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MetalHead
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 Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 5:11 am Post subject: Correct snd mod on ECS K7S5A? |
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All the references just say AC 97 codec, so I was just gonna go with either es1370 or 71.
Anyone know the *most* correct module?
Thanx
Allan |
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BonezTheGoon
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Joined: 14 Jun 2002
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Location: Albuquerque, NM -- birthplace of Microsoft and Gentoo
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| Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2002 11:10 pm Post subject: Checked the ALSA webpage |
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Here is what I found at the ALSA webpage: http://www.alsa-project.org/~goemon/
It says to use the i8x0 chipset driver. I also have the ECS K7S5A using the SIS735 Chip, I recompiled my kernel after I found this page. I compiled directly into the kernel the i8x0 support--however this does not seem to work for me. I will have to look into this further. Please if anyone knows what support is needed in the Kernel to get this sound working let us know! Thanks in advance!!!!
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MetalHead
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| Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2002 2:10 am Post subject: |
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Cool, I will check out the Alsa page, wasn't able to get to it when I originally posted.
As I understand, alsa seems to work better if you use modules as opposed to compiling directly into the kernel, so you might want to give that a try.
Allan |
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MetalHead
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| Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2002 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Well, the i810_audio modules is a partial solution. I've got sound, but the volume is very, very low.
Trying to run amixer:
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory
alsamixer:
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory |
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jouzts
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| Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 8:31 pm Post subject: another i810_audio gets snd_ctl_open error on alsamixer |
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Metalhaed,
Have you made any progress? I just arrived at the same set of problems this afternoon.
All the alsa support is removed from kdemultimedia, so I don't think kmix is an alternative.
Any other ideas?
John |
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Mimamau
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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Hm, now I got Gentoo  but when I used Red Hat, the onboard sound chip worked quite good. But I dont know which modules RH was using.
At this time I dont use the onboard sound, but maybe I could install RH again and try to find out which module it was.. |
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jouzts
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| Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 11:28 am Post subject: A working SuSE system |
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Here is the lsmod output from a working SuSE system using the Intel 8x0 chip. I think the only chip specific module is snd-intel8x0.
snd-mixer-oss 11136 1 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss 45152 0 (autoclean)
snd-intel8x0 12160 1
snd-pcm 58528 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 11456 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 24196 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-mpu401-uart 3504 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 13536 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4336 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd 31720 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3268 3 [snd] |
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BonezTheGoon
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| Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 4:14 pm Post subject: ECS K7S5A Onboard sound with ALSA |
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I have been able to get the onboard sound working with OSS slightly, and even better with ESD however ALSA still does not work giving me the same errors when I attempt to run amixer or any other ALSA mixer utility. If anyone has some specific answers to what I am doing wrong I would really appreciate the help!
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BonezTheGoon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Just found this link which might have some good stuff (I don't know for sure) -- I haven't had time to play with it yet. Says its specifically for the Redhat Kernel 2.4.x but it COULD work with our kernel, right???
Regards,
BonezTheGoon
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10Strip
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 5:12 am Post subject: |
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I am having the same problem, currently this is compiled into the kernel:
| Code: | | Intel ICH (i8xx), SiS 7012, NVidia nForce Audio or AMD 768 |
Because the kernel help file tells me:
| Code: | | SiS 7012 is used on 645/735/745 motherboards |
in /etc/modules.d/alsa I have this:
| Code: | alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-intel8x0
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but when I boot or run
# /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
I get this:
| Code: | * ALSA driver is not loaded.
* Initialising ALSA....
* Starting sound driver: snd-card-intel8x0 modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-intel8x0 |
The last reply was in June, has anyone found a fix for this?
I am thinking of compiling as a module to try it out.
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10Strip
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 7:14 am Post subject: |
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Ok I compiled the sound card as a module.
Still I get
| Code: | * ALSA driver is not loaded.
* Initialising ALSA....
* Starting sound driver: snd-card-intel8x0 modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-intel8x0 |
I am stuck and going to bed with no sound  |
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10Strip
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| Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 1:51 am Post subject: |
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Alright everyone, thanks for your help! I figured it out on my own. Installed mandrake and guess what, it can't find the sound card either (it is enabled in the BIOS).
So the conclusion is, I have a dead sound card.
Now I am either going to buy a new sound card or get rid of this crap mainboard. |
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Carlo
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| Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2002 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
i'm using artsd, the KDE soundserver, instead of ALSA. You just have to set the volume level high. The i8x0 chipset driver is compiled into the kernel.
Carlo |
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slyzer
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Joined: 12 Oct 2002
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| Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2002 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
I had the same problems as well. Now my sound works!
| Code: | modprobe i810_audio
rmmod -r i810_audio
modprobe snd-intel8x0 |
I do not understand it but it works fine 
cu
slyzer |
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ckwall
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| type lspci -n and look for the pci id 1274:5000 If you see this you have the 1370. Ensoniq was bought out by creative labs. this is the difference between the 1370 and the 1371 |
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BonezTheGoon
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| 10Strip wrote: | Ok I compiled the sound card as a module.
Still I get
| Code: | * ALSA driver is not loaded.
* Initialising ALSA....
* Starting sound driver: snd-card-intel8x0 modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-intel8x0 |
I am stuck and going to bed with no sound |
The problem (or atleast one problem, there could have been more) was that you specified snd-card-intel8x0 which used to be correct. Now with ALSA you need only prefix the driver name with 'snd-' no longer 'snd-card-' -- So that was certainly one issue giving you fits.
Regards,
BonezTheGoon |
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