Dell vostro soundcard not recognized

Ramses de Norre · 2008-09-07 11:55:22

I just bought a Dell vostro 1500 and have got (almost) everything working. But I can't get the sound going.. hwd detected some modules which are in rc.conf, but lspci isn't showing a soundcard.. It should be an integrated intel one. I'm a bit out of ideas..

alsamixer returns this:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

and alsaconf doesn't find any soundcards.

I would be really glad if someone could point me in the right direction!

buttons · 2008-09-07 13:31:08

Be sure you have these modules:

snd-mixer-oss
snd-pcm-oss
snd-page-alloc
snd-pcm
snd-timer
snd
snd-hda-intel
soundcore

As far as programs for configuring the sound go, you're stuck with alsamixer or amixer, I think. Personally, I use amixer because most graphical interfaces screw up something or other. Specifically, do NOT use gnome-alsamixer.

Your speaker volume is mostly controlled by Front, which must be unmuted. Master and PCM should both be 100%.

Here are my media key settings for volume (using amixer):

Mute/Unmute:

amixer -q sset Front toggle

Volume down:

amixer -q sset Front on && amixer -q sset Front 5-

Volume up:

amixer -q sset Front on && amixer -q sset Front 5+

etc

Ramses de Norre · 2008-09-07 17:54:50

I've got these modules loaded:

pts/1 % lsmod|grep snd                                                                      [ramses@arachne]~
snd_hda_intel         357048  0 
snd_seq_oss            31872  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      8192  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_hwdep               8964  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq                49968  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          8332  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            40192  0 
snd_pcm                69636  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21384  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9608  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          16512  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    50724  9 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               8032  1 snd

But if I try to run your first amixer command I get this error:

amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory

It keeps bugging me that my soundcard doesn't show up in lspci, nor is it detected by hwd.. It should be an onboard intel one.

buttons · 2008-09-07 18:02:00

Huh. My lspci has this to say:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

Ramses de Norre · 2008-09-07 18:35:48

I get this:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
08:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
08:05.2 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller (rev 02)
08:05.3 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MS/xD Controller (rev 01)

No sound card it seems:/

buttons · 2008-09-07 19:11:17

I think your laptop may need to be returned.

Last-ditch things which probably won't work:
1) Update the BIOS
2) Try an Ubuntu livecd to make sure nothing works
3) Triple-check the BIOS has no option to disable audio (it doesn't on mine, BIOS rev A01)

:-/

Ramses de Norre · 2008-09-07 23:46:51

buttons wrote:

I think your laptop may need to be returned.

That would really suck... I'll try those things tomorrow (it's quite late here now..) Thanks for helping me out!

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Dell vostro soundcard not recognized

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Re: Dell vostro soundcard not recognized

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