On Sunday 08 October 2006 18:10, Matthew R. Lee wrote: > I'm struggling with getting my soundcard setup > from lspci > 00:1b.0 Audio Device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH 7 Family) High > Definition Audio Contoller (rev 03) > > chip=Generic 14f1 ID 5047 > > I've compiled alsa support into the kernel: > Device Drivers ---> > Sound ---> > <*> Sound card support > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ---> > <*>alsa > <*>sequencer support > <*>oss mixer api > PCI devices ---> > <*> Intel HD Audio > > I've followed the Gentoo Linux ALSA Guide and the HARDWARE Intel 945G on > gentoo wiki. I've also checked the gentoo-forums and googled about > When I boot the kernel I get no error messages > > cat /proc/asound/cards > cat /proc/asound/version > cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat > all give the expected responses > > dmesg doesn't report any problems > > when I run alsa mixer I get on bar only - master > that's it KDE says it can't detect the sound card > Sofar I havn't installed any other software that uses sound, but I intend > to install amarok, kmplayer, realplayer etc > > any help would be appreciated > Matt
I also have this soundcard. What kernel version are you using? I found that with 2.6.16 I only had one bar in alsamixer, just like you. However with 2.6.17 I got two bars and the sound worked, but quietly. Some googling told me that the volume was fixed in alsa version 1.0.13, which is newer than the version in the kernel. So I removed alsa from the kernel and emerged the unstable version of alsa-driver, which is version 1.0.13. The sound is now louder, but still not as much as I would like. I get the impression that the driver for this card is a work in progress, so hopefully it will get better. Also this version of alsa identifies the chip in the card as being a Conexant, rather than just ID 5047, which has to be a sign of progress :-) See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml for information on installing alsa using alsa-driver rather than the kernel. Steve -- ____________________________________________________________________ Steve Evans E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.gorbag.com Registered Linux user #217906: http://counter.li.org Public Encryption Key: http://www.gorbag.com/public-key.html ____________________________________________________________________ 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GNU/Linux 19:00:59 up 2 days, 58 min, 2 users, load average: 0.86, 0.77, 0.94
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