My main problem is that I simply get no sound. The fedora core 2 program system-config-soundcard doesnt actually detect a soundcard at all. Im using the 1.0.3 rpms of alsa which came with fedora.
Using modprobe -v snd_nm256 shows:
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435.2.3/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.ko
And, as suggested in the nm256 part of the manual, ive added this to my /etc/mod*.conf:
alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-nm256 #options alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
I get no errors on boot, but no modules are loaded from these mod*.conf entries on boot up.
lsmod with manual modprobe shows:
Module Size Used by snd_nm256 65064 0 snd_ac97_codec 54788 1 snd_nm256 snd_pcm 69256 1 snd_nm256 snd_page_alloc 8072 1 snd_pcm snd_timer 17284 1 snd_pcm snd 39396 4 snd_nm256,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 6112 1 snd parport_pc 19392 1 lp 8236 0 parport 29640 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 12932 0 ds 12292 4 yenta_socket 15232 1 pcmcia_core 47176 2 ds,yenta_socket sunrpc 109924 1 8139too 17920 0 mii 3584 1 8139too floppy 47440 0 sg 27680 0 scsi_mod 91984 1 sg microcode 4768 0 dm_mod 32800 0 uhci_hcd 24472 0 button 4632 0 battery 6924 0 asus_acpi 8984 0 ac 3340 0 ipv6 184672 10 ext3 103656 2 jbd 40728 1 ext3
lsmod from boot shows:
Module Size Used by parport_pc 19392 1 lp 8236 0 parport 29640 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 12932 0 ds 12292 4 yenta_socket 15232 1 pcmcia_core 47176 2 ds,yenta_socket sunrpc 109924 1 8139too 17920 0 mii 3584 1 8139too floppy 47440 0 sg 27680 0 scsi_mod 91984 1 sg microcode 4768 0 dm_mod 32800 0 uhci_hcd 24472 0 button 4632 0 battery 6924 0 asus_acpi 8984 0 ac 3340 0 ipv6 184672 8 ext3 103656 2 jbd 40728 1 ext3
With the nm256 module(s) loaded, alsamixer shows the following error:
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
and trying to play a wav with "play" gives:
sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp':No such device
Has anyone had any success getting sound working with alsa on this laptop?
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