Sound on Asus A7N8X not working

Allen Wayne Best linux at atoka-software.com
Wed Apr 6 02:07:41 UTC 2005


hi:
I am attempting to get the sound working on my system, of the following:
Asus 87N8X-E motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
1.5 GBytes memory
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia 
audio[Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio 
Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller 
(rev a1)
01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Gigabit 
Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (rev 13)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 
30)
01:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec ASC-29320A U320 (rev 10)
Seagate ST373207LW SCSI disk
01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture 
(
rev 11)
01:07.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 
11
)
01:09.0 Serial controller: 5610 56K FaxModem 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 
AGP 8x] (rev a4)
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109

i install alsa as best i could (no pun intended) from the alsa page 
(http://www.alsa-project.org/)

inspite of my efforts, I still have no sound. there does not seem to be any 
combination of things I do which gets sound to work. Any suggestions are 
appreciated.

here is the info from /proc/asound
/proc/asound/card0/oss_mixer
VOLUME "Master" 0
BASS "" 0
TREBLE "" 0
SYNTH "" 0
PCM "PCM" 0
SPEAKER "PC Speaker" 0
LINE "Line" 0
MIC "Mic" 0
CD "CD" 0
IMIX "" 0
ALTPCM "" 0
RECLEV "" 0
IGAIN "Capture" 0
OGAIN "" 0
LINE1 "Aux" 0
LINE2 "" 0
LINE3 "" 0
DIGITAL1 "IEC958" 0
DIGITAL2 "" 0
DIGITAL3 "" 0
PHONEIN "Phone" 0
PHONEOUT "Master Mono" 0
VIDEO "Video" 0
RADIO "" 0
MONITOR "" 0

/proc/asound/card0/id
nForce2

/proc/asound/card0/intel8x0
Intel8x0

Global control        : 0x00000002
Global status         : 0x00300100
AC'97 codecs ready    : primary

/proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/prealloc
64

/proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/status
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/sw_params
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/hw_params
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/sub0/info
card: 0
device: 2
subdevice: 0
stream: PLAYBACK
id: Intel ICH - IEC958
name: NVidia nForce2 - IEC958
subname: subdevice #0
class: 0
subclass: 0
subdevices_count: 1
subdevices_avail: 1

/proc/asound/card0/pcm2p/info
card: 0
device: 2
subdevice: 0
stream: PLAYBACK
id: Intel ICH - IEC958
name: NVidia nForce2 - IEC958
subname: subdevice #0
class: 0
subclass: 0
subdevices_count: 1
subdevices_avail: 1

/proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/oss

/proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/prealloc
0

/proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/status
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/sw_params
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/hw_params
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/sub0/info
card: 0
device: 1
subdevice: 0
stream: CAPTURE
id: Intel ICH - MIC ADC
name: NVidia nForce2 - MIC ADC
subname: subdevice #0
class: 0
subclass: 0
subdevices_count: 1
subdevices_avail: 1

/proc/asound/card0/pcm1c/info
card: 0
device: 1
subdevice: 0
stream: CAPTURE
id: Intel ICH - MIC ADC
name: NVidia nForce2 - MIC ADC
subname: subdevice #0
class: 0
subclass: 0
subdevices_count: 1
subdevices_avail: 1

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/prealloc
64

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/status
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/sw_params
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/hw_params
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/info
card: 0
device: 0
subdevice: 0
stream: CAPTURE
id: Intel ICH
name: NVidia nForce2
subname: subdevice #0
class: 0
subclass: 0
subdevices_count: 1
subdevices_avail: 1

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/info
card: 0
device: 0
subdevice: 0
stream: CAPTURE
id: Intel ICH
name: NVidia nForce2
subname: subdevice #0
class: 0
subclass: 0
subdevices_count: 1
subdevices_avail: 1

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/prealloc
64

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/status
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/sw_params
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
closed

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/info
card: 0
device: 0
subdevice: 0
stream: PLAYBACK
id: Intel ICH
name: NVidia nForce2
subname: subdevice #0
class: 0
subclass: 0
subdevices_count: 1
subdevices_avail: 1

/proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/info
card: 0
device: 0
subdevice: 0
stream: PLAYBACK
id: Intel ICH
name: NVidia nForce2
subname: subdevice #0
class: 0
subclass: 0
subdevices_count: 1
subdevices_avail: 1

/proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0
0-0/0: Realtek ALC650F

Capabilities     :
DAC resolution   : 20-bit
ADC resolution   : 18-bit
3D enhancement   : Realtek 3D Stereo Enhancement

Current setup
Mic gain         : +0dB [+0dB]
POP path         : pre 3D
Sim. stereo      : off
3D enhancement   : off
Loudness         : off
Mono output      : MIX
Mic select       : Mic1
ADC/DAC loopback : off
Double rate slots: 10/11
Extended ID      : codec=0 rev=1 LDAC SDAC CDAC DSA=0 SPDIF DRA VRA
Extended status  : LDAC SDAC CDAC SPDIF=3/4 VRA
PCM front DAC    : 44100Hz
PCM Surr DAC     : 44100Hz
PCM LFE DAC      : 44100Hz
PCM ADC          : 48000Hz
SPDIF Control    : Consumer PCM Copyright Category=0x22 Generation=1 
Rate=48kHz
SPDIF In Status  : Not Locked

/proc/asound/pcm
00-00: Intel ICH : NVidia nForce2 : playback 1 : capture 1
00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : NVidia nForce2 - MIC ADC : capture 1
00-02: Intel ICH - IEC958 : NVidia nForce2 - IEC958 : playback 1

/proc/asound/timers
G0: system timer : 1000.000us (10000000 ticks)
P0-0-0: PCM playback 0-0-0 : SLAVE
P0-0-1: PCM capture 0-0-1 : SLAVE
P0-1-1: PCM capture 0-1-1 : SLAVE
P0-2-0: PCM playback 0-2-0 : SLAVE

/proc/asound/modules
0 snd_intel8x0

/proc/asound/cards
0 [nForce2        ]: NFORCE - NVidia nForce2
                     NVidia nForce2 with ALC650F at 0xe2087000, irq 9

/proc/asound/devices
 18: [0- 2]: digital audio playback
 25: [0- 1]: digital audio capture
 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback
 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture
  0: [0- 0]: ctl
 33:       : timer

/proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.8.
Compiled on Apr  4 2005 for kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC3.

/proc/asound/oss/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.8 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux cenozoic.atoka.org 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 #1 Thu Feb 24 14:00:06 EST 
2005 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers: 
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config: 
NVidia nForce2 with ALC650F at 0xe2087000, irq 9

Audio devices:
0: NVidia nForce2 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC650F

/proc/asound/oss/devices
 12: [0-12]: digital audio
  3: [0- 3]: digital audio
  0: [0- 0]: mixer

created devices as such using root
mknod /dev/mixer c 14 0
mknod /dev/sequencer c 14 1
mknod /dev/midi c 14 2
mknod /dev/dsp c 14 3
chmod a+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer /dev/midi

after reboot, i would loose some of the devices. at the moment, after reboot, 
here is what i have.

ll /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/midi /dev/sequencer
ls: /dev/midi: No such file or directory
ls: /dev/sequencer: No such file or directory
crw-------  1 best root 14, 3 Apr  5 08:01 /dev/dsp
crw-------  1 best root 14, 0 Apr  5 08:01 /dev/mixer
-- 
regards,
allen wayne best, esq
"your friendly neighborhood rambler owner"
"my rambler will go from 0 to 105"
Current date: 59:26:18::94:2005

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