nForce4 Sound [Solved]

el_timbo · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:17 am Post subject: nForce4 Sound [Solved]

Hi All!

This is my first post here, so just want to start by greeting you all!

I have recently installed Gentoo 2.6.15-r5 2006.0 on my computer which is:

Athlon 64 3200+ on an ABIT AN8-Ultra Mobo

Having spent a while getting the wireless networking going (cursed RT2500 chipset!!) I am now trying to get my sound functional

I have tried 3 methods:

1. Alsa by modules in the kernel - got everything apparently functioning (ie. alsaconf, alsamixer, the list of cards...), but no sound in KDE and throws up an error saying only autodetect is available, and then restarting the audio system just loops until you cancel it

2. Alsa by alsa-drver - pretty much the same results as above

3. nForce audio driver 1.0-0310 - mixer in KDE switches to nvmixer, still no sound, same autodetect error message in sound system config, and same looping audio system restart. The only plus in this one is that

kerick · n00b Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 59

I have a multiple nforce boards running *nix with sound.
Despite that I dropped nVidia's own sound modules due to incompatibility with 2.6.16, I remember that when I ran them I couldn't use alsa.
They are OSS drivers, so you have to make sure to have the oss options compiled into the kernel alsa enviroment. Mind you, don't compile in OSS Support, compile in Alsa support with OSS options enabled.
I don't remember whether arts is alsa only, but it should support both.
Make sure you set your use flags to oss and -alsa, load the nvsound module, and unmute in nvmixer.
after changing your use flags, it might be a good idea to recompile kde and arts.

Another suggestion would be to try out the alsa driver, AC97 or something, and just unmerge the nforce audio driver.
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01mf02 · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject:

I have a nForce4 chipset here, and sound works completely nice. I have my ALSA in the kernel, and I use this /etc/asound.conf:

el_timbo · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:24 am Post subject:

OK - I've managed to get sound through XMMS (using OSS as my source) and not using nvsound at all

But I still can't get KDE's sound system working

Do I need arts to have sound (ie. normal sounds for windows up/dow, system sounds) in kde?

and CDPlayer complains that I don't have a gstreamer plugin for my soundcard...
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kerick · n00b Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 59

I don't use KDE anymore, but yes, you may want to recompile with arts support. Since arts is the kde sound daemon I would not be surprised if it piped all its sounds to arts regardless. Be sure to check the sound control panel to make sure you're piping the sound to alsa and that the sounds are enabled.

you're going to have to install gstreamer to get the plugin for the cdplayer. I'd make sure that alsa is in your use flags in make.conf and then try a emerge --newuse world. There are several dependencies for a few programs since you switched sound systems.
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el_timbo · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject: Still having Problems...

OK - I'm still struggling with this

Have been using the ALSA approach - using kernel, not alsa-driver

Can use XMMS as root, but not as non-root user

And, when I use the test sound button in the sound control centre, I get sound, but when i try to use sounds for system notifications...nothing!

Starting to get very frustrated..and to lose track of the various things I have tried - which is worrying, because I don't know what I have put on the computer on my attempts to get this functional

Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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el_timbo · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:08 am Post subject:

...I hate to do this but...bump

bMd · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 110

sorry havent read whole thread.... but is your user part of the audio group??

SnEptUne · l33t Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 656

And KDE can work fine without Arts, it can use ALSA. Can you may wav file with aplay $filename as root?
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el_timbo · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:02 am Post subject:

Yes, the user is part of the audio group...
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el_timbo · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:28 am Post subject:

As for wav files through aplay, i get the following:

janlaur · Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:45 am Post subject:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/intel8x0.c?rev=1.237&view=log

el_timbo · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:08 am Post subject: Sorted

OK...not quite sure how i fixed it...but, I fixed it - I think I may have had some use flag problems, but I've sorted it all now...xmms works for non root, and System notifications work

Happy days!!