ALSA Problems - Trident 4DWave DX

[david walcroft]

Matt Florido wrote:
> Yet another e-mail with an FC3 user experiencing issues with sound.  I
> spent hours yesterday reading through about a year's worth of posts.
> Unfortunately, none of them helped my cause.
> 
> Here's the breakdown:
> FC3 running 2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp
> Sound card: Trident 4DWave DX
> System: Dell SC420 P4 2.8GHZ 512MB etc...
> alsa* installed and updated
> 
> Kudzu recognized my sound card at first boot.  modprobe.conf was
> configured accordingly.  When I run system-config-soundcard I see the
> correct hardware detected.  However, I cannot play a test sound.  It
> errors on the attempt.  I'm unable to run alsamixer because the device
> isn't found.
> 
> Here's the pertinent info:
> 
> messages log:
> Feb 13 17:56:01 kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 16
> (level, low) -> IRQ 169
> Feb 13 17:56:02 kernel: AC'97 0 does not respond - RESET
> Feb 13 17:56:02 kernel: AC'97 0 access error (not audio or modem codec)
> Feb 13 17:56:02 kernel: Trident4DWaveAudio: probe of 0000:04:00.0 failed
> with error -13
> 
> modprobe -vf snd-trident
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko
> WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq_device
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko
> WARNING: Error inserting snd_rawmidi
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko
> WARNING: Error inserting snd_mpu401_uart
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/synth/snd-util-mem.ko
> WARNING: Error inserting snd_util_mem
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/synth/snd-util-mem.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.ko
> WARNING: Error inserting gameport
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko
> WARNING: Error inserting snd_ac97_codec
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-trident && /usr/sbin/alsactl
> restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/synth/snd-util-mem.ko
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.ko
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-1.760_FC3smp/kernel/sound/pci/trident/snd-trident.ko
> 
> modprobe.conf
> alias snd-card-0 snd-trident
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> install snd-trident /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-trident &&
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-trident { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-trident
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
> class: AUDIO
> bus: PCI
> detached: 0
> driver: snd-trident
> desc: "Trident Microsystems 4DWave DX"
> vendorId: 1023
> deviceId: 2000
> subVendorId: 1023
> subDeviceId: 2000
> pciType: 1
> pcidom:    0
> pcibus:  4
> pcidev:  0
> pcifn:  0
> 
> lspci
> 04:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Trident Microsystems 4DWave DX (rev
> 02)
>         Subsystem: Trident Microsystems 4DWave DX
>         Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
>         Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
>         Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
>         Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
>         Region 1: Memory at dfbff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> [size=4K]
>         Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 1
>                 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
> PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
>                 Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
> 
> system-config-soundcard
> amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device
> amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device
> aplay: main:508: audio open error: No such device
> 
> 
> If I've missed anything, please let me know.  Your help is appreciated.
> 
Is there an 'on board'sound chip,if so disable in the BIOS

Check 'lsmod' for Alsa and Trident loaded modules

HTH   david