Help me for configuring sound card cs4236b in opensuse11.1

user · March 8, 2009, 7:53pm

Friends,

I have successfully installed opensuse 11.1 in my old but reliable Dell optiplex gx1 computer with gnome desktop.Although it detects and configures my sound card CS4236B, no sound plays ultimately. I searched the web and found this issue addressed in SDB:Sound:CS4236B - openSUSE for opensuse 10.0. I configured exactly as per that article and it went just as the article told except that sounds were still elusive.

How can I configure this sound card in opensuse 11.1?

Many thanks for anyone who replies to this thread.

drtkm.

oldcpu · March 8, 2009, 8:12pm

You should not have to do that.

If it were me, I would do that only as a last resort, with the capability to go back to the default settings.

After restoring default settings, I recommend you try working your way thru the openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide:
SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE

Ensure you moved both master and PCM volume and headphone controls up in your mixer to 95% when testing sound. After you have confirmed basic sound you can move those down to a lower level to remove distortion.

To test your sound I recommend you try each of these sound tests (as both a regular user, and with root permissions) to see if one might work:
speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav
Note Linux is case sensitive, and “D” is not the same as “d”. To stop the above test, while the konsole/xterm has the mouse focus, press <CTRL><C> on the keyboard. Note you should check your mixer settings (kmix if using KDE, and alsamixer if using Gnome) to ensure that PCM and Master Volume are set around 75%. Note the test for surround sound is different.

If that test yields errors, try instead this more simple test: speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twavTry as both a regular user and with root permissions.

You should hear a lady’s voice saying ‘FRONT RIGHT’,‘FRONT LEFT’ 5 times. If you hear that, post here, as your problem is more likely in badly setup applications/codecs than basic sound.

If you have no success with the audio troubleshooting guide, then I will need more information if I am to make a recommendation … So can you provide more very detailed information so a good recommendation can be given? In the case of openSUSE-11.1, you can do that, with your PC connected to the internet, by opening a gnome-terminal or a kde konsole and typing with root permissions twice:/usr/sbin/alsa-info.shthe first time it will update the diagnostic script, and the second time that will run the diagnostic script and post the output to a web site on the Internet. It will give you the URL of the web site. Please post that URL here. Just the URL.

Also, please to provide additional information, copy and paste the following commands one line at a time into a gnome-terminal or a konsole and post here the output: rpm -qa | grep alsa
rpm -qa | grep pulse
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a
cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
That will provide information to do a quality check that the correct rpms are installed.

user · March 11, 2009, 3:39pm

Dear Global Moderator on Oldcpus,

Many thanks for replying on my problem of no sound after installation of openSUSE 11.1 with sound card CS 4236 of Crystal Semiconductor company in Dell optiplex Gx1 computer. Before going into details of the reporting, please note that:

A. I am totally new to openSUSE (and any Linux system).
B. I have a dual-boot system with Xp and openSUSE 11.1.
C. The sound card works in Xp as does my wireless data modem Huawei EC325 through which I connect to the internet but none work in openSUSE. So I have no sound and no internet connectivity in openSUSE.

Now the details of the work done as suggested by you.

Ran in xterm: rpm -q alsa alsa-utils alsa-firmware. Output :alsa-1.0.18-8.7, alsa-utils-1.0.18-6.4, package alsa-firmware is not installed.
Ran in xterm with root permission: zypper install alsa-firmware. Output : Download (curl) error for ‘http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss/repodata/repomd.xml’
Error code:
Error message : Couldn’t resolve host ‘download.opensuse.org’.
Abort, retry, ignore? [A,r,i] :
I then install alsa-firmware by clicking computer > Install software. Rebooted. Now rpm -q alsa alsa-utils alsa-firmware in xterm showed this : alsa-1.0.18-8.7, alsa-utils-1.0.18-6.4, alsa-firmware-1.0.17-1.42
Next ‘speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 –twav” command with and without root permission gave similar output: “Playback device is plug:front
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
ALSA lib pcm.c : 2202 : (snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards. pcm.front
Playback open error : -2, No such file or directory”
Then tried with root permission ‘speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav’ command. Output : “speaker- test 1.0.18
Playback device is plug:front
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 96 to 1048576
Period size range from 32 to 349526
Using max buffer size 1048576
Periods = 4
ALSA lib pcm.c : 626 : (pulse_prepare) PulseAudio: Unable to create stream: Connection terminated
Unable to set hw params for playback: Input/output error
Setting of hwparams failed: Input/output error
Ran as normal user yielded slightly different result:
“speaker- test 1.0.18
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
ALSA lib pulse.c : 272 : (pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused
Playback open error : -111, Connection refused”
Now followed “STEP-2: Trying YaST &/or ALSACONF to configure ones sound” as per SDB:AudioTroubleshooting article. Started alsaconfig.It showed:
Following card(s) are found on your system. Choose a sound card to configure:
cs4236 CS4236B
cs4236 CS4236B
legacy Probe legacy ISA (non-PnP) chips

“configuring snd_cs4236. Do you want to modify /etc/modprobe.sound (and /etc/modprobe.conf if present)? - yes.
Ok, sound driver is configured
ALSA CONFIGURATOR
will prepare the card for playing now. Default volume set at 92%.
Now ALSA is ready to use.
For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.
Have a lot of fun!”
Regrettably, speakers were as dumb as before on speaker tests!!

I now followed “STEP-3: Checking your audio setup for detailed information” as your recommendation and that of SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE.
8. cat /proc/asound/version command in xterm as normal user yielded: “Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.17”
9. cat /proc/asound/modules command yielded: “0 snd_cs4236”
10. cat /proc/asound/cards command yielded: “0 [CS4236B ] : CS4236B - CS4236B
CS4236B at 0×534, irq5, dma 1&3”
11. rpm -qa | grep alsa command yielded: “alsa-1.0.18-8.7”
12 rpm -qa | grep pulse command yielded no output.
13. rpm -q libasound2 command yielded: “libasound2-1.0.18-8.7”
14. uname -a command yielded: "Linux linux-cwi0 2.6.27.7-9-pae #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux”
19. cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound yielded: “alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236
alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4236”

user · March 11, 2009, 4:09pm

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20. Result of running the diagnostic script as advised: "ALSA- Info V.0.4.51. Information collected. An error occurred while connecting the Main Page - AlsaProject. Your information was NOT automatically uploaded. Your ALSA information can be seen by looking in /tmp/alsa-info.txt. Here is its output :

upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.51
!!################################
!!Script ran on: Wed Mar 11 16:21:35 IST 2009
!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------
Welcome to openSUSE 11.1 - Kernel \r (\l). LSB_VERSION=“core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-2.0-ia32:core-3.2-ia32” openSUSE 11.1 (i586)
!!Kernel Information
!!------------------
Kernel release: 2.6.27.7-9-pae
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686
Processor: i686
SMP Enabled: Yes

!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version: 1.0.17
Library version:
Utilities version: 1.0.18

!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------

snd_cs4236

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

0 [CS4236B ]: CS4236B - CS4236B
CS4236B at 0x534, irq 5, dma 1&3

!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID’s
!!--------------------------------------------------------

!!Loaded sound module options
!!--------------------------

!!Module: snd_cs4236
cport : 3840,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
dma1 : 1,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535
dma2 : 3,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535
enable : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y
fm_port : 904,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
id : <NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>
index : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
irq : 5,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535
isapnp : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y
mpu_irq : -1,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535,65535
mpu_port : 816,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
port : 1332,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
sb_port : 544,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

!!ALSA Device nodes
!!-----------------

crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 2009-03-11 15:47 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 2009-03-11 15:47 /dev/snd/hwC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 2009-03-11 15:47 /dev/snd/midiC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 2009-03-11 15:47 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 2009-03-11 15:47 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 2009-03-11 15:47 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 2009-03-11 15:47 /dev/snd/timer

!!Aplay/Arecord output
!!------------

APLAY
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: CS4236B [CS4236B], device 0: CS4231 [CS4236B]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ARECORD

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: CS4236B [CS4236B], device 0: CS4231 [CS4236B]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

!!Amixer output
!!-------------
!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [CS4236B]

Card hw:0 ‘CS4236B’/‘CS4236B at 0x534, irq 5, dma 1&3’
Mixer name : ‘CS4236B’
Components : ‘’
Controls : 35
Simple ctrls : 19
Simple mixer control ‘Master Digital’,0
Capabilities: volume pswitch cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 71
Front Left: 66 [93%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: 66 [93%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control ‘PCM’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 58 [92%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 58 [92%] [on]
Simple mixer control ‘Synth’,0
Capabilities: volume pswitch cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 31
Front Left: 27 [87%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: 27 [87%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Synth Capture Bypass’,0
Capabilities: pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Mono:
Front Left: Playback [off]
Front Right: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control ‘FM’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 59 [94%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 59 [94%] [on]
Simple mixer control ‘Wavetable’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 57 [90%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 57 [90%] [on]
Simple mixer control ‘DSP’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 59 [94%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 59 [94%] [on]
Simple mixer control ‘Line’,0
Capabilities: volume pswitch cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 31
Front Left: 28 [90%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: 28 [90%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Line Capture Bypass’,0
Capabilities: pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Mono:
Front Left: Playback [off]
Front Right: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control ‘CD’,0
Capabilities: volume pswitch cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 31
Front Left: 27 [87%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: 27 [87%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Mic’,0
Capabilities: volume pswitch cswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 31
Front Left: 28 [90%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: 28 [90%] Playback [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Mic Playback Boost’,0
Capabilities: pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Mono:
Front Left: Playback [off]
Front Right: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Mono’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 13 [87%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 13 [87%] [on]
Simple mixer control ‘Mono Output’,0
Capabilities: pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Mono:
Front Left: Playback [off]
Front Right: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Mono Playback Bypass’,0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Capture’,0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 0 [0%]
Front Right: Capture 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control ‘Capture Boost’,0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 1 [33%]
Front Right: 1 [33%]
Simple mixer control ‘Analog Loopback’,0
Capabilities: cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Digital Loopback’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 57 [90%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 57 [90%] [on]

!!Alsactl output
!!-------------
–startcollapse–
state.CS4236B {
control.1 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Master Digital Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.2 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Master Digital Capture Switch’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.3 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 71’
iface MIXER
name ‘Master Digital Volume’
value.0 66
value.1 66
}
control.4 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 3’
iface MIXER
name ‘Capture Boost Volume’
value.0 1
value.1 1
}
control.5 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘PCM Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.6 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 63’
iface MIXER
name ‘PCM Playback Volume’
value.0 58
value.1 58
}
control.7 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘DSP Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.8 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 63’
iface MIXER
name ‘DSP Playback Volume’
value.0 59
value.1 59
}
control.9 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘FM Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.10 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 63’
iface MIXER
name ‘FM Playback Volume’
value.0 59
value.1 59
}
control.11 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Wavetable Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.12 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 63’
iface MIXER
name ‘Wavetable Playback Volume’
value.0 57
value.1 57
}
control.13 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Synth Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.14 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 31’
iface MIXER
name ‘Synth Volume’
value.0 27
value.1 27
}
control.15 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Synth Capture Switch’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.16 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Synth Capture Bypass’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.17 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Mic Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.18 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Mic Capture Switch’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.19 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 31’
iface MIXER
name ‘Mic Volume’
value.0 28
value.1 28
}
control.20 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Mic Playback Boost’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.21 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Line Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.22 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 31’
iface MIXER
name ‘Line Volume’
value.0 28
value.1 28
}
control.23 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Line Capture Switch’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.24 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Line Capture Bypass’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.25 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘CD Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.26 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 31’
iface MIXER
name ‘CD Volume’
value.0 27
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}
control.27 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘CD Capture Switch’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.28 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Mono Output Playback Switch’
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.29 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name ‘Mono Playback Switch’
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.30 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 1
comment.range ‘0 - 15’
iface MIXER
name ‘Mono Playback Volume’
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}
control.31 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
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control.32 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
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iface MIXER
name ‘Capture Volume’
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control.33 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
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iface MIXER
name ‘Analog Loopback Capture Switch’
value.0 false
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}
control.34 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name ‘Digital Loopback Playback Switch’
value true
}
control.35 {
comment.access ‘read write’
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range ‘0 - 63’
iface MIXER
name ‘Digital Loopback Playback Volume’
value.0 57
value.1 57
}
}
–endcollapse–

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oldcpu · March 11, 2009, 4:16pm

Next time, rather than clog up the thread with a copy and paste so long that:
a. no one will read it, and
b. it will scare away potential users who might help,

instead, paste the file on site such as http://pastebin.ca

user · March 11, 2009, 4:18pm

Continued - Page 3

Last part of the alsa-info file:

!!All Loaded Modules
!!------------------

Module
snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss
snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event
snd_opl3_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul
snd_seq
snd_cs4236
snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep
snd_cs4236_lib
snd_mpu401_uart
snd_rawmidi
snd_seq_device
snd_cs4231_lib
snd_pcm
snd_timer
snd
snd_page_alloc
ip6t_LOG
xt_tcpudp
xt_pkttype
ipt_LOG
xt_limit
xt_physdev
binfmt_misc
nls_utf8
bridge
stp
bnep
sco
rfcomm
l2cap
bluetooth
af_packet
ip6t_REJECT
nf_conntrack_ipv6
ip6table_raw
xt_NOTRACK
ipt_REJECT
xt_state
iptable_raw
iptable_filter
ip6table_mangle
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack
ip_tables
ip6table_filter
ip6_tables
x_tables
ipv6
fuse
nls_iso8859_1
nls_cp437
vfat
fat
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malcolmlewis · March 11, 2009, 4:30pm

Hi
Very true oldcpu. I prefer to use the curl command to auto upload;


curl -F file=@<file_to_upload> www.nopaste.com/a

Then post back the URL.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (i586) Kernel 2.6.27.15-2-default
up 1:42, 2 users, load average: 0.22, 0.13, 0.18
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.35

FeatherMonkey · March 11, 2009, 4:44pm

The poor guy has already said he hasn’t got internet and is a new user and he’s got don’t post so much. Tact diplomacy vinegar honey and flies, comes to mind.

Hi drtkm
Not sure what you have tried but the immediate thing would be to get the modem working first, as one this will assist in giving these guys a paste box. More importantly it will enable you to connect with the system having problems(Update get newer packages, paste etc), now by the look of things this modem looks relatively easy.

I found this, now it worked for 10.2, now the comments have a mixed response but can’t see why it shouldn’t work for you.

Connecting to net using Huawei EC325 on Linux

You should have wvdial also I suspect you may find an alternative way with kpp(Guessing here)

See how you get on with that tut and manage to get your modem up, but firstly I would try to solve the modem perhaps maybe even a separate thread so it can get the attention it needs.

Google search that got me started http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=GKl&q=linux+Huawei+EC325&btnG=Search&meta=

user · March 11, 2009, 6:51pm

Extremely sorry.

I posted the whole file of my reportings on general pastebin - Help me for configuring sound ca - post number 1358235.

My humble requests to the administrators of the forum/thread:

Please delete my last two posts, if feasible, as I found no edit button to modify them.
The uploading limit of a reply was restricted to 15000 characters per reply, which I complied. But as the reply demanded more space, I posted the rest in a separate reply. It seems that nobody likes such replies judging by the prompt reactions, and rightly so. Why not then restrict the reply character limit to some smaller and more pleasant figure? Anyone trying to exceed that limit should be informed that they can put their replies by methods like ones suggested by oldcpu or malcolmlewis.

My thanks to FeatherMonkey for his suggestions. I shall work with them and report shortly.

Sorry once again for disturbing you.

drtkm

oldcpu · March 11, 2009, 7:22pm

I did a brief search on this cs4236b, and also on Turtle Beach. There are many different suggestions re: sound. Far far too many for me to repeat here. I recommend you search our forum on “Turtle Beach”, … and maybe also on “cs4236b” and see what you can pick up for suggestions.

I don’t have this hardware myself, nor have I ever used this hardware, and is is very different from the average piece of audio hardware, so I do not have any suggestions.