Re: SoundProblem in Suse 9.3

Alfred Sabitzer wrote:

> this is what suse tells me about my hardware.
>
> 28: PCI 1f.5: 0401 Multimedia audio controller
> [Created at pci.273]
> Unique ID: W60f.0yY84rcFqd7
> SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5
> SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.5
> Hardware Class: sound
> Model: "Micro-Star International 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97
Audio
> Controller"
> Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
> Device: pci 0x24d5 "82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio
Controller"
> SubVendor: pci 0x1462 "Micro-Star International Co., Ltd."
> SubDevice: pci 0x0080
> Revision: 0x02
> Driver: "Intel ICH"
> I/O Ports: 0xc800-0xc8ff (rw)
> I/O Ports: 0xc400-0xc43f (rw)
> Memory Range: 0xf7fffa00-0xf7fffbff (rw,non-prefetchable)
> Memory Range: 0xf7fff900-0xf7fff9ff (rw,non-prefetchable)
> IRQ: 201 (339079 events)
> Driver Info #0:
> Driver Status: i810_audio is not active
<---------------------------
> Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe i810_audio"
<---------------------
> Driver Info #1:
> Driver Status: snd-intel8x0 is active
> Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd-intel8x0"
> Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
>
> System worked fine in Suse9.1.
>
> Yast->Sound and Multimedia -> Sound System -> Sound testen
> --> Works fine
> Yast->Sound and Multimedia -> Sound System -> Midi testen
> --> Absolutly nothing.
>
> This means in real Live, that i get System-Beeps (login sound and so

> on), but nothing when trying to hear radion, watch tv or listen to
CD's.
>
> I also dont know how to start the audio driver
>
> Any Ideas

I had the same problem after an upgrade to suse 9.3 but I discovered
that it
only applied to accounts that were upgraded. Brand new accounts had
sound.

Tom