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Issh

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Registered: 2007-12-02

Posts: 58

No sound, intel8x0

I just grabbed this old system from under my desk as my main powerhorse died.

I just have no sound and cant figure it out. I have done alsaconf and ran that, have the modules loaded the channels unmuted and read various wikis to no avail. heres some relavent output

[chris@chris-server yaourt]$ lsmod | grep '^snd'
snd_seq_oss            30336  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6656  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48432  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6796  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            38656  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14848  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0           29084  0 
snd_ac97_codec         97828  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm                68228  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              19848  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    46628  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

[chris@chris-server yaourt]$ ls -l /dev/snd/
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 2008-06-12 13:17 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 2008-06-12 13:17 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 2008-06-12 13:41 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 2008-06-12 13:17 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 2008-06-12 13:17 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 2008-06-12 13:17 timer

[chris@chris-server yaourt]$ modinfo soundcore
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
alias:          char-major-14-*
license:        GPL
author:         Alan Cox
description:    Core sound module
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.25-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 686

Any help would be great

Shadowmeph

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From: West Coast Canada

Registered: 2008-05-19

Posts: 208

Re: No sound, intel8x0

I just grabbed this old system from under my desk as my main powerhorse died.

I just have no sound and cant figure it out. I have done alsaconf and ran that, have the modules loaded the channels unmuted and read various wikis to no avail. heres some relavent output

[chris@chris-server yaourt]$ lsmod | grep '^snd'
snd_seq_oss            30336  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6656  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48432  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6796  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            38656  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14848  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0           29084  0 
snd_ac97_codec         97828  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm                68228  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              19848  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    46628  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

[chris@chris-server yaourt]$ ls -l /dev/snd/
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 2008-06-12 13:17 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 2008-06-12 13:17 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 2008-06-12 13:41 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 2008-06-12 13:17 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 2008-06-12 13:17 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 2008-06-12 13:17 timer

[chris@chris-server yaourt]$ modinfo soundcore
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.25-ARCH/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
alias:          char-major-14-*
license:        GPL
author:         Alan Cox
description:    Core sound module
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.25-ARCH SMP preempt mod_unload 686

Any help would be great

it seems that you have simular problems as this post  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50047

scoutpin

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Registered: 2008-06-13

Posts: 2

Re: No sound, intel8x0

I have similar problem with my intel8x0. Try this code - alsactl restore

MoxJet

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-05-09

Posts: 20

Re: No sound, intel8x0

I had the same problem with the same soundcard. Strange thing is that everything worked when I went to bed but when I woke up it didn't quite work anymore. I mean! Stuff like that cannot happen.

I solved it quite loose-heartedly by running

#alsactl restore
alsactl: load_state:1559: Cannot open /etc/asound.state for reading: No such file or directory
# touch /etc/asound.state
# alsactl restore
No state is present for card CK804
# /etc/rc.d/alsa restart

And then toggling off some mutes using alsamixer... Anyone knows how this error could have originated?

HydroDiOxide

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Registered: 2007-10-06

Posts: 99

Re: No sound, intel8x0

Okeh, no cross-posting, but it seems I have the same probleem as well http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50174.

@MoxJet: your solution doesn't work for me.

My card:

00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)

Last edited by HydroDiOxide (2008-06-13 14:55:34)

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Issh

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Registered: 2007-12-02

Posts: 58

Re: No sound, intel8x0

Nope didnt work for me either, heres my card:

Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)

scoutpin

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Registered: 2008-06-13

Posts: 2

Re: No sound, intel8x0

I solved this problem for me!:)
I didn't have sound after each rebooting,just alsactl restore helps me.
Just put alsa to DAEMONS section in /etc/rc.conf :

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(alsa syslog-ng network netfs crond)

jonathantan86

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Registered: 2004-05-02

Posts: 42

Re: No sound, intel8x0

Sorry for replying to a slightly old thread but I thought it would be helpful especially for people who would search for a solution.

Try muting the "External Amplifier" in alsamixer or amixer (in alsamixer, it is to the far right) as per the following instructions:

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Intel … _others.29

I did it and that made it work for my set up.

I have added this instructions to the Wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA