sound problem

[Thornton]

Disabled sound card in bios
kudzu removed it
rebooted and enabled sound card in bios
kudzu configured it

still no sound :(

Thanks


On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 09:19, Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 04:07, Thornton wrote:
> > I am using a Asus A7N8X MB
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> >From the asus web site that board has
>     Audio Realtek® ALC650 6CH w/built in HP amplifier
> for the onboard sound.  It says it has the nforce2 chipsets for the
> northbridge and southbridge and the lan.
> 
> Does anybody know which driver this sound chipset should use?
> 
> My approach to this problem would be to first disable the onboard audio
> in bios and reboot to let kudzu remove the configuration.
> Check and verify the sound modules are not loaded, and that the lines in
> modprobe.conf have been removed.
> 
> Then do another reboot with the onboard audio enabled to let kudzu
> reconfigure the sound and see what the results are.
> If it puts back the same lines then the system sees it as an intel audio
> chipset.  It is possible the same board designation may have different
> sound chipsets (some sites even tell you that) although the asus website
> lists only th realtek audio chipset for all the variations on your
> board..
> 
> If that does not fix the sound problem then it will take a lot of deeper
> digging to check out why.
> 
> BTW: -- PLEASE do not top post.  It breaks the continuity of the
> conversation.
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 22:06, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 19:26, Thornton wrote:
> > > > The nvidia is the onboard sound.
> > > > 
> > > > How can I switch from the intel and install the nvidia?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Which mobo do you have?
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 10:39, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 09:01, Thornton wrote:
> > > > > > I'm not sure if its closed source or not. Here is the info you
> > > > > > requested:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Module                  Size  Used by
> > > > > > snd_seq_oss            30657  0
> > > > > > snd_seq_midi_event      7105  1 snd_seq_oss
> > > > > > snd_seq                52689  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> > > > > > snd_pcm_oss            43129  0
> > > > > > snd_mixer_oss          14017  2 snd_pcm_oss
> > > > > > snd_intel8x0           30829  2
> > > > > 
> > > > > This is the module for an intel 8x0 series sound card.  I assume this is
> > > > > the one on your mobo.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > snd_ac97_codec         58821  1 snd_intel8x0
> > > > > > snd_pcm                83529  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
> > > > > > snd_timer              25413  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> > > > > > snd_page_alloc          8393  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> > > > > > gameport                4033  1 snd_intel8x0
> > > > > > snd_mpu401_uart         7361  1 snd_intel8x0
> > > > > > snd_rawmidi            21733  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> > > > > > snd_seq_device          6473  3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> > > > > > snd                    45477  14
> > > > > > snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> > > > > > soundcore               7713  2 snd
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > > 
> > > > > > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> > > > > > install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
> > > > > > /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> > > > > > remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> > > > > > /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> > > > > again, the intel 8x0 chipset
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 05:03, James Wilkinson wrote:
> > > > > > > Thornton wrote:
> > > > > > > > I am having a problem with my sound card.  It just doesn't play anything
> > > > > > > > anymore in any app.  Basically its dead.  I tried to detect sound card
> > > > > > > > and it located it, clicked 
> > > > > > > > test sound and nothing plays.  It used to work fine.  I haven't 
> > > > > > > > installed anything new or anything like that.  Just the up2date 
> > > > > > > > updates.  Could any of them effected my sound.  I am using a 
> > > > > > > > asus mb w/ a nvidia sound card.
> > > > > 
> > > > > try both alsamixer and aumix.  I had problems until I made sure both
> > > > > mixers had nothing muted.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Did you mean you are using an nvidia sound card as well as the onboard
> > > > > sound??  If so you might want to disable the onboard sound so the system
> > > > > uses the nvidia card.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Nvidia. Any chance that you're using the Nvidia closed-source drivers?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > (If you're not sure, post the results of running /sbin/lsmod and
> > > > > > > the contents of /etc/modprobe.conf, or /etc/modules.cond if you're on
> > > > > > > FC1.)
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > James.
> > > > > > > 
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> > > > - Thornton  	                 	    thornton at cierragroup.com -
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> > - Thornton  	                 	    thornton at cierragroup.com -
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