No Sound openSUSE 11.0 Intel ICH8 Controller

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alsa 1.0.16-39.1

Contents of modprobe.d:

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel

u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

========

speaker-test -c2 -Ddefault -l5 -twav

speaker-test 1.0.16

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 8192
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 8192
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 2.864758
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.007807
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.007914
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.007823
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.007804

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Thanks. There is an openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide, and you could try working your way through that: SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE

If that does not work for you, then it would help if you provided more information.

Which desktop are you using? KDE3 ? KDE4 ? Gnome ?

Is this a laptop ? Desktop ? If laptop, what model/make ?

To obtain additional information I also need, when with your PC connected to the internet please copy and paste the following into a gnome-terminal or konsole:

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh && bash alsa-info.sh

When the script completes it will pass you a URL. Please post that URL here. Only the URL. Not the rest.

Also, please copy and paste the following one line at a time into a gnome-terminal or konsole and post the output here.rpm -qa | grep alsa
rpm -qa | grep pulse
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a

You already provided the contents of your /etc/modprobe.d/sound, but if you change it, please post its contents. You can easily find that by typing:
cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound

Don’t forget to install alsa-firmware and reboot after that install. Also when adjusting your mixer, move both PCM and master volume levels up to 95% or so. Once you have sound, you can move them back to lower levels to remove any distortion.

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Hi, I’m running OpenSuse 11.1 on a HP EliteBook (Laptop) 8730w with mentioned sound hardware configuration. I’ve got the tip to include following line in /etc/modprobe.d/sound: options snd-hda-intel model=laptop

Of some reason it did not work right away but after fiddling around with the panel(!?!) it now works…

Hope this can help someone else, I wish you a Happy New Year 2009!

/Joakim

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jbrosten wrote:
> Hi, I’m running OpenSuse 11.1 on a HP EliteBook (Laptop) 8730w with
> mentioned sound hardware configuration. I’ve got the tip to include
> following line in -/etc/modprobe.d/sound-: options snd-hda-intel
> model=laptop
>
> Of some reason it did not work right away but after fiddling around
> with the panel(!?!) it now works…
>
> Hope this can help someone else, I wish you a Happy New Year 2009!
>
> /Joakim

Thanks for the suggestion. I saw an options line in the file relating to
a discussion of the problem, but I didn’t have any idea what it should
contain for my sound hardware. My PC has an Intel motherboard but isn’t
a laptop.

Best wishes for 2009 to you and yours.

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oldcpu wrote:
> Thanks. There is an openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide, and you could
> try working your way through that: ‘SDB:AudioTroubleshooting -
> openSUSE’ (http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:AudioTroubleshooting)

Am in the process.

> If that does not work for you, then it would help if you provided more
> information.
>
> Which desktop are you using? KDE3 ? KDE4 ? Gnome ?

32-bit with KDE 3

>
> Is this a laptop ? Desktop ? If laptop, what model/make ?

Homemade with Intel DG965WH mobo, Intel Core Duo 6600 processor, NVIDIA
GeForce 6600 video, and 4G RAM
>
> To obtain additional information I also need, when with your PC
> connected to the internet please copy and paste the following into a
> gnome-terminal or konsole:
> Code:
> --------------------
> wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh && bash alsa-info.sh
> --------------------
> When the script completes it will pass you a URL. Please post that URL
> here. Only the URL. Not the rest.

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=52f5c2277ef9ed1c5172215a34312729ac1cd104

> Also, please copy and paste the following one line at a time into a
> gnome-terminal or konsole and post the output here.::

> rpm -qa | grep alsa

alsa-utils-1.0.16-35.1
alsa-1.0.16-39.1
alsamixergui-0.9.0rc1-705.1
alsa-plugins-1.0.16-57.1
alsa-firmware-1.0.16-24.1
alsa-oss-1.0.15-48.1

> rpm -qa | grep pulse

libpulse0-0.9.10-26.5

> rpm -q libasound2

libasound2-1.0.16-39.1

> uname -a

Linux linux-k367 2.6.25.18-0.2-pae #1 SMP 2008-10-21 16:30:26 +0200 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux

> You already provided the contents of your /etc/modprobe.d/sound, but if
> you change it, please post its contents. You can easily find that by
> typing:
> ::cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound::

Didn’t change yet.

>
> Don’t forget to install alsa-firmware and reboot after that install.

Had done that.

> Also when adjusting your mixer, move both PCM and master volume levels
> up to 95% or so. Once you have sound, you can move them back to lower
> levels to remove any distortion.

I hear a loud click that I assume is coming from the speakers when I
boot, but there is no sound otherwise.

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ok, … 32-bit openSUSE-11.0 with 2.6.25.18-0.2-pae kernel with a Codec: SigmaTel STAC9271D

First, I note this in your mixer:
!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [Intel]
Card hw:0 ‘Intel’/‘HDA Intel at 0xed220000 irq 22’
Mixer name : ‘SigmaTel STAC9271D’
Simple mixer control ‘Master’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback 88 [69%] -29.25dB] [on]
Simple mixer control ‘PCM’,0
Capabilities: pvolume
Front Left: Playback 88 [35%] -33.40dB]
Front Right: Playback 88 [35%] -33.40dB]
Simple mixer control ‘Surround’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Center’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control ‘LFE’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Side’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control ‘IEC958’,0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control ‘IEC958 Default PCM’,0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control ‘Analog Loopback’,0
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control ‘Swap Center/LFE’,0
Mono: Playback [on]Your levels are far from the 95% test levels I suggested. PCM is way way too low. I recommend you 1st get your sound working, then back off to a volume level where there is no distortion. Plus I highlighted in orange some settings that I do not understand. Perhaps you could explain your plan there?

Next, I note your PC has a SigmaTel STAC9271D hardware audio codec. The ALSA-Configuration.txt file has this entry list regarding that codec:

	STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
	  ref		Reference board
	  3stack	D965 3stack
	  5stack	D965 5stack + SPDIF
	  dell-3stack	Dell Dimension E520

From a previous post, your /etc/modprobe.d/sound file is:

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
# u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

you could try changing that to:

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack
# u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

and then restart your audio with: su -c ‘rcalsasound restart’ enter root password when prompted, and restart your mixer, and test your sound.

When testing your sound, I recommend you copy this into a konsole:speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
and you should hear a ladies voice saying ‘FRONT LEFT’, ‘FRONT RIGHT’ five times.

If that does not work, change “3stack” with another entry from the list I provided above (for example switch ‘3stack’ with ‘5stack’ ) and restart alsa and restart your mixer and test your sound. If not sound try same again one at a time with dell-3stack and ref.

If that does not work, then may an update of alsa is needed. I can provide specific commands for that.

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oldcpu wrote:
> Robert Carlson;1918520 Wrote:
>> http://tinyurl.com/8udeyu
> ok, … 32-bit openSUSE-11.0 with 2.6.25.18-0.2-pae kernel with a
> Codec: SigmaTel STAC9271D
>
> First, I note this in your mixer:
> !!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [Intel]
> Card hw:0 ‘Intel’/‘HDA Intel at 0xed220000 irq 22’
> Mixer name : ‘SigmaTel STAC9271D’
> Simple mixer control ‘Master’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback 88 [69%] -29.25dB] [on]
> Simple mixer control ‘PCM’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume
> Front Left: Playback 88 [35%] -33.40dB]
> Front Right: Playback 88 [35%] -33.40dB]
> Simple mixer control ‘Surround’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
> Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
> Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
> Simple mixer control ‘Center’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
> Simple mixer control ‘LFE’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
> Simple mixer control ‘Side’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
> Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
> Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
> Simple mixer control ‘IEC958’,0
> Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback [on]
> Simple mixer control ‘IEC958 Default PCM’,0
> Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback [on]
> Simple mixer control ‘Analog Loopback’,0
> Mono: Playback [on]
> Simple mixer control ‘Swap Center/LFE’,0
> Mono: Playback [on]Your levels are far from the 95% test
> levels I suggested. PCM is way way too low. I recommend you 1st get
> your sound working, then back off to a volume level where there is no
> distortion. Plus I highlighted in orange some settings that I do not
> understand. Perhaps you could explain your plan there?
>
> Next, I note your PC has a SigmaTel STAC9271D hardware audio codec. The
> ALSA-Configuration.txt file has this entry list regarding that codec:
> Code:
> --------------------
> STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
> ref Reference board
> 3stack D965 3stack
> 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
> dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520
> --------------------
>
>
> From a previous post, your /etc/modprobe.d/sound file is:
> Code:
> --------------------
> options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
> # u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> --------------------
> you could try changing that to:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
> options snd-hda-intel model=3stack
> # u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> --------------------
> and then restart your audio with: ::su -c ‘rcalsasound restart’::
> enter root password when prompted, and restart your mixer, and test your
> sound.
>
> When testing your sound, I recommend you copy this into a
> konsole:::speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
> ::and you should hear a ladies voice saying ‘FRONT LEFT’,
> ‘FRONT RIGHT’ five times.
>
> If that does not work, change “3stack” with another entry from the list
> I provided above (for example switch ‘3stack’ with ‘5stack’ ) and
> restart alsa and restart your mixer and test your sound. If not sound
> try same again one at a time with dell-3stack and ref.
>
> If that does not work, then may an update of alsa is needed. I can
> provide specific commands for that.

Thanks. All of those things tried. I renamed the old sound sound_orig
and copied the modified stuff into a new version of sound. The only
variant that didn’t produce the crack sound when running the sound
restart was dell-3stack. I even got that upon switching back to the
original. In the process, I noticed that kmix had disappeared from the
panel, whereupon I loaded the Alsa mixer and turned up its volume. Tests
repeated. Still no voice from speaker test.

I notice an empty file named sound.YaST2save. Is that normal?

In the blacklist file I find several Intel entries: intelfbdrv,
intelfbhw, and intelfb. Any possible ill effect from those?

Prior to building this PC in the spring of 2007, I did quite a lot of
research in an effort to pick hardware that would be Linux compatible.
I ultimately accepted the advice of a person who I think was an
openSUSE user (I seem to recall that he was Canadian and had a biker web
site). His advice was that Intel supported Linux better than other mobo
makers; hence my choice of the DG965WH. When I installed openSUSE 10.2
x86_64, all the hardware worked without any issues. Hence, I am all the
more puzzled about why making the sound work in openSUSE 11.0 isn’t very
straightforward.

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Careful what you leave in that directory. I do not fully understand the code that calls /etc/modprobe.d/ directory, but it may end up calling your backup file (in addition to the sound file) as if it was the main file.

If you have been using YaST to configure, then yes.

I don’t know. My guess would be no ill effect.

He is correct, but even with Intel, there is a time lag for newer hardware drivers to make it thru to Linux.

The alsa 1.0.16 with your 11.0 openSUSE is very old, as there have been MANY hardware compatibility improvements to alsa in the past 6 months. You may need 1.0.18a of alsa to get this to work. Its also quite possible you will need a 2.6.27 kernel to get this sound device to work (where the 2.6.27 only comes with 11.1), but that is pure speculation on my part.

But before we worry about the kernel, why not first see if an update to alsa will help?

To update your alsa, open a gnome terminal or a konsole and type “su” (no quotes - enter root password) to get root permissions, and then type the following 6 commands one at a time, in sequence:

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_11.0/ multimedia 

 zypper install alsa alsa-utils alsa-plugins alsa-oss alsa-tools alsa-firmware libasound2 

zypper rr multimedia 

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11.0_Update/ multimedia 

zypper install alsa-driver-kmp-pae 

zypper rr multimedia

then restart your PC and test your sound. You may need to iteratively reply all those model options again, to see if one works.
Reference: Alsa-update - openSUSE

… if that does not work, then it may be your new hardware audio codec requires a newer kernel than comes with openSUSE-11.0.

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oldcpu wrote:
> He is correct, but even with Intel, there is a time lag for newer
> hardware drivers to make it thru to Linux.

Which was my point; if there were to be problems, it seems like they
ought to have shown up with the mobo model was only a few months old.
>
> The alsa 1.0.16 with your 11.0 openSUSE is very old, as there have been
> MANY hardware compatibility improvements to alsa in the past 6 months.
…
> To update your alsa, open a gnome terminal or a konsole and type “su”
> (no quotes - enter root password) to get root permissions, and then type
> the following 6 commands one at a time, in sequence:
> Code:

…
> zypper install alsa alsa-utils alsa-plugins alsa-oss alsa-tools alsa-firmware libasound2
> --------------------

There was a glitch here:

Overall download size: 5.0 M. After the operation, additional 2.0 M will
be used.
Continue? [YES/no]: YES
Downloading package fxload-2002_04_11-212.1.i586 (1/8), 22.0 K (41.0 K
unpacked)
Failed to mount cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 on /var/adm/mount/AP_0x00000001:
No medium found (mount: No medium found)

Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: r
Failed to mount cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 on /var/adm/mount/AP_0x00000001:
No medium found (mount: No medium found)

Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: r
Failed to mount cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 on /var/adm/mount/AP_0x00000001:
No medium found (mount: No medium found)

I finally chose ignore, and the process completed. Then I wondered if
it was expecting the 11.0 CD to be in the drive and re-executed the
command, but it said everything was installed and there was nothing to do.

In any case, when I rebooted, there was a louder pop, but there was
still no sound with the original sound file. But then, following the
change to the 3stack option, there was sound, albeit softly. I cranked
up the mixer to the max and set the Amarok sound level to 75% and that
seems loud enough. Thanks much!

In the middle of all this an update problem arose relating to Mozilla,
and I presume that is not your bailywick, so I’ll open a new inquiry.

Happy New Year!

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Yes, it was looking for the CD. But if you had your OSS and Non-OSS repositories populated, it would after you choose to ignore, go to the repositories.

Congratulations !! Glad to read a kernel update is not needed. :slight_smile:

Thanks. Your presumption is likely accurate. A new thread is a good idea.

Your fix was timely. I’m about to go on vacation for over 2 weeks (starting early tomorrow) and my replies would be a lot slower as a result.

Happy New Year to you too.

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oldcpu wrote:
> Robert Carlson;1918819 Wrote:
>> I finally chose ignore, and the process completed. Then I wondered if
>> it was expecting the 11.0 CD to be in the drive and re-executed the
>> command, but it said everything was installed and there was nothing to
>> do.

> Yes, it was looking for the CD. But if you had your OSS and Non-OSS
> repositories populated, it would after you choose to ignore, go to the
> repositories.

Interesting how that works.

> Robert Carlson;1918819 Wrote:
>> In any case, when I rebooted, there was a louder pop, but there was
>> still no sound with the original sound file. But then, following the
>> change to the 3stack option, there was sound, albeit softly.Congratulations !! Glad to read a kernel update is not needed. :slight_smile:
>
> Robert Carlson;1918819 Wrote:
>> In the middle of all this an update problem arose relating to Mozilla,
>> and I presume that is not your bailywick, so I’ll open a new inquiry. Thanks. Your presumption is likely accurate. A new thread is a good
> idea.
>
> Your fix was timely. I’m about to go on vacation for over 2 weeks
> (starting early tomorrow) and my replies would be a lot slower as a
> result.
>
> Happy New Year to you too.

Have a wonderful vacation!

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Yup…
This workaround also fixed my daughters laptop who has the same Intel SC. and SLED 10 SP1
It’s worth to give it a go.

And happy New Year

Luis

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oldcpu wrote:
> Robert Carlson;1918819 Wrote:
>> I finally chose ignore, and the process completed. Then I wondered if
>> it was expecting the 11.0 CD to be in the drive and re-executed the
>> command, but it said everything was installed and there was nothing to
>> do. Yes, it was looking for the CD. But if you had your OSS and Non-OSS
> repositories populated, it would after you choose to ignore, go to the
> repositories.
>
> Robert Carlson;1918819 Wrote:
>> In any case, when I rebooted, there was a louder pop, but there was
>> still no sound with the original sound file. But then, following the
>> change to the 3stack option, there was sound, albeit softly.Congratulations !! Glad to read a kernel update is not needed. :slight_smile:
>
> Robert Carlson;1918819 Wrote:
>> In the middle of all this an update problem arose relating to Mozilla,
>> and I presume that is not your bailywick, so I’ll open a new inquiry. Thanks. Your presumption is likely accurate. A new thread is a good
> idea.
>
> Your fix was timely. I’m about to go on vacation for over 2 weeks
> (starting early tomorrow) and my replies would be a lot slower as a
> result.
>
> Happy New Year to you too.

Sound disappeared again. Kmix was popping up and interfering. After I
uninstalled that, I found that the original sound file was what I needed.

Today I did a clean install for another reason, and I found that all I
needed to do to make sound work was to uninstall Kmix and install
Alsamixer in its stead. Now I think that there may have been more
volume output from the updated Alsa files, but those updates aren’t
necessary for getting sound.

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Robert Carlson;1918217 Wrote:
> Title: No Sound openSUSE 11.0 Intel ICH8 Controller
>
> alsa 1.0.16-39.1
>
> Contents of modprobe.d:
>
> options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
> # u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intelThanks. There is an openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide, and you could
try working your way through that: ‘SDB:AudioTroubleshooting -
openSUSE’ (http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:AudioTroubleshooting)

If that does not work for you, then it would help if you provided more
information.

Which desktop are you using? KDE3 ? KDE4 ? Gnome ?

Is this a laptop ? Desktop ? If laptop, what model/make ?

To obtain additional information I also need, when with your PC
connected to the internet please copy and paste the following into a
gnome-terminal or konsole:
Code:

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh && bash alsa-info.sh

When the script completes it will pass you a URL. Please post that URL
here. Only the URL. Not the rest.

Also, please copy and paste the following one line at a time into a
gnome-terminal or konsole and post the output here.::rpm -qa |
grep alsa
rpm -qa | grep pulse
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a
::
You already provided the contents of your /etc/modprobe.d/sound, but if
you change it, please post its contents. You can easily find that by
typing:
::cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound::

Don’t forget to install alsa-firmware and reboot after that install.
Also when adjusting your mixer, move both PCM and master volume levels
up to 95% or so. Once you have sound, you can move them back to lower
levels to remove any distortion.

–
oldcpu

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Hi, I’m running OpenSuse 11.1 on a HP EliteBook (Laptop) 8730w with
mentioned sound hardware configuration. I’ve got the tip to include
following line in -/etc/modprobe.d/sound-: options snd-hda-intel
model=laptop

Of some reason it did not work right away but after fiddling around
with the panel(!?!) it now works…

Hope this can help someone else, I wish you a Happy New Year 2009!

/Joakim

–
jbrosten

jbrosten’s Profile: http://forums.opensuse.org/member.php?userid=18679
View this thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=403434

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jbrosten wrote:
> Hi, I’m running OpenSuse 11.1 on a HP EliteBook (Laptop) 8730w with
> mentioned sound hardware configuration. I’ve got the tip to include
> following line in -/etc/modprobe.d/sound-: options snd-hda-intel
> model=laptop
>
> Of some reason it did not work right away but after fiddling around
> with the panel(!?!) it now works…
>
> Hope this can help someone else, I wish you a Happy New Year 2009!
>
> /Joakim

Thanks for the suggestion. I saw an options line in the file relating to
a discussion of the problem, but I didn’t have any idea what it should
contain for my sound hardware. My PC has an Intel motherboard but isn’t
a laptop.

Best wishes for 2009 to you and yours.

17

oldcpu wrote:
> Thanks. There is an openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide, and you could
> try working your way through that: ‘SDB:AudioTroubleshooting -
> openSUSE’ (http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:AudioTroubleshooting)

Am in the process.

> If that does not work for you, then it would help if you provided more
> information.
>
> Which desktop are you using? KDE3 ? KDE4 ? Gnome ?

32-bit with KDE 3

>
> Is this a laptop ? Desktop ? If laptop, what model/make ?

Homemade with Intel DG965WH mobo, Intel Core Duo 6600 processor, NVIDIA
GeForce 6600 video, and 4G RAM
>
> To obtain additional information I also need, when with your PC
> connected to the internet please copy and paste the following into a
> gnome-terminal or konsole:
> Code:
> --------------------
> wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh && bash alsa-info.sh
> --------------------
> When the script completes it will pass you a URL. Please post that URL
> here. Only the URL. Not the rest.

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=52f5c2277ef9ed1c5172215a34312729ac1cd104

> Also, please copy and paste the following one line at a time into a
> gnome-terminal or konsole and post the output here.::

> rpm -qa | grep alsa

alsa-utils-1.0.16-35.1
alsa-1.0.16-39.1
alsamixergui-0.9.0rc1-705.1
alsa-plugins-1.0.16-57.1
alsa-firmware-1.0.16-24.1
alsa-oss-1.0.15-48.1

> rpm -qa | grep pulse

libpulse0-0.9.10-26.5

> rpm -q libasound2

libasound2-1.0.16-39.1

> uname -a

Linux linux-k367 2.6.25.18-0.2-pae #1 SMP 2008-10-21 16:30:26 +0200 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux

> You already provided the contents of your /etc/modprobe.d/sound, but if
> you change it, please post its contents. You can easily find that by
> typing:
> ::cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound::

Didn’t change yet.

>
> Don’t forget to install alsa-firmware and reboot after that install.

Had done that.

> Also when adjusting your mixer, move both PCM and master volume levels
> up to 95% or so. Once you have sound, you can move them back to lower
> levels to remove any distortion.

I hear a loud click that I assume is coming from the speakers when I
boot, but there is no sound otherwise.

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Robert Carlson;1918520 Wrote:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8udeyu
ok, … 32-bit openSUSE-11.0 with 2.6.25.18-0.2-pae kernel with a
Codec: SigmaTel STAC9271D

First, I note this in your mixer:
!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [Intel]
Card hw:0 ‘Intel’/‘HDA Intel at 0xed220000 irq 22’
Mixer name : ‘SigmaTel STAC9271D’
Simple mixer control ‘Master’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback 88 [69%] -29.25dB] [on]
Simple mixer control ‘PCM’,0
Capabilities: pvolume
Front Left: Playback 88 [35%] -33.40dB]
Front Right: Playback 88 [35%] -33.40dB]
Simple mixer control ‘Surround’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Center’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control ‘LFE’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control ‘Side’,0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control ‘IEC958’,0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control ‘IEC958 Default PCM’,0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control ‘Analog Loopback’,0
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control ‘Swap Center/LFE’,0
Mono: Playback [on]Your levels are far from the 95% test
levels I suggested. PCM is way way too low. I recommend you 1st get
your sound working, then back off to a volume level where there is no
distortion. Plus I highlighted in orange some settings that I do not
understand. Perhaps you could explain your plan there?

Next, I note your PC has a SigmaTel STAC9271D hardware audio codec. The
ALSA-Configuration.txt file has this entry list regarding that codec:
Code:

STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
ref Reference board
3stack D965 3stack
5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520

From a previous post, your /etc/modprobe.d/sound file is:
Code:

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel

u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

you could try changing that to:

Code:

options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack

u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

and then restart your audio with: ::su -c ‘rcalsasound restart’::
enter root password when prompted, and restart your mixer, and test your
sound.

When testing your sound, I recommend you copy this into a
konsole:::speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
::and you should hear a ladies voice saying ‘FRONT LEFT’,
‘FRONT RIGHT’ five times.

If that does not work, change “3stack” with another entry from the list
I provided above (for example switch ‘3stack’ with ‘5stack’ ) and
restart alsa and restart your mixer and test your sound. If not sound
try same again one at a time with dell-3stack and ref.

If that does not work, then may an update of alsa is needed. I can
provide specific commands for that.

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oldcpu wrote:
> Robert Carlson;1918520 Wrote:
>> http://tinyurl.com/8udeyu
> ok, … 32-bit openSUSE-11.0 with 2.6.25.18-0.2-pae kernel with a
> Codec: SigmaTel STAC9271D
>
> First, I note this in your mixer:
> !!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [Intel]
> Card hw:0 ‘Intel’/‘HDA Intel at 0xed220000 irq 22’
> Mixer name : ‘SigmaTel STAC9271D’
> Simple mixer control ‘Master’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback 88 [69%] -29.25dB] [on]
> Simple mixer control ‘PCM’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume
> Front Left: Playback 88 [35%] -33.40dB]
> Front Right: Playback 88 [35%] -33.40dB]
> Simple mixer control ‘Surround’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
> Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
> Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
> Simple mixer control ‘Center’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
> Simple mixer control ‘LFE’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
> Simple mixer control ‘Side’,0
> Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
> Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
> Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -95.25dB] [off]
> Simple mixer control ‘IEC958’,0
> Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback [on]
> Simple mixer control ‘IEC958 Default PCM’,0
> Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
> Mono: Playback [on]
> Simple mixer control ‘Analog Loopback’,0
> Mono: Playback [on]
> Simple mixer control ‘Swap Center/LFE’,0
> Mono: Playback [on]Your levels are far from the 95% test
> levels I suggested. PCM is way way too low. I recommend you 1st get
> your sound working, then back off to a volume level where there is no
> distortion. Plus I highlighted in orange some settings that I do not
> understand. Perhaps you could explain your plan there?
>
> Next, I note your PC has a SigmaTel STAC9271D hardware audio codec. The
> ALSA-Configuration.txt file has this entry list regarding that codec:
> Code:
> --------------------
> STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
> ref Reference board
> 3stack D965 3stack
> 5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
> dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520
> --------------------
>
>
> From a previous post, your /etc/modprobe.d/sound file is:
> Code:
> --------------------
> options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
> # u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> --------------------
> you could try changing that to:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
> options snd-hda-intel model=3stack
> # u1Nb.zg+CO3ggc1E:82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> --------------------
> and then restart your audio with: ::su -c ‘rcalsasound restart’::
> enter root password when prompted, and restart your mixer, and test your
> sound.
>
> When testing your sound, I recommend you copy this into a
> konsole:::speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
> ::and you should hear a ladies voice saying ‘FRONT LEFT’,
> ‘FRONT RIGHT’ five times.
>
> If that does not work, change “3stack” with another entry from the list
> I provided above (for example switch ‘3stack’ with ‘5stack’ ) and
> restart alsa and restart your mixer and test your sound. If not sound
> try same again one at a time with dell-3stack and ref.
>
> If that does not work, then may an update of alsa is needed. I can
> provide specific commands for that.

Thanks. All of those things tried. I renamed the old sound sound_orig
and copied the modified stuff into a new version of sound. The only
variant that didn’t produce the crack sound when running the sound
restart was dell-3stack. I even got that upon switching back to the
original. In the process, I noticed that kmix had disappeared from the
panel, whereupon I loaded the Alsa mixer and turned up its volume. Tests
repeated. Still no voice from speaker test.

I notice an empty file named sound.YaST2save. Is that normal?

In the blacklist file I find several Intel entries: intelfbdrv,
intelfbhw, and intelfb. Any possible ill effect from those?

Prior to building this PC in the spring of 2007, I did quite a lot of
research in an effort to pick hardware that would be Linux compatible.
I ultimately accepted the advice of a person who I think was an
openSUSE user (I seem to recall that he was Canadian and had a biker web
site). His advice was that Intel supported Linux better than other mobo
makers; hence my choice of the DG965WH. When I installed openSUSE 10.2
x86_64, all the hardware worked without any issues. Hence, I am all the
more puzzled about why making the sound work in openSUSE 11.0 isn’t very
straightforward.

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Robert Carlson;1918702 Wrote:
> I renamed the old sound sound_orig
> and copied the modified stuff into a new version of sound. Careful what you leave in that directory. I do not fully understand the
code that calls /etc/modprobe.d/ directory, but it may end up calling
your backup file (in addition to the sound file) as if it was the main
file.

Robert Carlson;1918702 Wrote:
> I notice an empty file named sound.YaST2save. Is that normal? If you have been using YaST to configure, then yes.

Robert Carlson;1918702 Wrote:
> In the blacklist file I find several Intel entries: intelfbdrv,
> intelfbhw, and intelfb. Any possible ill effect from those? I don’t know. My guess would be no ill effect.

Robert Carlson;1918702 Wrote:
> His advice was that Intel supported Linux better than other mobo makers;
> hence my choice of the DG965WH. When I installed openSUSE 10.2 x86_64,
> all the hardware worked without any issues. Hence, I am all the more
> puzzled about why making the sound work in openSUSE 11.0 isn’t very
> straightforward.He is correct, but even with Intel, there is a time lag for newer
hardware drivers to make it thru to Linux.

The alsa 1.0.16 with your 11.0 openSUSE is very old, as there have been
MANY hardware compatibility improvements to alsa in the past 6 months.
You may need 1.0.18a of alsa to get this to work. Its also quite
possible you will need a 2.6.27 kernel to get this sound device to work
(where the 2.6.27 only comes with 11.1), but that is pure speculation on
my part.

But before we worry about the kernel, why not first see if an update to
alsa will help?

To update your alsa, open a gnome terminal or a konsole and type “su”
(no quotes - enter root password) to get root permissions, and then type
the following 6 commands one at a time, in sequence:
Code:

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_11.0/ multimedia

Code:

zypper install alsa alsa-utils alsa-plugins alsa-oss alsa-tools alsa-firmware libasound2

Code:

zypper rr multimedia

Code:

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11.0_Update/ multimedia

Code:

zypper install alsa-driver-kmp-pae

Code:

zypper rr multimedia

then restart your PC and test your sound. You may need to iteratively
reply all those model options again, to see if one works.
Reference: ‘Alsa-update - openSUSE’
(http://en.opensuse.org/Alsa-update#openSUSE-11.0)

… if that does not work, then it may be your new hardware audio codec
requires a newer kernel than comes with openSUSE-11.0.

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