On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 21:28:48 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 14:46:06 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > >> after being on the phone with Tyan -- i have realized how useless they are. > >> I am trying to get the audio working on the board. > >> I have a debain 4.0 AMD 64 version. > >> > >> i did an lspci on my server and got this: > > > > [...] > > > >> 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio > >> Controller (rev a2)
[...] > rider:/# lsmod | grep snd > snd_usb_audio 88736 0 You don't seem to have an active USB audio card, so why is this module loaded? Did you add it to /etc/modules? (The presence of this module should not hurt, but it is better if we understand why it is loaded.) [...] > snd_intel8x0 39592 4 > snd_ac97_codec 106456 1 snd_intel8x0 > snd_ac97_bus 7296 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm_oss 48672 0 > snd_mixer_oss 21888 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_pcm 89096 6 > snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss > snd_timer 29192 4 snd_seq,snd_pcm > snd 65256 16 > snd_usb_audio,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer > soundcore 15392 1 snd > snd_page_alloc 15504 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm This looks OK. > rider:/# cat /dev/sndstat > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation code) > Kernel: Linux rider 2.6.18-6-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 16 22:30:01 UTC 2008 x86_64 > Config options: 0 > > Installed drivers: > Type 10: ALSA emulation > > Card config: > NVidia CK804 with AD1981B at 0xb0002000, irq 209 > > Audio devices: > 0: NVidia CK804 (DUPLEX) > > Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > Timers: > 7: system timer > > Mixers: > 0: Analog Devices AD1981B > > > > rider:/# cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804 > NVidia CK804 with AD1981B at 0xb0002000, irq 209 That all seems to be fine, so what is the problem, the volume level? I would log in at a terminal without starting X (or without logging in with [xkg]dm if you normally use graphical login), and then run speaker-test -t sine If that starts without errors, keep it running, go to another terminal (e.g. CTRL+ALT+F2), log in and start "alsamixer". Experiment with the volume levels (CURSOR UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT), especially "Master" and "PCM", until you hear the sound from speaker-test at an adequate volume. (Use ESC if you want to exit alsamixer.) Does that work? -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]