alsaconf not working

drum · 2010-11-04 01:48:06

New 64bit install with Gnome. All is good except after installing alsa-utils and running alsaconf it fails to find my hardware and also alsamixer will not run.

Loading driver...
:: Saving ALSA Levels                                                    [BUSY] /usr/sbin/alsactl: get_control:239: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument
                                                                         [DONE] 
:: Restoring ALSA Levels                                                 [BUSY] /usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1571: Cannot open /etc/asound.state for reading: No such file or directory
Unknown hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC887" "HDA:10ec0887,1458a102,00100302" "0x1458" "0xa002"
Hardware is initialized using a guess method
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:26: control element not found
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:26: control element not found
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:41: control element not found
                                                                         [FAIL] 
Setting default volumes...
amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument
Saving the mixer setup used for this in /etc/asound.state.
/usr/sbin/alsactl: get_control:239: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument

I would be gratefull for any help to get my sound running
Thanks

brebs · 2010-11-04 05:25:12

Forget alsaconf, it's always been half-assed, and you don't need it anyway.

Show the error message from running "alsamixer" as your normal user.

drum · 2010-11-04 06:02:20

As a normal user

~]$ alsaconf
You must be root to use this script.

as a user alsamixer gives
~]$ alsamixer
cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument

As root alsaconf gives me the errors in my previous post.
I am in the audio group.

Thanks brebs

Last edited by drum (2010-11-04 06:03:54)

brebs · 2010-11-04 06:15:40

drum wrote:

Unknown hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC887" "HDA:10ec0887,1458a102,00100302" "0x1458" "0xa002"
Hardware is initialized using a guess method

You probably need a model= entry. See e.g. Ubuntu help. Google for your PC/motherboard model, to see how other Linux users with the same hardware fared.

drum · 2010-11-04 09:06:56

Hi brebs,
I googled the linux intel sound driver for my chipset and it installed Ok. No change in alsa though.
Then I installed the previous udev which I got from an outdated mirror but still no change.
I've done lots of Arch installs over the last 5 years and never has alsa failed me.
What do you think about changing to pulseaudio.
I gotta have my sounds :-)

brebs · 2010-11-04 09:42:11

Pulseaudio is a piece of garbage written by Satan to demoralize and confuse Ubuntu users, who don't need it, don't understand it, and think that fiddling with it will magically fix ALSA. It will not. They are separate layers.

If you are looking at an "alternative", consider opensound. Better yet, forget opensound and do a bit of googling yourself. You're still providing next to no decent debugging info, so run:

wget -O alsa-info.sh http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh
bash alsa-info.sh

drum · 2010-11-04 10:05:27

Ok brebs, here's what I got from that script.
Does it tell you anything about what's wrong?

!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Thu Nov  4 09:56:05 UTC 2010


!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Arch Linux \r (\n) (\l)


!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer:      Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name:      H55M-D2H


!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release:    2.6.35-ARCH
Operating System:  GNU/Linux
Architecture:      x86_64
Processor:         Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz
SMP Enabled:       Yes


!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version:     1.0.23
Library version:    1.0.23
Utilities version:  1.0.23


!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------



!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

ESound Daemon:
      Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd)
      Running - No


!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

--- no soundcards ---


!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)


!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's
!!--------------------------------------------------------

00:1b.0 0403: 8086:3b56 (rev 06)
    Subsystem: 1458:a002


!!Modprobe options (Sound related)
!!--------------------------------

snd-hda-intel: model=realtek ALC887


!!Loaded sound module options
!!--------------------------


!!ALSA Device nodes
!!-----------------

crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 3 Nov  4 19:51 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 2 Nov  4 19:51 /dev/snd/timer


!!Aplay/Arecord output
!!------------

APLAY

aplay: device_list:235: no soundcards found...

ARECORD

arecord: device_list:235: no soundcards found...

!!Amixer output
!!-------------


!!Alsactl output
!!-------------

--startcollapse--
--endcollapse--


!!All Loaded Modules
!!------------------

Module
fuse
ipv6
ext2
usblp
usbhid
hid
snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_oss
snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq
snd_seq_device
snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss
snd_hda_codec
snd_hwdep
nvidia
snd_pcm
sg
iTCO_wdt
thermal
iTCO_vendor_support
evdev
r8168
button
uhci_hcd
snd_timer
snd
soundcore
snd_page_alloc
ehci_hcd
i2c_i801
usbcore
pcspkr
processor
intel_agp
i2c_core
rtc_cmos
rtc_core
rtc_lib
ext4
mbcache
jbd2
crc16
sr_mod
cdrom
sd_mod
ata_piix
pata_acpi
pata_jmicron
floppy
libata
scsi_mod


!!ALSA/HDA dmesg
!!------------------

Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `ALC887'
snd_hda_intel: Unknown parameter `ALC887'
usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2

brebs · 2010-11-04 10:10:21

Your "model=realtek ALC887" is wrong - there shouldn't be a space, and of course you should enter a model that's recognized by ALSA.

So, google your hardware, to see what other Linux users with the same hardware have done.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-11-04 01:48:06

alsaconf not working

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