Hi, I had the same problem (this time with an ASUS A8F laptop) but I managed to fix it by passing the model option to modprobe. Maybe you should try again with kernel 2.6.25 (it's now in unstable), I saw that there is a new model name for your codec chip (STAC9205):
STAC9205/9254 ref Reference board dell-m42 Dell (unknown) dell-m43 Dell Precision dell-m44 Dell Inspiron Just for the record, this is what I did: Sound always worked fine until one of the last week upgrades to unstable/experimental, so the first thing was to determine the codec chip used in my laptop: $ tail -n 2 /proc/asound/oss/sndstat Mixers: 0: Analog Devices AD1986A Then I checked the the ALSA-Configuration.txt for the possible model names for the AD1986A codec chip and after a few cycles of: modprobe -r snd-hda-intel modprobe snd-hda-intel model=... alsamixer speaker-test -t wav -D plug:front -c2 -l2 I found that the right model name was laptop-eapd, so finally I added the following line to the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: options snd-hda-intel model=laptop-eapd On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Michael Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have upgraded the dist to 2.6.24-1-686, the problem still exists. > > I tried the ways I can do to install the driver successfully, but still has > no sound to output. > > - I downloaded the latest alsa driver 1.16 and it's compiled successfully, > and the alsa-lib alsa-util can be installed without problems, the volume can > be ajusted well, mute or unmute ok. > - use "m-a a-i alsa-source" to compile the driver and install it. > > But no sound to output. > > It's suffering me a lot. I tried to load the module using " modprobe > snd-hda-intel model=dell-m44" or "m42", it can't solve the problem. Whenever > opening the audio file, it returns the alsa lib error and errors like "no > sound card found": > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0' > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function > snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function > snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function > snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3985:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such > file or directory > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default > [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: No such file or directory > Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. > > Also the output of "aplay -l" returns the following errors: > aplay: device_list:205: no soundcards found... > > But seems the driver has been loaded and sound card can be detected, it's > confused. > > Here is some relevant info: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep snd > snd_hda_intel 302236 0 > snd_pcm_oss 38496 0 > snd_mixer_oss 15712 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_pcm 69924 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss > snd_timer 21732 1 snd_pcm > snd_page_alloc 10056 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm > snd_hwdep 8868 1 snd_hda_intel > snd 50196 6 > snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep > soundcore 7552 1 snd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci | grep Audio > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio > Controller (rev 02) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -1 /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 > Codec: SigmaTel STAC9205 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel > HDA Intel at 0xfebfc000 irq 20 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r > 2.6.24-1-686 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l *alsa* > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-======================-======================-============================================================ > un alsa <none> (no description available) > ii alsa-base 1.0.15-4 ALSA driver configuration > files > pn alsa-firmware-loaders <none> (no description available) > pn alsa-modules-2.6.22-2- <none> (no description available) > pn alsa-modules-2.6.22-3- <none> (no description available) > ii alsa-oss 1.0.15-1 ALSA wrapper for OSS > applications > pn alsa-source <none> (no description available) > ii alsa-utils 1.0.15-3 ALSA utilities > pn alsamixergui <none> (no description available) > ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.17-2 GStreamer plugin for ALSA > un libarts-alsa <none> (no description available) > un libesd-alsa0 <none> (no description available) > ii libsdl1.2debian-alsa 1.2.13-2 Simple DirectMedia Layer > (with X11 and ALSA options) > pn libwine-alsa <none> (no description available) > pn xfce4-mixer-alsa <none> (no description available) > pn xmms2-plugin-alsa <none> (no description available) > > > Could anybody instruct what could I do to fix the problem? > > Thanks a lot! > > > > On Feb 16, 2008 10:46 AM, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hey Michael, I'm not qualified to help solve this problem and can only >> help you ask the right questions (which is why I didn't respond to >> your response to my questions...). >> >> here's a link of interest: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/122560 >> >> there is some interesting discussion of potential problems that might >> steer you in the right direction. >> >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 08:00:48PM -0500, Michael Yang wrote: >> > Here is the error message when I open the audio file: >> > >> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0' >> > [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: conf.c:3510:(_snd_config_evaluate) function >> > snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device >> >> ... >> >> these (and subsequent errors) say that the hardware has not been >> detected properly. >> >> > >> > I have tried uninstall alsa driver and re-compile and reinstalled it for >> > several times, the problem still exists. >> >> stop installing non-debian stuff or you'll likely not get >> help. Totally remove all the non-debian stuff. reinstall the kernel >> and see what happens. >> >> BTW, what kernel are you running? >> >> what alsa pakages are installed? >> >> dpkg -l \*alsa\* >> >> Finally, you claim that it suddenly stopped working for no >> reason. Well, there must be some reason. Did you upgrade anything? >> Install or remove any packages? >> >> I'll leave the stuff below for reference. >> >> A >> >> >> ... >> > > >> > > > the output of "lsmod | grep snd": >> > > > >> > > > snd_hda_intel 310460 0 >> > > > snd_pcm_oss 38720 0 >> > > > snd_mixer_oss 15840 1 snd_pcm_oss >> > > > snd_pcm 70116 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > snd_timer 21732 1 snd_pcm >> > > > snd_page_alloc 10056 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm >> > > > snd_hwdep 8868 1 snd_hda_intel >> > > > snd 50100 6 >> > > > snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > soundcore 7520 1 snd >> > > > >> > > > relevant portion of lspci: >> > > > >> > > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory >> > > > Controller Hub (rev 0c) >> > > > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI >> > > > Express Root Port (rev 0c) >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB >> > > > UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 02) >> > > > 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB >> > > > UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) >> > > > 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 >> > > > EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio >> > > > Controller (rev 02) >> > > > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express >> > > > Port 1 (rev 02) >> > > > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express >> > > > Port 2 (rev 02) >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express >> > > > Port 6 (rev 02) >> > > > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iD8DBQFHtwU+aIeIEqwil4YRAoL4AJ9/5FymiL+uVFNXKc10KNL0qbhIIACfTdR/ >> TAoJw9k1TBBnCmYChlXbwTI= >> =H89e >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > -- Julian Hernandez Gomez Taipei Taiwan TTI - Team Telecom International Ltd. 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