I agree I would also say i is a bug. Especially as in Ubuntu it works out of the box with no problem. For which I guess it is an issue related to Fedora and not alsa. But I must admit also I am everything but an IT expert. Brian L Scipioni wrote: > Glad I saw this, this exact problem has been driving me crazy for a > while. Sometimes the sounds works, sometimes it does not. > > I noticed that the bug report has been closed - NOTABUG. a configuration > problem. I'm sorry, but when the sound does not work on an > out-of-the-box install, something is just plain broken. > > So the solution is for everyone to examine all their modules to > determine the correct loading sequence, and then blacklist certain > modules? I can't believe they left it at that. > > Can someone here voice an opinion: is this an ALSA issue or fedora > issue? Why does it just happen to certain select people (I assume it is > a rare problem). > > thanks, > brian > > > On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 22:16 +0100, Wolfgang Paul Rauchholz wrote: > >> Problems seems to be fixed by adding the following line t >> o/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist: >> blacklist snd-intel8x0m >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389521 >> >> Thanks for your efforts Bill and Nigel. >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2007 8:56 AM, Wolfgang Paul Rauchholz >> <wp.rauchholz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I booted the laptop and there is no sound. >> As mentioned before, the sound/no-sound situation occurs at >> random to me. I cannot recognize any pattern. >> The reason I have not taken out PulseAudio yet is that I >> suffered the same problem under FC6/FC7 for which I moved to >> Ubuntu 7.x where sound ran stablel. Therefor my hypothesis is >> that there is probably an issue with FC and not PulseAudio?? >> >> I went to sound card detection and played the test sound with >> known result; no sound. The screen shows the following info: >> Vendor: Intel Corporation >> Model: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio >> Controller (rev 03) >> Module: snd-intel8x0 >> ... >> PCM device: Intel 82801DB-ICH4 >> >> >> 1. alsamixer >> Card: PulseAudio >> Chip: PulseAudio >> View: [Playback] Capture All >> Item: Master >> >> There is one bar in the center of the screen. From the bottom >> to top the values are: >> <Master>, 65<>65, 00 >> The channel is not muted. >> >> 2. >> [root@MGPRJRWR ~]# /sbin/lsusb >> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 >> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 >> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 >> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. >> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 >> >> 3. >> [root@MGPRJRWR ~]# yum install alsa-lib >> Setting up Install Process >> Parsing package install arguments >> Package alsa-lib - 1.0.15-1.fc8.i386 is already installed. >> Nothing to do >> >> [root@MGPRJRWR ~]# rpm -q alsa-lib >> alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 >> >> >> 4. >> [root@MGPRJRWR ~]# >> aplay /usr/lib/firefox-2.0.0.9/res/samples/test.wav >> Playing WAVE '/usr/lib/firefox- >> 2.0.0.9/res/samples/test.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 22050 Hz, >> Mono >> [root@MGPRJRWR ~]# >> aplay /usr/lib/openoffice.org/share/gallery/sounds/horse.wav >> Playing WAVE >> '/usr/lib/openoffice.org/share/gallery/sounds/horse.wav' : >> Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 11025 Hz, Mono >> >> .....but I hear no no sound >> >> 5. >> [root@MGPRJRWR ~]# more /etc/modprobe.conf >> >> alias eth0 8139too >> alias scsi_hostadapter libata >> alias scsi_hostadapter1 ata_piix >> alias eth1 ipw2200 >> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 >> options snd-card-0 index=0 >> options snd-intel8x0 index=0 >> >> >> 6. >> [root@MGPRJRWR ~]# cat /proc/asound/cards >> >> 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 >> Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with VIA1612A at irq >> 9 >> >> >> >> >> 7. extract from /vat/log/messages >> ... >> Nov 28 08:13:27 MGPRJRWR kernel: agpgart: Detected an Intel >> 855PM Chipset. >> ... >> Nov 28 08:13:27 MGPRJRWR kernel: intel_rng: FWH not detected >> ... >> Nov 28 08:13:27 MGPRJRWR kernel: intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: >> measured 50940 usecs >> Nov 28 08:13:27 MGPRJRWR kernel: intel8x0: clocking to 48000 >> Nov 28 08:13:27 MGPRJRWR kernel: Unable to initialize codec #0 >> >> >> >> >> But I also found these messages in the same file >> Nov 28 08:28:04 MGPRJRWR kernel: codec_write 0: semaphore is >> not ready for register 0x2 >> Nov 28 08:28:05 MGPRJRWR kernel: codec_write 0: semaphore is >> not ready for register 0x2 >> Nov 28 08:30:55 MGPRJRWR kernel: codec_write 0: semaphore is >> not ready for register 0x2 >> Nov 28 08:30:55 MGPRJRWR kernel: codec_write 0: semaphore is >> not ready for register 0x2 >> Nov 28 08:30:56 MGPRJRWR kernel: codec_read 0: semaphore is >> not ready for register 0x2c >> Nov 28 08:38:19 MGPRJRWR pulseaudio[2264]: module-alsa-sink.c: >> Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy >> Nov 28 08:38:36 MGPRJRWR pulseaudio[2264]: module-alsa-sink.c: >> Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or resource busy >> Nov 28 08:54:04 MGPRJRWR kernel: codec_read 0: semaphore is >> not ready for register 0x2c >> >> >> Nov 28 08:54:04 MGPRJRWR kernel: codec_read 0: semaphore is >> not ready for register 0x2c; this record was created when >> plying the the test sound in sound card detection. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2007 12:00 AM, Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Nigel Henry wrote: >> >> > On Tuesday 27 November 2007 21:09, you wrote: >> >> Nigel, >> >> >> >> sound is not working now. >> >> I ran report again and checked differences. There >> are 4 loaded modules >> >> missing: >> >> vfat, fat, usb_storage and usblp >> >> >> None of this has anything to do with sound. >> >> Run alsamixer. What does it say. As he mentioned, make >> sure that nothing is >> muted and that all sliders are at least half way up. >> You can always refine >> things later. >> >> Then run aplay with some .wav file as the source >> and see if there are any responses, error messages, >> etc, and see if there >> is sound. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper >> from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going >> mainstream. 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