I gave up!!!!!!
--- Peter Van Wieren <petervw@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am running RHL 8.0 on a desk-note computer that
> has similar audio problems to those mentioned
> in Rajesh Menon's post
>
(https://www.redhat.com/archives/sound-list/2003-April/msg00009.html.)
> I
> didn't see any resolution to the problem posted in
> the relevant threads, so I'd like to ask for
> help.
>
>
> Problem Summary:
> There is only silence when doing 'play blah.wav',
> but audio CD's can be
> heard using a tool such as 'kscd'. The aumix
> mixer works for the audio CD volume.
>
>
> Sound Card/System Info:
> SiS962 (SiS7012) with integrated audio controller
> ALC201
> DirectSound 3d accelerator
> SoundBlaster Pro compatible
> AC97 V2.2 compatible
>
>
> Attempted Corrections:
>
> I won't list all my attempts to resolve this, the
> main points are (mostly chronological)
>
> * After installation I used 'sndconfig' which
> correctly identifies a PCI sound
> card with SiS7012.
>
> * world read/write permission has been given to
> /dev/dsp*
>
> * 'aumix' successfully controls at master and CD
> volume, PCM volume is/was
> maximized.
>
> * I tried to install alsa-project drivers, lib
> and utils, but without success.
>
> * I read somewhere SiS7012 was better support in
> more recent kernels so I
> downloaded the tar archive of kernel 2.4.21,
> compiled and installed it
> with module support for sound.
>
> * I had an error from /var/log/messages stating:
> "modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> sound-service-0-3"
> Which may be because of this line in
> /etc/modules.conf was a left-over
> from my a previous ALSA attempt.
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
>
> I recompiled and reinstalled alsa-drivers,
> (though I'm somewhat concerned all
> the doc's in alsa-driver-0.9.5 speak of kernel
> v2.2.x rather than v2.4.x)
> Anyway, it got rid of the aforementioned error
> message now that I have
>
>
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o
>
> So I'm at the point of having no error messages
> appear, the required modules
> appear to be correctly and succesfully installed,
> the mixer appears to work,
> but there is no digital sound (i.e. silence after
> "play
>
/usr/share/redhat-config-soundcard/redhat-sample.wav")
>
> * FYI: /var/log/messages shows ALC200, my
> hardware is described as ALC201 -- not sure if this
> is important.
>
> * FYI: All tests were done without tainting the
> kernel by loading binary-only
> slmodem soft-modem module.
>
> I'm not sure what may be wrong, or what to try from
> here without any error messages
> remaining to guide me, any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter Van Wieren
>
>
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> [root@xxxxx petervw]# tail -13 /var/log/messages
> Jul 13 16:14:17 smith kernel: Intel 810 + AC97
> Audio, version 0.24, 18:34:38 Jul 12 2003
> Jul 13 16:14:17 smith kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for
> device 00:02.7
> Jul 13 16:14:17 smith kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10
> with 00:02.6
> Jul 13 16:14:17 smith kernel: i810: SiS 7012 found
> at IO 0xd800 and 0xdc00, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ
> 10
> Jul 13 16:14:18 smith kernel: i810_audio: Audio
> Controller supports 6 channels.
> Jul 13 16:14:18 smith kernel: i810_audio: Defaulting
> to base 2 channel mode.
> Jul 13 16:14:18 smith kernel: i810_audio: Resetting
> connection 0
> Jul 13 16:14:18 smith kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio
> codec, id: ALG16 (ALC200/200P)
> Jul 13 16:14:18 smith kernel: i810_audio: AC'97
> codec 0 supports AMAP, total channels = 2
> Jul 13 16:18:06 smith kernel: ide-floppy driver
> 0.99.newide
> Jul 13 16:18:06 smith kernel: hdc: attached
> ide-cdrom driver.
> Jul 13 16:18:06 smith kernel: hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM
> CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> Jul 13 16:18:06 smith kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver
> Revision: 3.12
> [root@xxxxx petervw]# /sbin/lsmod
> Module Size Used by Not tainted
> ide-cd 35712 1 (autoclean)
> cdrom 33728 0 (autoclean)
> [ide-cd]
> i810_audio 27624 0
> ac97_codec 14632 0 [i810_audio]
> soundcore 6468 2 [i810_audio]
> autofs 13364 0 (autoclean)
> (unused)
> ds 8712 1
> yenta_socket 13504 1
> pcmcia_core 57280 0 [ds yenta_socket]
> sis900 16876 0 (unused)
> ipt_REJECT 4056 6 (autoclean)
> iptable_filter 2412 1 (autoclean)
> ip_tables 15096 2 [ipt_REJECT
> iptable_filter]
> ohci1394 28808 0 (unused)
> ieee1394 63748 0 [ohci1394]
> mousedev 5588 2
> keybdev 2944 0 (unused)
> hid 22340 0 (unused)
> input 5792 0 [mousedev keybdev
> hid]
> ehci-hcd 20072 0 (unused)
> usb-ohci 21384 0 (unused)
> usbcore 77984 1 [hid ehci-hcd
> usb-ohci]
> [root@xxxxx petervw]# cat /etc/modules.conf
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> alias eth0 sis900
> alias usb-controller usb-ohci
> alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
> alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
> options slmdm country=USA
>
> # ALSA portion
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> # module options should go here
>
> # OSS/Free portion
>
> # card #1
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>
> alias char-major-212 slmodem
> alias slmodem slamrmo
> alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
> post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f
> /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f
> /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> [root@xxxxx petervw]#
>
>
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