Kay Smarczewski wrote: > On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 12:56:05AM +0200, Dimitri Van Landuyt wrote: >> Kay Smarczewski wrote: >>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 11:21:58AM +0200, Dimitri Van Landuyt wrote: >>>> Kay Smarczewski wrote: >>>>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 02:31:31AM +0200, Dimitri Van Landuyt wrote: >>>>>> Hello, I own a MSI Megabook S420 notebook and I am having the following >>>>>> problem: >>>>>> >>>>>> hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS... >>>>>> >>>>>> and possibly related: >>>>>> >>>>>> hda-intel: Invalid position buffer, using LPIB read method instead. >>>>>> >>>>>> in my dmesg. The sound works, but sometimes sound in my built-in >>>>>> speakers dies, which I expect to be a result of a not correctly >>>>>> supported card. I can not see a pattern yet as to when this happens and >>>>>> I can not reproduce it (yet). >>>>>> >>>>>> More info about my device: >>>>>> >>>>>> 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 437b (rev 01) >>>>>> Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 437b >>>>>> Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 201 >>>>>> Memory at febf8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] >>>>>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 >>>>>> Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ >>>>>> Queue=0/0 Enable >>>>>> >>>>>> So I would really like to help adding support for this device in your >>>>>> hda-intel driver, or at least provide enough info for some of you guys >>>>>> to do it! >>>>> I get exact the same messages with my ATI SB450 and I'm very interested in the >>>>> solution of this problem. >>>>> >>>>> My system: >>>>> Debian/Linux 2.6.18.1 >>>>> Alsa 1.0.13 >>>>> Acer Aspice 5102 WLMi >>>>> lspci: 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01) >>>>> >>>>> Additionally I get: >>>>> hda_codec: invalid dep_range_val 0:7fff >>>>> and >>>>> hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0x9 >>>>> or >>>>> hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xd >>>> do you get the same effect of the built-in speakers sound dying and >>>> coming back randomly? >>> a little bit ;) >>> my speakers work after the first reboot after purging alsa-utils and >>> alsa-base. but after the second they don't give a sound anymore. >>> >>> have you already tried aplay? on my maschine it always works, even if >>> all other alsa applications don't want to start. >>> >>> i know, the results of my problem differ a little bit from yours. but in >>> my opinion, the solution should be the same. >>> >> On machine, all apps start without problem, I can see them playing. I >> just don't hear them. How do I "purge" alsa-utils and alsa-base? And >> what does that mean? > # aptitude purge alsa-utils alsa-base > > this means that config files will be removed, too. Purge did not do anything for me. Built-in speakers are still not working. I think this is also a BIOS issue in my notebook. > >> When playing sound, I hear occasional crackling from my speakers; like a >> popping sound. The strange thing is that it ran fine at first with >> Ubuntu dapper (2.6.15 kernel) and after an upgrade to edgy (2.6.17) >> things are this weird. The thing that worries is me is that when I boot >> with dapper, things are still weird. Could it be that my sound chip is >> in some inconsistent state, or should I start fearing that my hardware >> is failing? > no, i think it is just the codec... Just to make sure, I think I will have to install windows ... :-S Best regards, Dimitri Van Landuyt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
