Having finished building KDE on my new box (if that task can ever be
considered finished) I'm now tying up some loose ends.
When I log in to kde via kdm, I get a dialogue box telling me it wants to
remove my sound devices. It says "KDE detected that one or more internal
sound devices were removed. Do you want KDE to permanently forget about
these devices? This is the list of devices KDE thinks can be removed:
Capture: HDA Intel (); Output: HDA Intel ()".
I don't get the log-in sound played. Later, though, Firefox and Flash manage
between them to stream BBC radio to the speakers and I can listen to the
music.
What's going on here? The Gentoo sound page is woefully out of date, and the
KDE page is concerned with other things. I haven't found anything useful
about Gentoo and phonon.
The only sound hardware in the box is on the Asus P7P55D motherboard; it's
an Intel HD Ibex Peak high-definition audio chip according to lspci:
$ sudo lspci -v -s 00:1b.0
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev
05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8375
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at f7ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
The kernel clearly has control of the device, as I can hear some sounds.
Any ideas?
--
Rgds
Peter.
01-12-2010, 04:30 AM
Xi Shen
Sound in KDE-4
have you run alsaconf, and start alsasound?
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Peter Humphrey
<peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> Having finished building KDE on my new box (if that task can ever be
> considered finished) I'm now tying up some loose ends.
>
> When I log in to kde via kdm, I get a dialogue box telling me it wants to
> remove my sound devices. It says "KDE detected that one or more internal
> sound devices were removed. Do you want KDE to permanently forget about
> these devices? This is the list of devices KDE thinks can be removed:
> Capture: HDA Intel (); Output: HDA Intel ()".
>
> I don't get the log-in sound played. Later, though, Firefox and Flash manage
> between them to stream BBC radio to the speakers and I can listen to the
> music.
>
> What's going on here? The Gentoo sound page is woefully out of date, and the
> KDE page is concerned with other things. I haven't found anything useful
> about Gentoo and phonon.
>
> The only sound hardware in the box is on the Asus P7P55D motherboard; it's
> an Intel HD Ibex Peak high-definition audio chip according to lspci:
>
> $ sudo lspci -v -s 00:1b.0
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev
> 05)
> * * * *Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8375
> * * * *Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
> * * * *Memory at f7ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> * * * *Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> * * * *Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> * * * *Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
> * * * *Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
> * * * *Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
> * * * *Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
> * * * *Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
>
> The kernel clearly has control of the device, as I can hear some sounds.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Rgds
> Peter.
>
>
Having finished building KDE on my new box (if that task can ever be
considered finished) I'm now tying up some loose ends.
When I log in to kde via kdm, I get a dialogue box telling me it wants to
remove my sound devices. It says "KDE detected that one or more internal
sound devices were removed. Do you want KDE to permanently forget about
these devices? This is the list of devices KDE thinks can be removed:
Capture: HDA Intel (); Output: HDA Intel ()".
I don't get the log-in sound played. Later, though, Firefox and Flash manage
between them to stream BBC radio to the speakers and I can listen to the
music.
What's going on here? The Gentoo sound page is woefully out of date, and the
KDE page is concerned with other things. I haven't found anything useful
about Gentoo and phonon.
The only sound hardware in the box is on the Asus P7P55D motherboard; it's
an Intel HD Ibex Peak high-definition audio chip according to lspci:
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8375
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at f7ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
The kernel clearly has control of the device, as I can hear some sounds.
Any ideas?
From your post, it appears that the kernel sees the card. However, the
only time I have seen this error was when I didn't have the right driver
for my sound card. Can you check again to make very sure you have the
right driver? Maybe there is two that are really close or something.
You may also want to make sure you remove any other drivers that may
have been enabled by default but that you don't need. Maybe some sort
of a driver clash going on.
Since it works for some things and not others, it is odd. It may be one
of those 'shot in the dark' things that fixes it.
Dale
:-) :-)
01-12-2010, 11:56 AM
Peter Humphrey
Sound in KDE-4
On Tuesday 12 January 2010 06:39:16 Dale wrote:
> From your post, it appears that the kernel sees the card. However, the
> only time I have seen this error was when I didn't have the right driver
> for my sound card. Can you check again to make very sure you have the
> right driver? Maybe there is two that are really close or something.
These are the loaded sound modules. Can you see any conflict?
I believe that snd_hda_intel is the right driver for the card, though I'm
not certain. The kernel seems to have known about these cards since version
2.6.26.2.
Maybe I should try removing all traces of OSS from the kernel.
# lspci -vs 00:1b.0
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev
05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8375
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at f7ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
--
Rgds
Peter.
01-12-2010, 11:57 AM
Peter Humphrey
Sound in KDE-4
On Tuesday 12 January 2010 05:30:25 Xi Shen wrote:
> have you run alsaconf, and start alsasound?
Yes, of course.
--
Rgds
Peter.
01-12-2010, 01:20 PM
Dale
Sound in KDE-4
Peter Humphrey wrote:
On Tuesday 12 January 2010 06:39:16 Dale wrote:
From your post, it appears that the kernel sees the card. However, the
only time I have seen this error was when I didn't have the right driver
for my sound card. Can you check again to make very sure you have the
right driver? Maybe there is two that are really close or something.
These are the loaded sound modules. Can you see any conflict?
I believe that snd_hda_intel is the right driver for the card, though I'm
not certain. The kernel seems to have known about these cards since version
2.6.26.2.
Maybe I should try removing all traces of OSS from the kernel.
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8375
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at f7ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
Try this site:
http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/
That should tell you exactly what driver you are supposed to use. At
least that way you are sure you have the right one.
I don't see any conflict but I'm not a sound card expert either. I just
recall having that error a couple times. I had it once when I hadn't
enabled the correct driver and once when I had two enabled that seemed
to conflict with each other. It was a good while back tho.
Maybe that site will help.
Dale
:-) :-)
01-12-2010, 01:50 PM
bn
Sound in KDE-4
Peter Humphrey ha scritto:
> On Tuesday 12 January 2010 06:39:16 Dale wrote:
>
>> From your post, it appears that the kernel sees the card. However, the
>> only time I have seen this error was when I didn't have the right driver
>> for my sound card. Can you check again to make very sure you have the
>> right driver? Maybe there is two that are really close or something.
>
> These are the loaded sound modules. Can you see any conflict?
>
> # lsmod | grep snd
> snd_seq_oss 23781 0
> snd_seq_midi_event 4540 1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq 42949 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_seq_device 4405 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> snd_pcm_oss 30573 0
> snd_mixer_oss 12406 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_hda_intel 17746 1
> snd_hda_codec 44688 1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_pcm 55177 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
> snd_timer 15366 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd 43222 11
> snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd _mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd _timer
> soundcore 4447 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 5937 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>
> I believe that snd_hda_intel is the right driver for the card, though I'm
> not certain. The kernel seems to have known about these cards since version
> 2.6.26.2.
>
> Maybe I should try removing all traces of OSS from the kernel.
>
> # lspci -vs 00:1b.0
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev
> 05)
> Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8375
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
> Memory at f7ff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
> Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
> Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link <?>
> Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
> Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
>
Seeing you're using (like me) an Intel HDA... have you selected the
correct *codec* in your kernel? I had trouble with my sound card until I
figured that out. See this mail:
> Seeing you're using (like me) an Intel HDA... have you selected the
> correct *codec* in your kernel? I had trouble with my sound card until I
> figured that out.
Ah, now that is a revelation. I discovered, to my astonishment, that I have
a Via codec. In an Intel chip-set? Weird. Never mind.
So I enabled the Via codec in the kernel config and rebooted, but it made no
difference. So I took the blunderbuss approach and enabled all the available
codecs. Still no improvement.
Back to square one. I still have no idea what's wrong with my sound system.
Thanks for suggestions so far...
--
Rgds
Peter.
01-20-2010, 03:40 AM
Xi Shen
Sound in KDE-4
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Peter Humphrey
<peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 January 2010 14:50:40 bn wrote:
>
>> Seeing you're using (like me) an Intel HDA... have you selected the
>> correct *codec* in your kernel? I had trouble with my sound card until I
>> figured that out.
>
> Ah, now that is a revelation. I discovered, to my astonishment, that I have
> a Via codec. In an Intel chip-set? Weird. Never mind.
>
> So I enabled the Via codec in the kernel config and rebooted, but it made no
> difference. So I took the blunderbuss approach and enabled all the available
> codecs. Still no improvement.
>
> Back to square one. I still have no idea what's wrong with my sound system.
>
> Thanks for suggestions so far...
>
> --
> Rgds
> Peter.
>
>
did you compile your sound drivers into the kernel, or as a module. i
had a similar issue before on my thinkpad t61. i compiled all the
intel-hd related sound drivers into the kernel, but the sound system
does not work. but after i compile them as modules, the sound works
very well.
On Wednesday 20 January 2010 04:40:04 Xi Shen wrote:
> did you compile your sound drivers into the kernel, or as a module. i
> had a similar issue before on my thinkpad t61. i compiled all the
> intel-hd related sound drivers into the kernel, but the sound system
> does not work. but after i compile them as modules, the sound works
> very well.
Sound in KDE-4
