Compal FL90 Sound/Firewire problems.

neok · 2007-12-06 18:46:27

Hi,

I just received a Compal FL90 laptop and installed Arch X86_64 but have problems with the sound system and firewire connection.

The sound chip is an ALC268 and OSS apps (mixer etc) do not work (aumix for example shows no controls at all) even though ALSA apps (gnome-alsamixer) show a few controls (headphone, mic, capture etc). More important for me, some ham radio apps that I have written and which use the OSS API do not work either. I have already tried to migrate to ALSA before ordering the laptop but failed because of lack of documentation. This is a very nasty situation for me since the OSS compatibility layer in ALSA seems stagnant and as OSS heads for deprecation I expect I will end up in the cold... Any advice on how to solve this problem please?

The problem with the firewire connection is that it does not supply bus power and so I cannot use my firewire zoom/autofocus camera with the laptop (it has no power socket). Any suggestions for a possible firewire card that can supply bus power somehow please?

My thanks in advance.

perost · 2007-12-06 20:34:26

To get your soundcard working you need to make sure that you have Alsa 1.0.15 installed, and then you need to add

snd-hda-intel model=toshiba

to your /etc/modprobe.conf. That should make the sound work.

neok · 2007-12-07 12:31:26

perost wrote:

To get your soundcard working you need to make sure that you have Alsa 1.0.15 installed, and then you need to add
snd-hda-intel model=toshiba
to your /etc/modprobe.conf. That should make the sound work.

Actually it's options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba but didn't seem to help
the OSS situation much. Guess I have to wait for newer drivers....

Thank you.

tsenart · 2008-03-12 17:20:04

Hey.

I also own a Compal FL90. After some struggle to get the sound working, I came to a solution.

1st step: Make sure you have the latest ALSA (alsa-lib and alsa-utils) installed on your system and have alsa on the DAEMONS() on /etc/rc.conf array. Type the following (requires root):

[root@testbox ~]# alsaconf

2nd step: Add your username to the audio group. You can do this with the following command (requires root):

[root@testbox ~]# gpasswd -a 'username' audio

3rd step: You have to do that modprobe thing. You can do it with the following command (requires root):

[root@testbox ~]# echo 'options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba' >> /etc/modprobe.conf

4th step: Reboot, unmute PCM, Headphones and Front (if not visible, go to your mixer preferences and checkbox it).

It should work now.

Last edited by tsenart (2008-03-12 18:42:16)

Gigamo · 2008-03-12 21:13:43

tsenart wrote:

Hey.
I also own a Compal FL90. After some struggle to get the sound working, I came to a solution.
1st step: Make sure you have the latest ALSA (alsa-lib and alsa-utils) installed on your system and have alsa on the DAEMONS() on /etc/rc.conf array. Type the following (requires root):
[root@testbox ~]# alsaconf
2nd step: Add your username to the audio group. You can do this with the following command (requires root):
[root@testbox ~]# gpasswd -a 'username' audio
3rd step: You have to do that modprobe thing. You can do it with the following command (requires root):
[root@testbox ~]# echo 'options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba' >> /etc/modprobe.conf
4th step: Reboot, unmute PCM, Headphones and Front (if not visible, go to your mixer preferences and checkbox it).
It should work now.

Indeed, this is how I do it as well. I use alsa .16 though.

Arch Linux

#1 2007-12-06 18:46:27

Compal FL90 Sound/Firewire problems.

#2 2007-12-06 20:34:26

Re: Compal FL90 Sound/Firewire problems.

#3 2007-12-07 12:31:26

Re: Compal FL90 Sound/Firewire problems.

#4 2008-03-12 17:20:04

Re: Compal FL90 Sound/Firewire problems.

#5 2008-03-12 21:13:43

Re: Compal FL90 Sound/Firewire problems.

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