Installed SuSE 11.4 on a brand new Aspire 5253. KMix seems to default to: IEC958 and volume cannot be adjusted, nor is there sound from videos using FlashPlayer.
Hardware info says: ATI Audio device, Driver HDA Intel.
Ethernet: Network Card: Attensic Ethernet Controller.
Message produced by YaST Network settings:
Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0) is not present. This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg output for details.
What to do for the sound issue, and is special driver needed for the ethernet card?
For sound, I might open YaST / Hardware / Sound and see what is device 0 and device 1. You will use zero by default, perhaps you need to select the device one and then change it to default and see what you get. For networking, it might be helpful to know more about your hardware. I have a script that can be used to determine the networking hardware. Here is link to the script, look at message #11 for details:
James,
Thanks for the info.
Flipping the sound card makes no difference.
YaST – Sound reports 0–SBx00 Azalia (Inteh HDA), 1–ATI Technologies.
The ATI wants to connect to a bluetooth device.
Here is the te result from netinfo. Hope you can do something with it.
So I actually read where another Linux user reported that upgrading the kernel to 2.6.38 allowed this network card to work. I am not sure if you are game or not, but it might be worth a try. The latest stable release is up to 2.6.39.3 and would be the one I would try. I have a blog on the subject you can read here:
Read through the whole thing and see if it is something you would like to try. Its getting close to 10PM as you know and I must get up at 5AM, so I will be off line shortly. Do not rush, but read or even give it a start on Tuesday.
This is typically a configuration and not a driver problem.
For openSUSE-11.4 I typically recommend users install the pulse audio volume application ‘pavucontrol’ and use it to better control their audio, running ‘pavucontrol’ the first time anyone runs a multimedia application and then tune pulse with ‘pavucontrol’. Pulse will remember the setting and the application will be tuned properly from then on. Ensure one in the Out-Put devices tab has SHOW all-output-devices selected and ensure in the Playback tab one has SHOW all-streams selected.
Hello James,
Compiled the new kernel as per your script. Done without a glitch. It solved the ethernet issue.
Still a problem with the sound, but that will be solved, one way or another. Probably another.
Thanks for your help,
Dick Davis
skylineds Hello James,
Compiled the new kernel as per your script. Done without a glitch. It solved the ethernet issue.
Still a problem with the sound, but that will be solved, one way or another. Probably another.
Thanks for your help,
Dick Davis
Thanks oldcpu,
Installed the pulsaudio and pavucontrol. All work fine!
Thanksagain,
Dick Davis
Wow, a double play. Got Ethernet and Sound fixed in one thread. That is great news and shows our teamwork here in the openSUSE forum too. How else can we help you Dick? We are batting a 1000 so far, so ask us while we are hot! lol!
