At Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:22:01 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:51:05AM +0800, Jiang zhe wrote: > > > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 01:18 +0800, Richard Lyons wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I hope this is the right place to report this. > > > > > > Computer: laptop Acer Aspire 1640Z > > > > > > distro: Debian etch > > > kernel: 2.6.17 > [...] > > > hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC882, trying auto-probe from > > > BIOS... > > > > > > but alsamixer shows: > > > Card: HDA Intel > > > Chip: Realtek ALC883 > > > at the top. > > > > > > There seems to be uncertainty about which model number, 882 or 883. > > > > Your kernel is 2.6.17. Its alsa driver is too older. > > It didn't provide patch_alc883 for ALC883 codec, but used the > > patch_alc882 for it. AND there is no "model acer" in it. > > I have tried with the latest kernel in debian etch (2.6.18) This gives > same error but with correct model number, ie > hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS... > when trying to load either model=acer or acer-aspire > > It looks as though I have to wait to try kernel 2.6.24 as in debian > unstable. When I have a fast internet connection one day, I shall try > this. It is not practical or affordable to upgrade over GPRS. You can build alsa-driver modules externally. It's more standard procedure for debugging sound problems. Just configure and install as usual. See alsa-driver/INSTALL for details. In your case, maybe better to try alsa-driver daily snapshot tarball than 1.0.16. See alsa-driver.project web page. Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
