On 02/01/12 04:59, Kyle Schwarz wrote: > On 12/29/2011 02:58 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> What settings do you want to know about (it's kind of difficult to >> figure out what state your system is in from reading the thread). > > I'm not sure what settings I need to know to fix this problem. > > Any suggestions are welcome. > > Best regards > Kyle Schwarz > > Firstly I note that there are four other posts from people having problems with the AC'97 - I'm not sure that means there's a problem with Debian given the huge number of devices using that chipset whose users don't have problems. Sometimes one bit of bad advice becomes authoritative so I'll try not to do the same - and please bear in mind that this post is also for other people with the same problem (so please don't take comments personally).
Secondly I note that Compaq like many OEMs have been known to do, um, different things with generic chipsets - so what is needed for Compaq using an Intel whiteboard may not be the same as for other manufacturers. Thirdly I'm not sure how stock your system is - I've tried to follow all the changes made in the thread, but I may miss something. I looked at that script you ran from alsa and decided I wouldn't run a script that reset my paths, modified my locale, and appeared to download and run other scripts - *and* post info online... I've not reason to presume it does anything malicious, but I'd rather not have it modify my system. :-/ I found a few reports online of people installing Debian onto similar models with the same chipset[*1]. They're not having major problems[*2] - that and the lack of problem reports for your model give me hope that it's possible, and simple. Your chipset:- 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) Mine:- 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) So *not* the amp is not identical, not is the A2D (so no guarantees) Your loaded modules:- snd_intel8x0 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc My loaded modules:- lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 19595 2 snd_ac97_codec 79200 1 snd_intel8x0 ac97_bus 710 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 28671 0 snd_mixer_oss 10461 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 47226 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_midi 3576 0 snd_rawmidi 12513 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 3684 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 35463 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 12270 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 3673 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 34423 14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 3450 1 snd snd_page_alloc 5045 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm These are the main sound packages I have installed:- alsa-base alsa-utils linux-sound-base oss-compat esound-common libasound2 libesd0 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulse0 libjack-jackd2-0 kde-config-phonon-xine libphonon4 libsmokephonon3 phonon phonon-backend-xine NOTE: I run Squeeze with some backports, KDE, limited Gnome packages. I also have midi and sdl but they shouldn't affect your issues. My alsamixer settings:- http://paste.debian.net/150700 If you can match the loaded modules, and the alsamixer settings - and still not get sound I'd suggest you check the multimedia keys. My[*3] usual approach to these problems is:- RTFM Check tuxmobil.org and linux-on-laptops.com Check these lists (see my signature for some tools) Google/Dogpile/DuckDuckGo Boot up with Knoppix and copy what works Post a question to the list Let me know how you go and we can proceed from there if necessary. Cheers [*1] http://www.sdrapisarda.altervista.org/presario.php http://www.researchut.com/docs/mynotebook.html (you'll have to freeze his broken Drupal node) [*2] Multimedia key mapping:- http://www.researchut.com/repository/notebook/keycodes http://www.researchut.com/repository/notebook/cp2203.def (yours if probably different, but his is instructive) [*3] Most people are not like me - which is a good thing ;-p and, I'm not suggesting you didn't do these things - it's in the hope it might be instructive to others -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f010593.1050...@gmail.com
