Just post the URL you get (similar to the RED URL in my example, but yours will be different).
If you can not get that, then run this with the no upload option:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
which will create the file /tmp/alsa-info.txt. Copy that file and paste it on Pastebin.com and press submit. That will give you a URL address. Please post that URL here.
What is your criteria for stating sound does not work? Try each of the following in a terminal, first as a regular user and then with root permissions:
first:
speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav
second, try again:
speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
third:
speaker-test -c2 -D hw:0,0 -t wav -l3
fourth, this next command has a volume meter at the bottom of its output with a changing number of #'s and %'s to show volume levels so run this command and tell me if the number of #'s and %'s are changing:
My recommendation is not to follow that thread, but instead to write a bug report on openSUSE component “sound” on openSUSE-11.3.
Attach (don’t copy and paste, but attach) to the bug report the text file from running:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
and that will create the file /tmp/alsa-info.txt which can be added as an attachment. That has bunch of technical info that may show the alsa dev what is wrong with the alsa driver, IF you also describe the audio symptoms.
Note the SuSE-GmbH packager for sound is also an alsa developer, and if he fixes this, the fix gets sent upstream and ALL Linux distributions will benefit from your efforts with him.
There is guidance here for raising bug reports: Submitting Bug Reports - openSUSE … The alsa developer/openSUSE packager, may ask that you try a few different alsa versions, and hence if your schedule is too busy for such support (and I definitely know what that can be like) then its probably best NOT to write such a bug report.
Don’t reference this thread, as the SuSE-GmbH packager refuses to read forum threads. Its important the bug report has all the salient information. You could however, point to him the Ubuntu bug report thread: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/582199
a fix!
I found this link: No sound in openSuSE 11.2 (Optiplex 380)
and from there modified my /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf file
[ALT+ F2 “gnomesu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf”]
options snd-hda-intel model=lifebook
then restarted the driver with
su -c 'rcalsasound restart'
It’s great to hear sound!
HOWEVER, it is just from the headphone jack in the front right now, not the rear panel…
Interesting, the setting ‘lifebook’ is typically associated with an ALC269, and your PC has an ALC259. I note these are the possible settings for an ALC269 (from the HD-Audio-Models.txt file documentation):
ALC269
======
basic Basic preset
quanta Quanta FL1
eeepc-p703 ASUS Eeepc P703 P900A
eeepc-p901 ASUS Eeepc P901 S101
fujitsu FSC Amilo
lifebook Fujitsu Lifebook S6420
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
I suppose you could try each of those other settings, one at a time, in your 50-sound.conf (reboot after each and then test) to see if any make the audio control characteristics any better.
I recommend you still write a bug report against openSUSE-11.3 component “sound”. This should be setup properly automatically and clearly it is not. Include in the bug report all that you have learned so as to help the SuSE-GmbH sound packager (who is also an alsa sound driver developer). He may come up with a better fix for you fairly quickly. Don’t forget to include an up to date version of the alsa-info.txt file as an attachment after running:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
Again, guidance for writing bug reports here: openSUSE:Submitting bug reports - openSUSE
… ensure you watch the bug report for the reply(s) and also after providing information, ensure you remove the “need info” flag on the bug report.
Looks like you have a reply to your bug report from the openSUSE Packager. They would like you to do a few things:
(1) + (2) provide the /tmp/alsa-info.txt file as an attachment, not as a URL (from running: /usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload ) . They want the file without the ‘model=lifebook’ option, and then add the ‘model=lifebook’ option and reboot, and obtain the alsa-info.txt file again. In both cases post as an attachment.
(3) try updating alsa-driver-kmp on OBS multimedia:audio:KMP repo … there is guidance here: SDB:Alsa-update - openSUSE If you need help on that update, then post here. I suspect after a successful update and test, whether your sound works better or not, the SuSE-GmbH packager would still like another (3rd) alsa-info.txt file.
Don’t forget to clear the ‘need info’ flag after you provide the requested information.
I installed alsa-driver-kmp through adding the repository: Index of /repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11.3
This gives me sound through the rear jack!
My headphone jack works also, but does not function to “replace” the sound from the rear jack when plugged in. Either way, my sound is working.
Thank you.
If you keep working with the SuSE-GmbH packager for Sound, he probably can fix that also. It will likely require more support on your part, but the end result will be: (1) your sound should function better on all jacks with headset / speaker combination working properly (2) all other Linux distributions benefiting as the openSUSE packagers is VERY good at fixing sound problems.
Note, you do not need to copy the contents of the alsa-info.txt file in bugzilla, … for at the bottom of the bugzilla page there is a somewhat obscure way of attaching the FILE directly to a post on the bugzilla page. So instead, ATTACH the file. Don’t copy and paste its contents.
Good luck, and glad to read we are making progress. Anything you do to help improve this further will help all other Linux users.