Sound card problems 82101G(ICH7)

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#1

I have installed Suse 11.1 on a Multimedia computer with XP dual booting via MBR

I no longer require the media centre.

OS: Linux 2.6.27.29-0.1-default x86_64
Current user: brian@linux-z3dx
System: openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64)
KDE: 3.5.10 “release 21.11”

I have installed Suse 11.1 but have now taken out the Terratec Aureon Space 7.1 sound card.

I now only have the on board sound card which is fine.

Using YAST the hardware found is 82801G(ICH7) family high def audio controller, configured as sound card 0, driver snd-hda-intel.

Amarok works fine, and XMMS to play a mp3 file.

Kaffeine says no plugin found to handle mp3.

Usuing the control panel and sound
I am told unable to start the sound server to retrieve panel sound I/O methods. Only automatic detection available.

The BBC iplayer in Firefox has sound.

There is also no sound in Kontact

Any ideas please?

I feel I have the sound card wrongly configured and thought alsa would be involved?

Thanks

#2

Ok, sound works.

OK, Kaffeine does not play mp3. Do you have the packman packaged version of kaffeine or the Novell/SuSE-GmbH packaged version of Kaffeine? And what sound engine do you have selected in Kaffeine? Note with Kaffeine and the appropriate plugin, one can select either gstreamer or xine sound engine. Which do you have selected? Which ever one you have selected (gstreamer or xine), do you have the packman packaged gstreamer and packman packaged libxine1 installed? If not, you need it.

mp3 is a proprietary format, and openSUSE as packaged does not support propietary formats. Other applications (typically from packman) need to be added to replace the Novell/SuSE-GmbH packaged versions to provide the capability to play proprietary formats.

I have no idea what you are refering to there.

Thats good to read!

I can’t help there. I do not use Kontact (which I believe is KDE’s PIM).

#3

Hi

Mostly sorted by loading ‘packman packaged libxine1 installed’ as suggested.

Only the notifications in Kontact now.

Thanks for your help.

#4

signetone wrote:

>
> oldcpu;2053251 Wrote:

> Mostly sorted by loading ‘packman packaged libxine1 installed’ as
> suggested.
>
> Only the notifications in Kontact now.
Check in Configure Desktop → Notifications → Event Source and see if one
of the options there controls the Kontact sounds.

>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>

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Russ [openSUSE 11.1 (2.6.27.29-0.1-default [x86_64]) KDE 4.3.1 release 169,
Intel DX48BT2 Core 2 Dual E7200. 4 GB DDR III GeForce 8400 GS, 320GB Disc
(2)]

#5

Do you mean on the KDE3.5 desktop?

‘Check in Configure Desktop → Notifications → Event Source and see if one of the options there controls the Kontact sounds.’

by right hand clicking the mouse? All the settings seem to be about the look of the desktop and settings - nothing about notifications?

Thanks

#6

signetone wrote:

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> upscope;2053377 Wrote:
>> signetone wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > oldcpu;2053251 Wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Mostly sorted by loading ‘packman packaged libxine1 installed’ as
>> > suggested.
>> >
>> > Only the notifications in Kontact now.
>> Check in Configure Desktop → Notifications → Event Source and see
>> if one
>> of the options there controls the Kontact sounds.
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> –
>> Russ [openSUSE 11.1 (2.6.27.29-0.1-default [x86_64]) KDE 4.3.1 release
>> 169,
>> Intel DX48BT2 Core 2 Dual E7200. 4 GB DDR III GeForce 8400 GS, 320GB
>> Disc
>> (2)]
>
> Do you mean on the KDE3.5 desktop?
>
> ‘Check in Configure Desktop → Notifications → Event Source and see
> if one of the options there controls the Kontact sounds.’
>
> by right hand clicking the mouse? All the settings seem to be about the
> look of the desktop and settings - nothing about notifications?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Sorry was talking about KDE 4. I just wiped out my 3.5 installation several
days ago. If I remember right it is under system settings–> Sound &
Multimedia–> Notification.

Russ [openSUSE 11.1 (2.6.27.29-0.1-default [x86_64]) KDE 4.3.1 release 169,
Intel DX48BT2 Core 2 Dual E7200. 4 GB DDR III GeForce 8400 GS, 320GB Disc
(2)]

#7

Hi
Thanks for the reply.

I found the system settings → Sound & Multimedia → Notification under the control centre.

Yes the test sound plays fine?

#8

Sorted.

I looked though the files in the repositories and found via a search of KDE3 files that KMix had not been downloaded. When it was downloaded and run the volume on the KDE sounds was at zero.

#9

In KDE3 kmix comes with kdemultimedia3-mixer. Strange it was not installed on a KDE desktop by default.

#10

Yes but by mistake I loaded Suse 11.1 with KDE4 and then asked on another thread how to change to KDE3 so that may be it?

Anyhow sorted

#11

Hi

When the computer was in an idle state last night the following box appeared.

called Error -artsmessage.

Sound server fatel error

AudioSubSystem::handel0:write failed

len=-1, can_write = 4096, errno = 2 (No such file or directory)

This might be a sound hardware/driver specicfic problem (see aRts FAQ)

Any help would be appreciated.

After a re-start all works ok but it was difficult to shut down, it hung!! and needed to be forced to shut down.

Thanks

#12

Restart it one more time and see if that problem is still there. You could also check /var/log/messages for any errors and check dmesg with “dmesg > dmesg.txt” and open dmesg.txt with a text editor.

I doubt this is a sound problem, so you will NOT get the support you want on this thread. So I recommend you start a new thread with this new problem.

#13

The messages have root privileges and wont let me read.cant find dmesg? Have started new thread.

Thanks