Arch Linux

fk

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 524

This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

Hi

I have an intel hda audio device

Alsa had work without problems, I do a reboot and now skype tell me a problem with the sound device..

I have reinstalled more times, but it won't work....

I get no error message in the logs or in dmesg

I use arch current

any suggestions?

Last edited by fk (2007-02-15 21:28:49)

---

Have you tried to turn it off and on again?

ralvez

Member

From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,718

Website

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

Can you be more specific about the error  you get from Skipe?

R.

iBertus

Member

From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

Have you updated anything lately that could have broken alsa? Make sure the proper snd_ module is also loaded. Does skype use native alsa or is it using the OSS wrapper. If it's using the wrapper, try starting it with aoss /path/to/skype and see if that works.

jotapesan

Member

From: chile

Registered: 2006-05-30

Posts: 27

Website

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

i use that driver too.

With driver of kernel26 of arch it did not work. I had to compile my own driver. This are the steps:

-download latest alsa or alsahg, alsa-driver-hg20070213.tar.bz2 in my case ( ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/alsa/snapshot/driver/ )

-decompress  the file

./configure --with-cards=hda-intel

make

make install

with that, probably your problems will over. now it works on my toshiba l35 laptop
(with modprobe snd-hda-intel model=3stack-digout)

fk

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 524

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

Skype uses the oss-emulation. I haven't do any changes, only reboot.

The modules are loaded:

[fk@box ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
joydev                  8384  0
usbhid                 50080  0
ff_memless              5256  1 usbhid
i915                   17792  2
drm                    66708  3 i915
ipv6                  245824  12
eth1394                16900  0
tsdev                   6336  0
irtty_sir               5376  0
sir_dev                11524  1 irtty_sir
pcmcia                 31020  0
snd_seq_oss            29440  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                47056  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6796  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            38944  0
snd_mixer_oss          14464  1 snd_pcm_oss
rtc                    10292  0
sdhci                  15756  0
mmc_core               19204  1 sdhci
psmouse                35336  0
serio_raw               5636  0
yenta_socket           23564  1
i2c_i801                7308  0
i2c_core               17920  1 i2c_i801
snd_hda_intel          15768  0
snd_hda_codec         156800  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm                68612  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              18948  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    44004  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
ohci1394               31536  0
ieee1394               82392  2 eth1394,ohci1394
rsrc_nonstatic         11264  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            33560  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
intel_agp              20764  1
agpgart                26072  3 drm,intel_agp
evdev                   8192  2
nsc_ircc               15760  0
irda                  113976  2 sir_dev,nsc_ircc
crc_ccitt               2304  1 irda
ehci_hcd               29448  0
soundcore               6624  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7816  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
uhci_hcd               21260  0
ipw3945               202916  1
ieee80211              29896  1 ipw3945
ieee80211_crypt         5120  1 ieee80211
ibm_acpi               24320  0
nvram                   7432  0
e1000                 115776  0
usbcore               116100  4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
sd_mod                 16640  4
ata_piix               12296  0
ext3                  123272  2
jbd                    55592  1 ext3
mbcache                 6916  1 ext3
ahci                   16644  3
libata                 90772  2 ata_piix,ahci

The Skype error is exactly "Problem with sound Device"

I try the aoss thing

fk@box ~]$ aoss skype
volume_open: error opening /dev/mixer: No such device
volume_open: error opening: No such device
volume_open: error opening: No such device
volume_open: error opening: No such device
/dev/dsp: No such device
/dev/dsp: No such device

The normal sound is also broken...only the KDE system sounds work

Last edited by fk (2007-02-15 11:36:48)

---

Have you tried to turn it off and on again?

ralvez

Member

From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,718

Website

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

Just to be on the safe side ... on a console issue "alsamixer", then make sure that the volume of all supported channels in your sound card are (a) un-muted and (b) that the volume is at a least 60% .

R

Echo

Member

From: Ohio, United States

Registered: 2006-05-16

Posts: 239

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

Another thing to try might be to disable KDE's system sound and see if that helps. Just a shot.

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

Check if /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp are really missing. Maybe it just can't access them because of permission isuue or conflict with another oss app..

fk

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 524

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

[root@box fk]# cd /dev
[root@box dev]# ls | grep mixer
mixer
[root@box dev]# ls | grep dsp
adsp
dsp

Both are there, the mixer levels all unmuted and 60%+

I have installed amarok, and when I start I get the Error that no device is found

Last edited by fk (2007-02-15 20:02:53)

---

Have you tried to turn it off and on again?

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

Check if your user is still in the audio group.

fk

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2006-04-29

Posts: 524

Re: This crap alsa driver won't work [wired but solved]

OK it's solved, very wired but now it works...

I disabled the card in the Bios, rebooted, activate the card and now it works...

THX anyone for help

Last edited by fk (2007-02-15 21:29:30)

---

Have you tried to turn it off and on again?