On Saturday 22 November 2008 05:03, GN wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > > Update below. > > > > On Friday 21 November 2008 16:14, Nigel Henry wrote: > >> Hi Graeme. > >> > >> Ok. So far so good. > >> > >> I've just seen the same errors above, while Googling on that Mitac > >> (unknown device) 8227, that shows up on lspci for your soundcard. Will > >> you run the command below. > >> grep ^Codec /proc/asound/card?/codec* > >> > >> You should see 2 codecs. ALC883 (The correct one for the snd-hda-intel > >> module), and also ALC268, which appears to be something to do with this > >> Mitac 8227 component on the card. > >> > >> The fix on the Ubuntu forum (french), was to patch the alsa driver, but > >> the instructions are for Ubuntu Hardy Heron, and that has alsa driver > >> 1.0.16, which is the same as the installed driver on F9, before you > >> upgraded it. Link to the frech Ubuntu forum below. > >> http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/audio_intel_hda > >> > >> Now it may be that the model=medion option is the wrong one, and I see > >> from the very sparce specs for your machine on the Medion site, that > >> your card provides 6 channels plus digital out. It's possible that the > >> alsa development folks have already applied a patch on the 1.0.18a > >> driver that you now have, but it's just the model option which is wrong. > >> > >> Would you try the following one. > >> options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-6ch-dig > >> > >> The same forum page for the fix above shows that as an option for the > >> Medion MD96367, where both ALC883, and ALC268 codecs are detected. It's > >> not your model, but worth a try. > >> > >> If that produces no changes in Alsamixer, we may have to ask the Alsa > >> dev folks. It's possible that the 1.0.18a driver has had the necessary > >> patch applied since 1.0.18a was released, and there are nightly > >> snapshots of the driver available, which include the latest patches. > >> > >> Anyway. Try the above model option first. > >> > >> Nigel > > Hi Nigel, > > Yes, I bought my Medion back on 20/3/2008. > > The output of the following shows 3 Codecs, 0-2. > > [graeme@flintstone ~]$ grep ^Codec /proc/asound/card?/codec* > /proc/asound/card0/codec#0:Codec: Realtek ALC883 > /proc/asound/card0/codec#1:Codec: LSI ID 1040 > /proc/asound/card0/codec#2:Codec: Realtek ALC268 > [graeme@flintstone ~]$ > > model=3stack-6ch-dig brings things back to square one, nothing. > > model=mitac gives the same as model=medion. > > I managed to bring up the attached error dialogue while I was fiddling. > It may mean something to you. > > I can configure Kmix, get Amarok running and start playing a CD but no > sound from the speakers or the front headphone jacks. > > Alsamixer and amixer still do not work. Same errors as before. alsaconf > is not on my system so I cannot try it. I thought it was in alsa-utils. > > Worth a try, and if it doesn't work we pester the Alsa developers for a > > patch. > > A good idea I think. Thanks for the continuing help. Much appreciated. > Between us we will get this beggar working :-) Hi Graeme. I've found something else that was in a bug report link in the changelog from 1.0.18 > 1.0.18a. It's for a Medion MD96630, model wim 2180 notebook PC, but also has both ALC883, and ALC268. The link to the bug report is below, and I've pasted what I think is the relevant bit to try. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=412528 <quote> ------- Comment #2 From Takashi Iwai 2008-07-28 08:07:06 MST ------- It seems that your machine has two codecs and they conflict with each other. Remove model option and add probe_mask=1. If it doesn't work, try probe_mask=2 or probe_mask=8. By the probe_mask option, the driver will choose only one codec. ------- Comment #3 From rens groenewegen 2008-08-03 21:22:31 MST ------- probe_mask=1 works. it activates alc883. shows up as HDA intel. values 2,4,8 do not work, although mixer loads and shows controls etcetera shows as ALC268 something wrong with alc268 code, i guess. i'll do some more probing and return with results <end quote> So try the suggestion above, reboot, and see what alsamixer shows. If it works, as the problem appears to be fixed on the 1.0.18a driver, but with a weird model option, as below, so try that as well, having removed the probe_mask=1 bit from the options line. options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo-ms7195-dig The bit from the changelog is pasted below, and the link to the changelog. <quote> - ALSA: hda - Add a quirk for MEDION MD96630 Use model=lenovo-ms7195-dig for MEDION MD96630 laptop (17c0:4085) with ALC888 codec. Reference: Novell bnc#412548 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=412528 Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx> <end quote> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Changes_v1.0.18_v1.0.18a Would you also look on the label on the back of your machine, and post back the model of your MD96420. If the above model option does not work, we may still need to let the devs know. All the best. Nigel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
