Hello alsa gurus, I am trying to get sound working on my Dell XPS 710 quad-core machine with Debian linux. My box came with an unsupported (by alsa) soundcard, so I am trying to switch to the integrated onboard soundcard. I have turned on integrated sound in the BIOS, and re-installed alsa. I have run alsaconf, and here is the output (my comments with >>): >> First, alsaconf finds the soundcard correctly: hda-intel nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2) >> Then everything seems to go fine: I say "yes" at all the prompts: Configuring snd-hda-intel Do you want to modify /etc/modprobe.d/sound and /etc/modprobe.conf if present)? OK, sound driver is configured. ALSA CONFIGURATOR will prepare the card for playing now. Now I will load the ALSA sound driver and use amixer to raise the default volumes. You can change the volume later via a mixer >> Meanwhile, in the terminal window, I get this output: Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded). Building card database... Running update-modules... Loading driver... WARNING: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-amd64/updates/alsa/acore/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-amd64/updates/alsa/acore/snd-timer.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) WARNING: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-amd64/updates/alsa/acore/snd-pcm.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) WARNING: Error inserting snd_hda_codec (/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-amd64/updates/alsa/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel (/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-amd64/updates/alsa/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) Setting default volumes... SNDCTL_SYSINFO: No such device or address amixer: Mixer default open error: Illegal seek Saving the mixer setup used for this in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state. /usr/sbin/alsactl: relocation error: /usr/sbin/alsactl: symbol snd_config_top, version ALSA_0.9 not defined in file libasound.so.2 with link time reference =============================================================================== Now ALSA is ready to use. For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer. Have a lot of fun! >> Clearly, I am not having a lot of fun. I still only have the system beep, and there is a cross on the volume controller in the dock. When I try to use it, I get this error: The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured. You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove From Panel" from the menu. >> So I checked my GStreamer plugins, and I get a lot of output, including this: sib-sblomber01d:/home/simonb# gst-inspect-0.10 volume Factory Details: Long name: Volume Class: Filter/Effect/Audio Description: Set volume on audio/raw streams Author(s): Andy Wingo <wingo@xxxxxxxxx> Rank: none (0) Plugin Details: Name: volume Description: plugin for controlling audio volume Filename: /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstvolume.so Version: 0.10.12 License: LGPL Source module: gst-plugins-base Binary package: GStreamer Plugins (Debian) Origin URL: http://packages.qa.debian.org/gst-plugins-base0.10 >> So I think it is not a GStreamer problem? Any help, suggestions, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Simon. -- Simon Blomberg, BSc (Hons), PhD, MAppStat. Lecturer and Consultant Statistician Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences The University of Queensland St. Lucia Queensland 4072 Australia Room 320, Goddard Building (8) T: +61 7 3365 2506 email: S.Blomberg1_at_uq.edu.au The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. - John Tukey. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
