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TrentonAdams
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 Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:12 am Post subject: Intel (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller not working |
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| Code: | lspci | grep Audio
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
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I have compiled the kernel drivers for it, and tried the alsa drivers as well, and nothing seems to work. I tried the alsa sound drivers before compiling it for the kernel. When restarting alsasound, I would receive some sound on the speakers for a split second. But, the audio did not work when I used "play somefile.wav" for example.
I have used alsamixer to adjust sound settings and such, to no avail.
Any ideas on where to go from here?
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:46 am Post subject: |
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TrentonAdams,
Your kernel setup needs to be like this except you need the other Intel Sound driver on the PCI Devices ----> menu.
Its an old stable sound driver, alsa-drivers is not needed.
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: |
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If you need help with the rest, just post.
I have this old sound card too, and everything is working with this kernel config. |
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TrentonAdams
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks, I will try loading that kernel module later today hopefully. |
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TrentonAdams
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | TrentonAdams,
Your kernel setup needs to be like this except you need the other Intel Sound driver on the PCI Devices ----> menu.
Its an old stable sound driver, alsa-drivers is not needed. |
What "other" Intel driver are you referring to? I tried snd-hda-intel, but it doesn't work for my card. When I "modprobe snd-intel8x0" or "rmmod snd-intel8x0", I hear something on the speakers momentarily. Isn't that a good indication I have the correct driver? |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:23 am Post subject: |
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TrentonAdams,
Yes, you need snd-intel8x0 when thats loaded you should have /dev/snd populated and if you have ALSAs OSS support /dev/sound too.
Now you need to follow the ALSA Guide omitting the emerge alsa-drivers step as your kernel provides this.
With the user space tools installed and your user in the audio group, unmute master and PCM *only* and set the sliders to 70%.
It should just work.
The unmute master and PCM *only* is important. Your sound chip can do analogue and digital audio but not both at the same time.
When controls for both are enabled, it works in digital mode, which is not what you want.
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TrentonAdams
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't realize I had to run alsaconf. It works now.
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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No problem, good luck with the rest  |
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