F10 - No sound on my OQO

[Robert Moskowitz]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Thursday 04 December 2008 22:44, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>   
>> Nigel Henry wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thursday 04 December 2008 18:15, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>       
>>>> First, I have sound on another OQO running Centos 5.2 (ALSA 1.0.14 I
>>>> believe).
>>>>
>>>> Now here is some forensics:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  From lspci -v:
>>>>
>>>> 02:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio
>>>> Controller (rev 10)
>>>>         Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio
>>>> Controller
>>>>         Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 17
>>>>         Memory at c2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>>>>         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>>>>         Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
>>>> Count=1/1 Enable-
>>>>         Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI
>>>> 00 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
>>>>         Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
>>>>
>>>> cat /proc/asound/version
>>>>
>>>> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.17.
>>>>
>>>> cat /proc/asound/cards
>>>>
>>>> --- no soundcards ---
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OOPS!!!! Why no sound card?
>>>>         
>>> Hi Robert.
>>>
>>> What exactly is an OQO?
>>>       
>> www.oqo.com
>>
>> I have the model 2 without the touchscreen or WiMax.
>>
>>     
>>> No sound card, means just that. the soundcard can't be detected.
>>>
>>> You may find that the snd modules are loaded. Try the command as below,
>>> and post back the output.
>>> /sbin/lsmod | grep snd
>>>       
>> snd_hda_intel 351124 0
>> snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
>> snd_seq_oss 30364 0
>> snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
>> snd_seq 48576 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
>> snd_seq_device 10124 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
>> snd_pcm_oss 42496 0
>> snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_pcm 65924 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_timer 22024 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
>> snd_page_alloc 11016 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>> snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
>> snd 50616 10
>> snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,
>> snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep soundcore 9416 1 snd
>>
>>     
>>> Which make/model of Laptop/PC is this? The OQO bit is a bit confusing.
>>>       
>> I have 4 of these to be a portable test/demo bed. 3 of them have Centos
>> 5.2 on them. One has F10. Interesting comparison of what works for
>> Centos and what with F10. Sound is one of the items working fine with
>> the Centos installs.
>>
>>     
>>> You could download the script from the link below, save it as
>>> alsa-info.sh, make it executable, then run it as ./alsa-info.sh. Running
>>> this script will upload info about your machine, and specifically sound
>>> related stuff to a website. Post back the link to the site, and I, and
>>> hopefully others can examine your problem.
>>>
>>> http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa/raw-file/tip/alsa-info.sh
>>>       
>
> Sound not working on F10. See link to alsa-info.sh output below.
>   
>> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=a984f3d7859f7c239c6ecf2cbf5614a1fbdd6cff
>>     
>
> Hi Robert.
>
> Would you please run the alsa-info.sh script on one of your Centos 5.2 
> machines, where the sound is working ok. Don't trim anything on your reply, 
> but just add the new link, identifying it as, "Sound working with Centos 5.2. 
> See link to alsa-info.sh output below".
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=5d592ffd6dd37b033a165c4c4701651b84d76155

Thank you for your help on this.