On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 16:26 -0700, jaspal wrote: > OK, I got 2.6.12-rc3 to try to get the sound working but no joy. > Anyway, some info... > > I have a powermac G5, dual 1.8 (first tower) and I compliled > 2.6.12-rc3 > without SMU i.e # CONFIG_PMAC_SMU is not set. I'm also using 32 bit > ppc and not ppc64. I'm running gentoo.
Hrm... I don't support ppc32 on any G5 anymore, you should really consider a 64 bits kernel. Note that there are some issues still with the coe in -rc3, there is a patch in -mm fixing them. That may explain. most of the errors below are actually spurrious ... the real error would be if the message appeared twice in fact :) That's something I need to fix. > modprobe snd-powermac gives in /var/log/messages: > > Apr 29 01:10:33 linux ALSA sound/ppc/tumbler.c:1037: cannot find > device audio-hw-reset > Apr 29 01:10:33 linux ALSA sound/ppc/tumbler.c:1037: cannot find > device amp-mute > Apr 29 01:10:33 linux ALSA sound/ppc/tumbler.c:1037: cannot find > device headphone-mute > Apr 29 01:10:33 linux ALSA sound/ppc/tumbler.c:1037: cannot find > device line-output-mute > Apr 29 01:10:33 linux ALSA sound/ppc/tumbler.c:1037: cannot find > device headphone-detect > Apr 29 01:10:33 linux ALSA sound/ppc/tumbler.c:1037: cannot find > device line-output-detect > Apr 29 01:10:33 linux ALSA sound/ppc/tumbler.c:369: failed to set DRC > Apr 29 01:10:33 linux ALSA sound/ppc/tumbler.c:232: failed to set > volume > Apr 29 01:10:34 linux ALSA sound/ppc/keywest.c:122: tumbler: -6 > :cannot initialize the MCS > > running alsamixer gives: > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device > > .../... > I'm not sure what else to write but I'm glad to provide more info. Try current -mm and let me know. > Also as a side note the readeonfb doesn't seem to work that good. I > get flickering. It works fine for with a 2.6.9 kernel. Any hints > welcome (btw I have xorg 6.8.2). Hrm, A more detailed report would be useful here. "I get flickering" is close to the lowest you can get in that area :) Things like: type of monitor, type of connector, dmesg output (with radeonfb verbose debug config option enabled), x.org config file and log, when does the flickering happen ? in console ? in X ? in both ? what precisely do you call flickering, etc.. etc.. X.org 6.8.2 lacks a number about a dozen patches I made to fix various issues on ppc, you may want to try them, they are in X.org CVS HEAD and patches against 6.8.2 are at: http://gate.crashing.org/~benh/xorg/ The "series" file will tell you in what order to apply them. Note that I think some distros like Ubuntu already picked up a number of these. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
