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zwede
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Joined: 03 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: Weird one: Dell CS4236 only works after alsa restart! [HACK] |
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Ok, I have this old laptop with the hateable CS4236 sound chip. I did have it running for quite a while but after some big world updates (including modular x and revdep rebuild) I noticed it is doing the oddest thing.
When I boot everything seems to load up fine. Alsa & CS4236 loads with no errors and the speakers pop which usually means the driver is OK. lsmod shows all modules loaded.
But sound playes at a sloooooow speed! Maybe 1/3 of normal.
Now the really weird part: If I do a | Code: | | /etc/init.d/alsasound restart |
the sound is fine! It will continue working fine until the next time the laptop is booted.
I searched the forums but this seems to be a new one.
Any ideas?
Last edited by zwede on Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:13 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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01mf02
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Are you using the newest ALSA drivers? If not, try them.
As a quick hack, you could write "/etc/init.d/alsasound restart" into your /etc/conf.d/local.start, but it's a really stupid hack. |
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ksp7498
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Location: North Carolina - US
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| 01mf02 wrote: |
As a quick hack, you could write "/etc/init.d/alsasound restart" into your /etc/conf.d/local.start, but it's a really stupid hack. |
That's exactly what I did with my old Thinkpad 600e (uses the same detestable audio chip) 
It worked perfectly fine for me as long as I used the cheap-o restarting hack...as as long as I didn't try to use suspend. Any sort of suspending left the audio dead until a full system reboot.
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zwede
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks. The "ugly hack" worked. As crappy as this laptop is I guess weird stuff is expected. |
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