Followed wiki and now sound server won't start

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Hi

I got myself a new laptop! Levono 3000 N200 with lots of Intel because I thought that would make everything work out of the box but I don’t have any sound.

However, I found a wiki-entry that I thought would help here.

I followed it as best as I could. I looked in ALSA-Configuration.txt, found my soundcard (“ALC861-VD”) and now I’m stuck.

Original modprobe.d/sound:


options snd slots=snd-hda-intel model=lenovo
# u1Nb.cOzUFd_gaWF:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

Me modified (tried lenovo, 6stack-dig):


options snd slots=snd-hda-intel model=lenovo
# u1Nb.cOzUFd_gaWF:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

and now at the restarting sound server:

linux-317c:~ # rcalsasound restart
Shutting down sound driver                                           done
Starting sound driver:  hda-intelWARNING: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-pae/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_hwdep (/lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-pae/kernel/sound/core/snd-hwdep.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-pae/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-pae/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel (/lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-pae/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
                                                                     failed

What can/should I do now?

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Well done in the efforts you made so far. Its unfortunate they did not work.

What version of openSUSE are you using? Also what version of ALSA? There have been a lot of changes between SuSE-10.0 and openSUSE-11.0, and its possible what is recommended for openSUSE-11.0 will not work on openSUSE-10.0 because the alsa version is significantly different.

I note this URL here:
Lenovo 3000 N200 - Linux Laptop Wiki
where the option applied was lenovo, which you tried.

Good try! But that HDA_sound_problem URL syntax does not work well with openSUSE-11.0, which for some reason requires a different syntax. If you are using openSUSE-11.0, try instead:


options snd slots=snd-hda-intel 
# u1Nb.cOzUFd_gaWF:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo

and restart alsa with su -c rcalsasound restart

and test your sound.

If you are using openSUSE-11.0 and “lenovo” does not work, try instead “auto” with exact same syntax that I recommended (and restart your alsa … etc … ) . There is a bug on openSUSE-11.0 and the default parameter is not being applied for some kernel sound modules (I do not know which ones).

If the above does not work, then we need more information, … ie …with your PC connected to the internet, please start by copy and pasting the following diagnostic script into a gnome-terminal / konsole with your PC connected to the internet:

wget http://home.cfl.rr.com/infofiles/tsalsa && su -c 'bash ./tsalsa'

and when prompted for a password enter your root password. Please try to accurately estimate the number of jacks/plug you have when asked (for example, I have 3 i/o sound jacks on my PC), and when the script is complete it will give you a URL. Please post that URL on this thread.

Also, in addition to the above, please copy and paste the following commands one line at a time into a gnome-terminal / konsole and paste here the output of these commands:
rpm -qa | grep alsa
rpm -qa | grep pulse
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a
cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound

Are you using gnome or kde? and if openSUSE-11, which kde version?

Also, when testing your sound for functionality, please copy and paste the following sound test into a gnome-terminal / konsole:
speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav

My reference for the above is the opensuse audio troubleshooting guide.
SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE

Good luck!*

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Thank you! The other syntax worked and now I have sound.

Btw. I chose the one with Intel graphic card instead of the more expensive and “freedom-hating” one with nVidia.

lol!

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Nice! Its good to read of a Lenova 3000 N200 success story.

Hindight being 20-20 (and my memory being horrible) I see now I could have simply gone here:
HCL/Laptops/IBM - openSUSE
and seen the solution ! < sigh > Anyway, … Congratulations!:good:

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Off topic question:
Does your Lenovo 3000 N200 hibernate with Suse installed?