Via High Definition Audio Controller

[Jim]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 March 2008 23:55, Jim wrote:
>   
>> FC8-i386  KDE  2.6.24.3-34.fc8
>> My Sound card in a laptop is a VIA Tech, "VIA High Definition Audio
>> Controller" and all the drivers are loading but it has no sound.
>> I have heard through the Grapvine that the PCM device VT1708 was broken
>> in 2.6.24, any truth to that ?
>> The Soundcard Detection debug files are listed below,   scsrun.log and
>> scsconfig.log.
>> Who can read and understand these two files.
>>
>>
>>                                                         scsrun.log
>>
>>
>> ------- System Config Soundcard Log --------
>> Wed Mar 19 17:27:52 EDT 2008
>>
>> aplay: main:546: audio open error: Device or resource busy
>> *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
>> amixer: Mixer attach default error: Connection refused
>> *** PULSEAUDIO: Unable to connect: Connection refused
>> amixer: Mixer attach default error: Connection refused
>> ProbeCards, method =  hal
>> --------- Card 0 --------
>> Active 1
>> Vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
>> Model: VIA High Definition Audio Controller
>> Driver: snd-hda-intel
>>
>> Volume: 75
>> Devices:
>> [[0, ' VT1708 Analog ']]
>> Test device 0
>>     
>
> Hi Jim. As I'm totally obsessed by pulseaudio causing sound problems on F8, 
> I'd suggest removing the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio package, then see if the 
> sound works.
>
> Just a shot in the dark, and maybe I've got pulseaudio on the brain, but other 
> folks have got their sounds up by removing that package.
>
> Nigel.
>
>   
I deleted the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio package but that didn't help at all.
There is a check box in Soundcard Detection app that allows you to 
disable the Alsa plugins.

Thanks for your help