Re: Via High Definition Audio Controller

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 10:49 -0400, Jim wrote:
>
>> Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 20:28 -0400, Jim wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The check box is irrelevant in my opinion. But with the
>>> alsa-plugins-pulseaudio rpm removed you should not get any pulseaudio
>>> eroros. So what is happening now?
>>> Is the card detected? Is the test sound heard?
>>>
>>> There are many of us who have been through this sound failure problem.
>>> Has alsamixer been run? And so on..
>>> --
>>> =======================================================================
>>> If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would
>>> presumably flunk it. -- Stanley Garn
>>> =======================================================================
>>> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I did remove the alsa-plugins-pulseaudio and checked alsa-mixer, but to
>> no avail, rebooted box and sound still doesn't work.
>> sound does not work:
>>
>
> When you say sound does not work do you mean:
> 1. You sound card is not detected?
> 2. the test sound does not play, even when you specifically load driver
> modules in the gui.
>
> 3. Does lsmod show the sound modules loaded?
>
> --
> =======================================================================
> You love peace.
> =======================================================================
> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>

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