I tried using a differnt kernel and that didnt work either per your
earlier advice.
I am going to disable sound now and reboot and see how that goes.
Thanks for all the help
On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 09:19, Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 04:07, Thornton wrote:
> > I am using a Asus A7N8X MB
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >From the asus web site that board has
> Audio Realtek® ALC650 6CH w/built in HP amplifier
> for the onboard sound. It says it has the nforce2 chipsets for the
> northbridge and southbridge and the lan.
>
> Does anybody know which driver this sound chipset should use?
>
> My approach to this problem would be to first disable the onboard audio
> in bios and reboot to let kudzu remove the configuration.
> Check and verify the sound modules are not loaded, and that the lines in
> modprobe.conf have been removed.
>
> Then do another reboot with the onboard audio enabled to let kudzu
> reconfigure the sound and see what the results are.
> If it puts back the same lines then the system sees it as an intel audio
> chipset. It is possible the same board designation may have different
> sound chipsets (some sites even tell you that) although the asus website
> lists only th realtek audio chipset for all the variations on your
> board..
>
> If that does not fix the sound problem then it will take a lot of deeper
> digging to check out why.
>
> BTW: -- PLEASE do not top post. It breaks the continuity of the
> conversation.
>
>
> > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 22:06, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 19:26, Thornton wrote:
> > > > The nvidia is the onboard sound.
> > > >
> > > > How can I switch from the intel and install the nvidia?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Which mobo do you have?
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 10:39, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 09:01, Thornton wrote:
> > > > > > I'm not sure if its closed source or not. Here is the info you
> > > > > > requested:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Module Size Used by
> > > > > > snd_seq_oss 30657 0
> > > > > > snd_seq_midi_event 7105 1 snd_seq_oss
> > > > > > snd_seq 52689 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> > > > > > snd_pcm_oss 43129 0
> > > > > > snd_mixer_oss 14017 2 snd_pcm_oss
> > > > > > snd_intel8x0 30829 2
> > > > >
> > > > > This is the module for an intel 8x0 series sound card. I assume this is
> > > > > the one on your mobo.
> > > > >
> > > > > > snd_ac97_codec 58821 1 snd_intel8x0
> > > > > > snd_pcm 83529 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
> > > > > > snd_timer 25413 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> > > > > > snd_page_alloc 8393 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> > > > > > gameport 4033 1 snd_intel8x0
> > > > > > snd_mpu401_uart 7361 1 snd_intel8x0
> > > > > > snd_rawmidi 21733 1 snd_mpu401_uart
> > > > > > snd_seq_device 6473 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> > > > > > snd 45477 14
> > > > > > snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> > > > > > soundcore 7713 2 snd
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > >
> > > > > > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> > > > > > install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
> > > > > > /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> > > > > > remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> > > > > > /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> > > > > again, the intel 8x0 chipset
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 05:03, James Wilkinson wrote:
> > > > > > > Thornton wrote:
> > > > > > > > I am having a problem with my sound card. It just doesn't play anything
> > > > > > > > anymore in any app. Basically its dead. I tried to detect sound card
> > > > > > > > and it located it, clicked
> > > > > > > > test sound and nothing plays. It used to work fine. I haven't
> > > > > > > > installed anything new or anything like that. Just the up2date
> > > > > > > > updates. Could any of them effected my sound. I am using a
> > > > > > > > asus mb w/ a nvidia sound card.
> > > > >
> > > > > try both alsamixer and aumix. I had problems until I made sure both
> > > > > mixers had nothing muted.
> > > > >
> > > > > Did you mean you are using an nvidia sound card as well as the onboard
> > > > > sound?? If so you might want to disable the onboard sound so the system
> > > > > uses the nvidia card.
> > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Nvidia. Any chance that you're using the Nvidia closed-source drivers?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (If you're not sure, post the results of running /sbin/lsmod and
> > > > > > > the contents of /etc/modprobe.conf, or /etc/modules.cond if you're on
> > > > > > > FC1.)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > James.
> > > > > > >
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