On 20.01.2015 04:40, Fred Smith wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 05:41:43PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 09:46:20PM +0100, poma wrote: >>> On 19.01.2015 21:04, Fred Smith wrote: >>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 08:20:33PM +0100, poma wrote: >>>>> On 19.01.2015 19:41, Rick Stevens wrote: >>>>>> On 01/18/2015 03:02 AM, poma wrote: >>>>>>> On 18.01.2015 00:33, Fred Smith wrote: >>>>>>>> I'm trying to get an old Creative CT4810 sound card working on my F20 >>>>>>>> machine. I've disabled, in the BIOS, the built-in sound hardware, plugged >>>>>>>> the creative card into a PCI slot, booted up and lspci shows no sound >>>>>>>> hardware. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I tried removing and reinstalling the alsa packages that were currently >>>>>>>> installed to no avail. perhaps there's another one I need specifically >>>>>>>> for that card? How to tell? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any advice will be appreciated, thanks in advance! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Fred >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> First, the kernel needs to see that device, if it ain't broken in the first place. >>>>>>> Try move it to another free slot if possible, and or reset the BIOS to its defaults. >>>>>> >>>>>> First, I'd try "lspci" and verify that the hardware is actually seen. >>>>>> If it is, it may be that you need to load a driver or firmware for it. >>>>>> The kernel may not do it automagically since it's an older card. >>>>> >>>>> Rather than repeat what has already been written, go test your C77 with latest & greatest, uncle Pierre is calling you. >>>> >>>> C77 ?? >>>> >>>> uncle Pierre ?? >>>> >>>> no, lspci doesn't list it (as I think I've said before--if not, my apologies). >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Haha, sorry, it was for Rrrrricky! >>> C77 is GeForce 8200 IGP as part of MCP77 - Nvidia. >>> >>> So have you tried the other slot, even better on another machine? >> >> not yet... I do have 2 of the cards, though, and both used to work, >> though not in that motherboard. I'll try the other card and get back >> to ya, as well as the other PCI slot. >> >>> Linux won't magically fix that card if it is defective, you know. >> >> What? And here I thought it was all magic! :) >> > > OK, I moved the card to the other PCI slot, and it is now recognized > by lspci. There is, however, still no sound. > > here's some output from various (I hope) interesting places that may > shed some light: > > > From dmesg: > [ 9.352299] snd_ens1371 0000:03:06.0: AC'97 0 access is not valid [0xffffffff], removing mixer. > [ 9.362902] snd_ens1371: probe of 0000:03:06.0 failed with error -5 > > from lspci: > 03:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative Labs CT2518 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 08) > > from lsmod: > snd_ens1371 25396 0 > gameport 15256 1 snd_ens1371 > snd_rawmidi 29794 1 snd_ens1371 > snd_ac97_codec 129483 1 snd_ens1371 > ac97_bus 12682 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_seq 62266 0 > snd_seq_device 14136 2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi > snd_pcm 104333 2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_ens1371 > and further down the list: > snd_timer 28778 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq > snd 75905 7 snd_ac97_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_ens1371,snd_seq_device > > > Those two entries from dmesg look like they'd tell me something, if I > had a clue,... Anyone here know what that means? and maybe how to > resolve it? > > Also, the lsmod output still mentions ac97. I've got the onboard sound > disabled in the BIOS (I just went back and checked), so I'd think those > items would disappear. Or do I need to do something else to make them > go away, like, e.g. rebuilt the initrd, or something? > > And I don't know why lspci says "CT2518", 'cause the identifier silk- > screened right on the card says CT4810. weird. > > Again, clues will be appreciated. > > Fred > http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#alsa-devel People on this list could help you with advice. Good luck -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
