice the names of my alsa cards are your cards with the "snd-***"
because the startup script appends "snd-" to the name of the ALSA_CARDS="card/s names" variable
I am guessing the init script needs this no matter how Alsa is installed.
I have your exact card, (of course that doesnt guarentee it will work but probably should)
| Code: | kabage2 blender # lspci -vv | grep audio
0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
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of course atiixp-modem is not needed , unless you use slmodemd . I've tried both slmodemd, and hsfmodem
to get modem working but no luck. (modem is part of the same chip)
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ronc
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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I had put that line into my make.conf file. In fact, I swiped the example that you provided in this thread. Still same results. alsaconf didn't identify the driver (*** intead of atiixp). I left the modem in there because you had it (although I haven't tried the modem).
I'm at a loss to figure this one out. Other linux distributiosn (Knotix and Mandriva) found the card without problems, so I know Linux can do it.
Just for sake of completeness, here is the relevant entry from lspci:
| Code: | | 00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01) |
... and here is the contents of make.conf
| Code: | # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
USE="gtk gnome qt kde dvd alsa cdr usb python perl pcmcia vorbis oggvorbis java mozilla hal dvdr firefox howl flac win32codecs xine"
ALSA_CARDS="atiixp atiixp-modem"
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kabage
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| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:44 pm Post subject: There still a couple of things to try |
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1. If you are still using the external driver, reemerge alsa-driver,
also check modprobe
2. Does your /etc/modules.conf have some lines made by alsa
like so.
| Code: | # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.9a ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-atiixp
alias sound-slot-0 snd-atiixp
alias snd-card-1 snd-atiixp-modem
alias sound-slot-0 snd-atiixp-modem
#alias sound-service-0-1 snd-mixer.oss
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
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Just think if nothing else you're learning something about the "Alsa Modem", If you ever get it working let me know, I mess with it once in awhile.
Oh and I am using some alsa-1.0.10 prerelease from the alsa http://www.alsa-project.org/ web site
Which is now behind the current stable version. Probably irrelevant but something to chew on.
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ronc
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Well, mine didn't look quite like yours, but it is easy to see where the snd-*** came from.
| Code: | # OSS/Free portion - card #1
## OSS/Free portion - card #2
## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
# Set this to the correct number of cards.
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.10rc3 ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-*** err [lib/liblow.c(329)]:
alias sound-slot-0 snd-*** err [lib/liblow.c(329)]:
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/alsa
### modules-update: start processing /etc/modules.d/i386
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias char-major-10-144 nvram
alias binfmt-0064 binfmt_aout
alias char-major-10-135 rtc
### modules-update: end processing /etc/modules.d/i386
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I re-emerged alsa-driver and modified /etc/modules.d to include the alias' that you had and comment out the snd-*** lines. Then I modprobe snd-atiixp -- which worked without comment. The relevant part of lsmod is:
| Code: | Module Size Used by
snd_pcm_oss 37952 0
snd_mixer_oss 13056 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss 24640 0
snd_seq_midi_event 3488 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 35184 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 5100 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_atiixp 12460 0
snd_ac97_codec 63744 1 snd_atiixp
snd_ac97_bus 1216 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 53188 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 16228 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 34020 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 6600 2 snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
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... then I /etc/init.d/alsasound restart and got the same error as before (i.e., snd-*** err).
Man, I am stumped. I've had trouble with alsa on other Gentoo installations, but not this much trouble. At least the other ones worked eventually. |
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