On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 18:48 -0400, Chris O'Regan wrote: > Can anyone help? I'm out of ideas. >
What codec does your sound card use? Check /proc/asound/card0/codec-something (I don't remember the filename) Lee > > Chris > > On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 12:12 -0400, Chris O'Regan wrote: > > I'm trying to get the sound to work on my new Gateway MX3410 notebook. > > I've installed Gentoo and followed the instructions on their site for > > setting up ALSA. Alsaconf detects my card and the drivers load, but > > there is no sound. Of course, I checked the setting with alsamixer and > > unmuted the master playback volume control. I tried playing an MP3 with > > madplay as both myself and root. No errors from madplay, but no music > > either. KDE no longer complains about the sound system at startup, but > > no sound there either. > > > > I've tried the drivers that came with kernel (2.6.17-gentoo-r4; > > 1.0.11rc4) as well as the latest stable drivers (1.0.11). > > > > I don't seem to have many mixer controls: > > > > Output: Master (unmuted, 100%); PCM (100%); Capture Mux (0%) > > Input: Capture (off, 0%); Capture Mux (on, 0%) > > Switches: IEC958 (off); Input Source (Front Mic) > > > > I've played with these setting to no avail. Also, my notebook has an > > output for headphones, but there is no control for this; is that normal? > > There's no sound from the headphones either. > > > > Some information is listed below. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris > > > > # lspci -s 00:10.1 -vv > > 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev > > a2) > > Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 0317 > > Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- > > Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- > > Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > > Latency: 0 (500ns min, 1250ns max) > > Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 217 > > Region 0: Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA > > PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) > > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- > > Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 > > Enable- > > Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 > > Capabilities: [6c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping > > # cat /proc/asound/cards > > 0 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia > > HDA NVidia at 0xb0000000 irq 217 > > # lsmod > > Module Size Used by > > snd_pcm_oss 40352 0 > > snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss > > snd_seq_oss 33024 0 > > snd_seq_midi_event 7936 1 snd_seq_oss > > snd_seq 50000 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event > > snd_seq_device 8972 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq > > pcspkr 3968 0 > > forcedeth 28300 0 > > snd_hda_intel 19476 1 > > snd_hda_codec 131888 1 snd_hda_intel > > snd_pcm 81028 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec > > snd_timer 23556 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm > > snd 51940 11 > > snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer > > snd_page_alloc 10760 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm > > [...] > > # cat /etc/modules.d/alsa > > # Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file. > > # > > $Header: > > /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsa-modules.conf-rc,v > > 1.5 2006/06/13 10:18:25 uberlord Exp $ > > > > # ALSA portion > > # OSS/Free portion > > > > ## > > ## IMPORTANT: > > ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s) > > ## and then run `modules-update' command. > > ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info. > > ## > > ## ALSA portion > > ## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave > > ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 > > ## OSS/Free portion > > ## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > > ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 > > ## > > > > # OSS/Free portion - card #1 > > ## OSS/Free portion - card #2 > > ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss > > ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss > > ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss > > > > alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss > > alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss > > alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss > > > > # Set this to the correct number of cards. > > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.11 --- > > alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel > > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > # equery list alsa > > [ Searching for package 'alsa' in all categories among: ] > > * installed packages > > [I--] [ ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.0.11 (0) > > [I--] [ ] media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.4 (0.10) > > [I--] [ ] media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.11 (0) > > [I--] [ ] media-sound/alsa-headers-1.0.11 (0) > > [I--] [ ] media-sound/alsa-utils-1.0.11 (0.9) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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