On Sunday 08 October 2006 15:44, Matthew R. Lee wrote: > On Sunday 08 October 2006 14:16, Steve Evans wrote: > > 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 > > Did as you suggested and removed alsa from the kernel and compiled > alsa-driver but It didn't work. The only thing that changed was the name > of the chip it detected, same as yours. I still only have Master with > alsamixer and no sound not even quitely I'm using kernel 2.6.17-r8 and the > 1.0.13 versions of alsa > > Matt
This might be part of the problem: When I try to play an mp3 with madplay I get the following error audio: /dev/dsp: no such file or directory Am I missing something from the kernel? Matt > -- > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > Dr. Matthew R. Lee. > CASEB & ECIM > Departamento de Ecologia, > P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, > Alameda 340, Santiago, > CP 6513677 > CHILE. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > URL: meiochile.matthewlee.org > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Dr. Matthew R. Lee. CASEB & ECIM Departamento de Ecologia, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, CP 6513677 CHILE. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: meiochile.matthewlee.org %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
