On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Donnerstag, 19. April 2007, Bill Unruh wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Alexey Eremenko wrote: >>> hi all ! >>> >>> My uptime in Linux doesn't really go over 2 days... why ? >>> >>> Because there is some very deep driver issue with my audio hardware, >>> VIA 8237 audio. >>> That is when working, my sound system suddenly fails, and starts to >>> produce noise. - the problem is so deep that even "init 6" - full >>> restart doesn't helps ! ! rcalsasound restart (ALSA service restart) >>> doesn't help too. >> >> sorry, why are you rebooting? Just remove the driver? I there is stillsound >> then I suspect hardware-- eg your disk drive is dieing, rather than the >> soundcard. > > as he already wrote - he reboots to get sound back. MAybe you should read his > mail again? No, he states in the next sentence that upon reboot he still hears the noise. Maybe you should read it again. > >> >>> I still hear that noise even in GRUB Bootloader, where should be no >>> sound at all ! ! ! >> >> Since there is no sound driver then, that rules out Linux as a problem! > > no, since the sound in grub is the result of failing sound in linux, it is a > linux problem. When grub boots, Linux does not exist within his computer. Now it is possible that Linux puts the driver into such a state that it creates noise, even in the absense of any driver. This is certainly a hardware bug in the soundcard. > >> >>> That is very old bug, affecting SUSE Linux 10.0 and maybe earlier... >> >> No, it is a problem with your system, not with Linux. If it makes the sound >> when Linux is not there, then the problem is NOT linux. > > The sound is the result from running linux, so it is a linux problem. I am afraid that I disagree. It is a harware bug. Now Linux may trigger that bug. -- eg the LG CDRom drives which had a firmware bug in the command set which, contrary to their claim, would put the CD into the firmware rewrite mode when an innocuous ( according to their own specs) command was sent to it. That was a bug in firmware on the CDrom, even though that bug was triggered because Mandriva used that command. > >> >>> link in openSUSE bugzilla: >>> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263022 >>> >>> Platform: openSUSE 10.2, alsa 1.0.13, 32-bit, AMD Sempron, VIA KM400 >>> chipset, VIA >>> 8237 audio, 1GB of RAM. >>> >>> Things that help: >>> -Reboot into Windows, (windows drivers seem to restart my audio hardware) >>> -System shutdown via init 0, and then cold-start >>> >>> any ideas? >> > > one question, when sound fails, does this correlate with, like someone > switches on the light or some electrical device? > > A friend of mine had a funny problem - everytime someone switched on/off > light, his sound was gone... Again, almost certainly a hardware bug in the sound card. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
