Hi Shai,

you'll find the files attached, hoping this helps...

Andi

Am Sonntag, den 26.12.2010, 11:20 -0800 schrieb
[email protected]:
> Andreas,
> 
> Thank you for taking the time to check that out for me.
> 
> The VPCZ1390x pointing device does work with the 2.6.37.6-vaioz kernel 
> without the nopnp switch, so can probably remove it from the kernel 
> commandline. However, on my machine, the lspci does not change, and the sound 
> still does not work.
> 
> Currently, here's what I see in my dmesg bootlog that seems audio related:
> 
> [    7.797882] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> 
> IRQ 16
> [    7.797953] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
> [    7.797981] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [    7.904513] hda_codec: ALC889: BIOS auto-probing.
> [    7.904517] hda_codec: ALC889: SKU not ready 0x411111f0
> [    7.912850] hda_codec: cannot build controls for #0 (error -16)
> [    7.913851] input: HDA Intel Headphone as 
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
> [    7.932230] pci_raw_set_power_state: 9 callbacks suppressed
> [    7.932233] HDA Intel 0000:01:00.1: Refused to change power state, 
> currently in D3
> 
> I interpret this as follows:
> 
> (1) The first three lines are related to the lspci -v lines, which describe
>     00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High 
> Definition Audio (rev 05)
> 
> (2) the hda_codec lines start with:
>   hda_codec: ALC889: BIOS auto-probing.
> >From the HDA information in the snd-hda-tools file 
> >/usr/share/doc/snd-hda-tools/HD-Audio.txt.gz, this is explained as:"
>     The driver checks PCI SSID and looks through the static configuration
>    table until any matching entry is found.  If you have a new machine,
>    you may see a message like below:
>    --------------------------------------------------------------------
>        hda_codec: ALC880: BIOS auto-probing.
>    -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>    Even if you see such a message, DON'T PANIC.  Take a deep breath and
>    keep your towel.  First of all, it's an informational message, no
>    warning, no error.  This means that the PCI SSID of your device isn't
>    listed in the known preset model (white-)list.  But, this doesn't mean
>    that the driver is broken.  Many codec-drivers provide the automatic
>    configuration mechanism based on the BIOS setup.
> "
> so this audio codec is not currently "known" in driver. The driver seems to 
> mess up configuring it.
> 
> (3) The final 2 lines are pci and HDA Intel errors generated in trying to 
> properly power down the nVidia device reported by lspci -v as:
>     01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller 
> (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
> 
> So it seems there are two separate problems:
> 
> (1) The snd-hda-intel driver isn't managing to configure the audio codec 
> correctly. This may be solvable given a sufficiently similar working 
> configuration to use as a baseline.
> 
> (2) The nVidia isn't properly powering down, for some unknown reason.
> 
> Perhaps you, or someone on the list with working audio on a VPZ13* could send 
> me a copy of the /proc/asound/card*/codec* files? these contain the "wiring" 
> of the HDA codecs that I would need to try and get my audio working.
> 
> Thanks again,
> --Shai
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 12/26/10, Andreas Wittmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > From: Andreas Wittmann <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Vaio VPCZ1390x
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Sunday, December 26, 2010, 3:12 AM
> > Hi Shai,
> > 
> > regarding your sound problem:
> > 
> > I noticed that using i8042.nopnp=1 with Adam's 2.6.37.6
> > gives me the
> > same output of lspci as yours. My sound works anyway
> > though.
> > 
> > Booting on stamina without i8042.nopnp results in only the
> > intel card in
> > the output of lspci.
> > 
> > Booting with speed, reboot-kernel first, then 2.6.37.6
> > gives me intel
> > and nvidia on lspci, but without "!!! Unknown header type
> > 7f" on the
> > nvidia card.
> > 
> > Maybe just try without i8042.nopnp? Afaik it shouldn't be
> > needed for
> > 2.6.37.6 - I'm running fine without.
> > 
> > Andi
> > 

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