On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 10:48:53PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 21:54:07 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:23:31PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:17:21PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:02:23PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 14:20:35 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote: > > > > > > > > > > [ ATI SB450 HDA sound card with snd_hda_intel module ] > > > > > > > > > > > > Now i've found out another even more curious thing: everytime i > > > > > > > purge > > > > > > > alsa-base, alsa-utils and linux-sound-base the sound works. but > > > > > > > after > > > > > > > rebooting i get only the errors and no sound :( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on booting i get: > > > > > > > hda_codec: invalid dep_range_va l > > > > > > > > > > > > oh, i forgot: playing .wav-files with aplay works without any > > > > > > errors. > > > > > > > > > > > > can it be the codec or something like that? > > > > > > > > > > You can see the codecs listed in the /proc/asound/card0/ directory. > > > > > > > > > > You need the Realtek ALC883 codec according to this web page > > > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Acer_Aspire_5102WLMi > > > > > > > > > > I noticed that my kernel sources have a realtek-specific patch in the > > > > > hda directory: sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c > > > > > Maybe this patch is missing for your kernel. > > > > > > > > the codec /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 is the same as listed on the page > > > > and i have the kernel 2.6.19rc2. that should contain alsa 1.0.13rc3 as > > > > listed on the page. > > > > if have searched for the patch and i have it, too. :( > > > > > > > > so i am not very hopeful. but of course i will try to compile the kernel > > > > for myself. > > > > > > i mean compiling the alsa-module, of course ;) > > > > ok, i recompiled the kernel with the help of the alsa-page and your > > link. and nothing changed: > > after the first reboot everything works fine. > > after the second time, only aplay works. > > > > i get many of these errors: > > hda_codec: invalid dep_range_val 0:7fff > > hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xd > > I am pretty much out of ideas now. You could do some general poking > around to compare the situation between the first, successful boot and > the second one. For example: > > cat /proc/modules | cut -f1 -d " " | sort > modules1.txt > > Then after the reboot save the output of the same command as > "modules2.txt" and use diff to compare the two lists of modules. > > If you use an initrd you could try to build the sound modules into it. > > If that all fails then you need to attract the attention of someone who, > contrary to me, actually has the same soundcard. I would start a new > thread and make sure that "ATI SB450 hda_codec" is prominently visible > in the subject line. (Many people tend to ignore threads which have such > an unspecific subject as the present one.)
ok i've tried this, too. still not working. i will start a new thread as you suggested. but thank you for your help! regards, kay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]