i810 audio

jeg42 · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2002 Posts: 4

I've seen plenty of random mentioning across the web about Intel's i810 audio and Linux. Most people have said they are unsuccesful, and can't get any sound. arts crashes within a few seconds of being launched, complaining about cpu overload. I couldn't get the alsa stuff to work either.
Has anyone had success with the i810 audio? Any help or insight would be most appreciated.

jeg

jezza · n00b Joined: 09 Jun 2002 Posts: 16 Location: Essex, UK

Hi there I'm using the Intel810 alsa driver with my laptop at the moment with no problems. I know the default ALSA emerge will build all the sound modules for all available cards. Try loading all the different modules via insmod/modprobe until you see something appear in /dev then you know you've hit 'gold'.

Let me know if this helps
Good luck
Jeremy.

duegatti · Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2002 2:58 pm Post subject: No problems here

I compiled the i810 support in to my kernel and have zero problems
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jeg42 · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2002 Posts: 4

Well, kernel support (from the latest gentoo sources) doesn't work at all for my i810 audio. I just get no sound whatsoever. I finally got alsa working with the snd-i81x.o module, but it seems pretty crappy support at best. The only mixers that do anything are headphone and PCM, and they only are sensitive to volume level changes between 0 and 35 or so.
arts no longer gives me a CPU overload error, and does make sound now, but the KMixer is screwy. Most options snap back up to 100% when you change them, except for PCM. And the Volume control has no effect whatsoever.
Anyone else with similar problems?

ZagiFlyer · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 8:42 pm Post subject:

My Dell C840 uses the i810 audio module. It works just fine, but don't forget that you also may also need the ac97 module (I did).
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chatgris · Guru Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 383 Location: Canada

modal · Apprentice Joined: 02 Oct 2002 Posts: 277

I'm using the i810 alsa driver, and it works great.
Try to not use the kernel module, since it sucks...use alsa instead.

chatgris · Guru Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 383 Location: Canada

Did that, works great except that I can't have two audio streams going at the same time.. (xmms plays, when I shut it down all my other system sounds play) but thanks!
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Ian Goldby · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:12 pm Post subject:

I use the Intel8x0 ALSA driver and have never had any problems with it.

Several people (including me) have found that the mixers are mis-labelled though - in particular that the main output level is controlled by the headphones fader and the Master faders do nothing. I think this is due to dodgy hardware - perhaps the i8x0 is capable of providing separate line-out and headphones out but some OEMs connect the headphones out to the jack socket on the back panel instead of the line-out.

The KDE Mixer doesn't work properly, but that is an OSS-compatibility issue. The problem is that it doesn't offer all of the available faders, and misses out crucial ones like Headphones, while putting in non-operative ones like Master. I'm hoping that KDE Mixer will soon add native ALSA support, then these problems will go away.

I've not experienced any problem with faders only working over a limited range though, or 'snapping back'. All of the faders that should do something do - that includes Headphones, 3D Control, PCM, Mic, and Mic Boost. On my hardware I don't think the other faders are connected to anything.

Ian Goldby · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:20 pm Post subject:

chatgris · Guru Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 383 Location: Canada

Thanks! xmms-arts works very nicely.
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oisch · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 130

I just wrote a short install instruction for alsa on the Asus P4PE (which has an onboard intel8x0 soundcard). Maybe it's helpful:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=255424#255424