nVidia CK804

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Hello,
I have problem with nVidia CK804 AC’97. After install openSUSE 12.2 and KDE 4.9 i have no sound. In openSUSE 12.1 and KDE 4.9 it work fine. When I try test sound in YaST - Harware - Sound - Play test sound, it work. After reboot I take error message from KDE that sound device nVidia CK804 not work, but in YaST stile work fine.

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I don’t know for sure, but you need to look at a couple of Links that might be helpful:

Pulseaudio Basics for openSUSE with pavucontrol - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

AND

S.T.A.R.T. - SuSE Terminal Audio Reporting Tool - Version 1.12 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Thank You,

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Hello socool2,

First I want to tell you that my workstation has a TYAN Computer Corp S2865 motherboard with a NF-CK804 on it running openSUSE 12.2 for 64-bit, and sound works properly; so there is some justification for you hoping you can get your computer’s sound to work. Second, it may be valuable for you to know I am also running KDE 4.9 with very good results.

What sound is not playing? KDE system notifications? MP3 files? Videos on you hard drive? Games online? The Hamster Dance? Please give us more details about the problem, being as specific as you are able.

Without knowing more about the problem you are experiencing, I’m not sure I can help. Yet, some ideas did come to mind.

Do you have these packages installed?:

  • gstreamer-0_10
  • phonon-backend-gstreamer-0_10
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-fluendo_mp3 (needed by Amarok to play MP3 files)

If you have those files installed, check if:

  • PulseAudio is installed an enabled. Go to Kickoff Application Launcher >> Applications >> System and launch Control Center (YaST). Once you are in Control Center, find the speaker icon labeled “Sound” and click on it. The Sound Configuration window will appear. In the lower-right-hand corner of the Sound Configuration window is a drop-down menu button labeled “Other”. Click the button labeled “Other”. A pop-up menu will appear. Click on the pop-up menu option labeled “PulseAudio Configuration”. A dialog box will appear where you can discover if PulseAudio is enabled, and set PulseAudio to enabled if it is disabled.
  • Phonon is using GStramer as the preferred back end (GStreamer should be at the top of the list). Go to KDE’s System Settings >> Hardware >> Multimedia >> Phonon and click the tab labeled Backend. Also, click on the “Device Preference” tab, then select the option labeled “Audio Playback” below the “Device Preference” tab. Make certain the “Internal Audio Analog Stereo” device is at the top of the list int the right hand column. Next, click the tab labeled “Audio Hardware Setup” in the Phonon configuration module. Make certain the drop-down menu labeled “Sound Card” is set to “Internal Audio”, and the drop-down menu labeled “Sound Device” is set to “Playback (Internal Audio Analog Stereo)”.
  • KMix is using the correct master channel. Open KMix by clicking on the speaker icon in the system tray, click the button labeled “Mixer”, and a new window titled “Playback Devices” will appear. Look for the menu bar in the “Playback Devices” window. If you do not see it, press Ctrl+M while the “Playback Devices” window is the topmost window on your desktop. Once you found the “Playback Devices” window’s menu bar, click on the option labeled “Settings”, then click the option labeled “Select Master Channel”. A new Window titled “Select Master Channel - KMix” will appear with a drop-down menu at the top of the window labeled “Current mixer” with a list below it of available sound devices. Make certain the drop-down menu option “Playback Devices” is selected. Now, test enabling different sound devices as the Master Channel by selecting one of the devices, click the button labeled “OK”, then use any application to make some sound. Do this last step over and over until you tested setting each the sound devices to be the Master Channel then playing a test sound.
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For playing Multimedia, have a look here:

http://forums.opensuse.org/content/127-multimedia-restricted-formats-installation-guide-12-2.html

If you still have problems, then have a look here:

MMCHECK - Version 2.45 - Check Your Multimedia in 16 Steps - Bash Script File - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Thank You,

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Tanks for all your help.

Finally I solve the problem with new clear install of openSUSE 12.2. Probably was problem in PulseAudio. I didn’t have it installed it in openSUSE 12.1, because there was problem with Skype. In openSUSE 12.2 work PulseAudio and Skype fine.

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Doing a clean install is often the right decision to make as long as any personnel files are backed up. I am happy to hear you found your solution to your problem and thanks for sharing that solution.

Thank You,