sound problem: hda-intel ICH6 82801 but alsa thinks it is a Cmedia CMI9880

Jurgen Depicker jurgen.lists at gmail.com
Tue Jan 24 12:41:28 UTC 2006


I managed to run skype via artsdsp -m /usr/bin/skype and allow it to
use the same audio card as amarok simultaniously.  But that's my
CMedia card; I would like to use the Intel one, so my problem remains
(see underneath).

Thanks, Jürgen.

2006/1/24, Jurgen Depicker <jurgen.lists at gmail.com>:
> (FC4)
>
> 1) I believe there is a problem with my ALSA config: my native
> soundcard cracks terribly.  When I check alsamixer, or the gnome or
> KDE mixer, I cannot set a master volume nor PCM volume.  It seems like
> the chipset is wrongly defined as a CMI9880.
> What should I do to correct this?
>
> 2) So I installed a second card from CMedia (CMI8738).  This one works
> perfectly well.
> But Skype wants to access my Intel card and refuses to work on the
> CMedia one - I don't know why.  And the sound cracks terribly.
> Actually I would like to use just one card - the built-in Intel one.
> Therefore I seem to need to run skype like this:
> aoss skype
> But aoss is not provided with FC4.  Where can I find it?
>
> Underneath some info about my soundcards.
>
> I hope someone can help me out!  I checked the LSA site as well as the
> gentoo wiki, but couldn't find a solution.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jurgen.
>
>
> [root at zeeman ~]# lspci -v | grep -i audio
> 00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
>         Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) High Definition Audio Controller
> 03:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
>         Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
>
> [jurgen at zeeman ~]$ cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
> Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.10rc1 emulation code)
> Kernel: Linux zeeman.homelinux.net 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4smp #1 SMP Thu Jan
> 5 22:24:06 EST 2006 i686
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
> Type 10: ALSA emulation
>
> Card config:
> C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6 (model 55) at 0xd000, irq 217
> HDA Intel at 0xd8100000 irq 169
>
> Audio devices:
> 0: C-Media PCI DAC/ADC (DUPLEX)
> 1: CMI9880 (DUPLEX)
>
> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> Timers:
> 7: system timer
>
> Mixers:
> 0: CMedia PCI
> 1: C-Media CMI9880
>




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