Still can't get sound card to work

[RyanWw]

Hi,

 

I'm a linux newbie. I'm desperately trying to get my sound card to work. I have been working with another user named devries on this problem, but it seems he has given up on it.

 

The topic is http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=17930

 

Just to get you up to speed on the problem and the steps I have taken here is a summary.

 

My system runs Windows XP and Mandrake 10.0 duelboot.

I have the (gasp) soyo P4VGA motherboard using the ATI Radeon 9200 agp card.

 

I have a Via VT8233 onboard sound card. Via82cxx_audio and snd-via82xx are the drivers that Mandrake allows me to use with Mandrake. I have done many things to try and resolve this issue. I don't know if the drivers are not working, or maybe my sound card isn't supported. I have tried to get into alsamixergui many times getting an error "alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device". I have tried both drivers. With the Via82cxx_audio driver I get an error at startup:

 

Sound server informational message:

 

Error while initializing the sound driver:

 

default can't be opened (No such device)

 

The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

 

And I cannot get the alsa service to start.

With snd-via82xx, I can get the alsa service started but I get an error in verbose mode during startup:

 

Aug 24 16:29:28 localhost alsa: succeeded

Aug 24 16:29:31 localhost alsactl: alsactl: load_state:1134:

Aug 24 16:29:31 localhost alsactl: No soundcards found...

Aug 24 16:29:31 localhost sound: Setting mixer settings failed

 

I have also changed and tested in both alsa and oss mode in the sound settings. The sound server will come up with a message when I use the Via82cxx_audio however.

 

I did an lsmod:

 

Module Size Used by

md5 3872 1

ipv6 232352 6

sg 38044 0

st 38616 0

sr_mod 17028 0

sd_mod 16832 0

scsi_mod 114648 4 sg,st,sr_mod,sd_mod

radeon 127008 20

ppp_synctty 8832 0

ppp_async 11744 1

ppp_generic 29552 6 ppp_synctty,ppp_async

slhc 7200 1 ppp_generic

snd-seq-oss 31232 0

snd-seq-midi-event 7552 1 snd-seq-oss

snd-seq 51024 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event

snd-pcm-oss 51812 0

snd-mixer-oss 17952 1 snd-pcm-oss

snd-via82xx 24128 0

snd-pcm 93156 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-via82xx

snd-timer 24484 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm

snd-ac97-codec 58148 1 snd-via82xx

gameport 4480 1 snd-via82xx

snd-page-alloc 11972 2 snd-via82xx,snd-pcm

snd-mpu401-uart 7072 1 snd-via82xx

snd-rawmidi 23616 1 snd-mpu401-uart

snd-seq-device 8008 3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi

snd 52484 12 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-

mixer-oss,snd-via82xx,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-ac97-codec,snd-mpu401-

uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device

soundcore 9248 1 snd

af_packet 20520 6

raw 7616 1

ide-floppy 18752 0

ide-tape 34864 0

ide-cd 40548 0

cdrom 37184 2 sr_mod,ide-cd

floppy 59444 0

via-rhine 20520 0

mii 4992 1 via-rhine

nls_iso8859-1 3904 2

ntfs 85932 2

supermount 37876 1

tsdev 7168 0

via-agp 7360 1

agpgart 31016 2 via-agp

usbkbd 6912 0

joydev 10240 0

evdev 9504 0

usbmouse 5216 0

hid 53312 0

ehci-hcd 24196 0

uhci-hcd 29104 0

usbcore 99132 7 usbkbd,usbmouse,hid,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd

rtc 11576 0

 

And my /etc/modprobe.conf

 

alias eth0 via-rhine

alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx

options snd-via82xx enable=1

install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-via82xx && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }

install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true

remove snd-via82xx { /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove snd-via82xx

 

Also, I have deleted two oss modules not knowing that I was not supposed to.

Using this link: http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-user@list...t/msg13884.html

I deleted the Via82cxx_audio.tar.gz and Ac97_codec.tar.gz modules. I hope this doesn't degrade the chance of me getting sound working.

 

I must say that yes, I am very frustrated, but i'm willing to try and solve this problem using any type of troubleshooting you may come up with. I am a linux newbie, but i'm willing to learn.

 

The reason I am posting another topic on this issue is because I had two topics that were all spanned out and I wanted to combine them so that someone out here may be able to figure it out. I tried to be specific as possible, if you need any more info please lemme know. If you would like to help me using msn messenger, please use Ryanww@toughguy.net. Thanks.

 

Thank you very much for your time.

Edited August 25, 2004 by RyanWw

[Ixthusdan]

Generally, the AC97 codec is used for on-board sound. If you look in your mb manual, I'll bet it's an AC97 audio device. So, deleting thosw modules would be wrong. Remember, even though it is on board, the device is still communicating through the chipset, so you need all of this stuff to make it work!

 

I'll read your other thread from the beginnig and see what's up. B)

 

After reading, I get the feel that your audio is not turned on in the bios. Please check that. In an Award bios, there are two different places to turn on on board sound.

Edited August 25, 2004 by Ixthusdan

[RyanWw]

I did a quick check even though I already knew it was turned on. It was turned on in the bios.

[RyanWw]

I did try to look for a via82cxxx_audio driver on www.driverguide.com. I found one. But I have no idea how to install it. Can you help?

[nocturnes]

Of what form is the driver you found? What is the exact filename etc..,

[RyanWw]

Well I just did a reformat and re-installation. So I don't have it anymore. But if you want to check it out, I can give you the link.

 

http://www.driverguide.com

Login: drivers

Password: all

[kilimanjaro]

I had a problem with the sound system of my mother board conflicting with my sound card and I had to disable it. I think I just did in MCC.