what does it give as output the command cat /proc/asound/devices ? Is the directory /proc/asound/card0 empty or does it contain any files? is the directory /dev/snd empty or does it contain any files? what does it give as output the command lsmod | grep -E "alsa|snd|sound|hda"
I don't know if the module snd-hda-codec is necessary to be loaded too.... What does contain the file /etc/asound.conf and/or your home .asoundrc if any? Gianluca On 6/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using gentoo 2006.0 emerged up to date > > Regards > > Tim > > - original message - > Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] AD1986A problems > From: "Gianluca Cecchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 19/06/2006 2:07 pm > > You forgot to mention your os specs: distro, release number, patches etc.... > AFAIK, 2.6.17 comes with alsa 1.0.11rc4 + some fixes, not 1.0.11 final > release > See http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17 and search > for the string "1.0.1" > Knowing your os specs could help guessing.... > > BTW (for developers): are there particular reasons why final 2.6.17 contains > yet the rc4 release and not the 1.0.11 final, released about two months ago? > Technical, people too busy, difficluties in synchronizing branches or other > reasons? If the problem depends on not enough time/people to test against > new versions before going to release, I could give my (little) help or > eventually a page on alsa web site could produce useful effects. Probably to > have kernel and alsa in better sync could help generally. > I don't know exactly the internals of alsa/kernel syncing so excuse me in > advance if my thoughts are trivial. > > Thanks in advance, > Gianluca > > > On 6/19/06, Tim Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have been trying to get the sound working on my > > Asus A8N-VM MB > > the chip is a AD1986A, which according to posts on google and on the > > nvnews website should be supported by alsa 1.0.11 and the 2.6.17 kernel. > > Using the Alsa method I install the driver and the utils package and then > > run alsaconf, this advises me that I have a hda-intel Nvidia MCP-51 High > > Definition Audio (rev 2a) which I select and then let the alsa util modify > > the alsa file in modules.d/alsa > > when the alsaconf tries to run the init script it errors with hda-intel: > > no codecs found! > > I have tried forcing the model by appending the line options snd-hda-intel > > model=AD1986A > > again I get the error above. > > below is my alsa file > > *Code:* > > #ALSA portion > > alias char-major-116 snd > > alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel > > # module options should go here > > options snd-hda-intel model=AD1986A > > > > # OSS/Free portion > > > > # card #1 > > > > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.11 --- > > alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel > > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > and this is the output from lspci -vv > > 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev > > a2) > > Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84 > > Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- > > ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- > > Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > > Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 209 > > Region 0: Memory at febd8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA > > PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) > > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- > > Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 > > Enable- > > Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 > > Capabilities: [6c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping > > > > > > Any and all help would be appreciated > > > > Regards > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-user mailing list > > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user