Description of problem: No sound with snd-intel8x0 and 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Not entirely sure this is an alsa problem. I have seen people having problems with alsa in this kernel though. How reproducible: Fresh install of fc5, run system-config-soundcard. Press play, and no sound is heard. Actual results: No sound Expected results: Guitar test sound should be played Additional info: I had a problem with this card in fc4, but fixed it by blacklisting the snd-intel8x0m module. This doesn't help either way in fc5.
Created attachment 127491 [details] scsound.log
if you want to use another driver, substitute all snd-intel8x0 in /etc/modprobe.conf to new driver name (did you use snd-hda-intel?) btw. what card do you have? Could you attach /proc/asound/cards and output of "lspci -vn"? Another way is checking new drivers, how-to is here: http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa
I tried snd-hda-intel like you said and there was no change, and lsmod still showed that snd-intel8x0 was loaded. I have a Conexant AC-97 (intel clone i'm guessing). It's a poor card, but it's what came in the (gateway) laptop. Attached are the outputs you asked for. I will try your new drivers, as soon as I get a chance and get back to you.
Created attachment 127558 [details] output of 'cat /proc/asound/cards'
Created attachment 127559 [details] output of lspci -vn
I tried the devel drivers, and no change in behaviour. Maybe relevant output of: dmesg | grep "ICH" PCI quirk: region 1000-107f claimed by ICH6 ACPI/GPIO/TCO PCI quirk: region 1180-11bf claimed by ICH6 GPIO ICH6: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1 ICH6: chipset revision 4 ICH6: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Same problem on a packard bell a8500 notebook. Does not work on FC4 either.
Created attachment 127951 [details] scsound log for msi k8n platinum neo4 mb
Created attachment 127968 [details] scsound.log Similar problem, with Tyan Thunder K8WE S2895 motherboard, which also uses the on-board nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller used on P. Hrasky's system. While the attached scsound.log file appears to indicate alsa-lib-1.0.11-3.rc2.2 was installed twice(!), these are actually 32-bit and 64-bit versions of alsa-lib (both were installed during the original FC5 installation.)
I did strace an found out the alsa tools want to open alsa.conf in /usr/share/alsa where there is none. So I copied it over from /etc/alsa and here I go - sound is back! So either the tools should look to /etc/alsa or the /usr/share/alsa should be link to /etc/alsa?
I added the link from /usr/share/alsa to /etc/alsa and my sound is back too! Thanks a ton. Anybody that didn't work for? (In reply to comment #10) > I did strace an found out the alsa tools want to open alsa.conf > in /usr/share/alsa where there is none. So I copied it over from /etc/alsa and > here I go - sound is back! So either the tools should look to /etc/alsa or > the /usr/share/alsa should be link to /etc/alsa?
You don't have /usr/share/alsa link after install? It should be here, I'll check it.
$ ls -l /usr/share/alsa/speaker-test/sample_map.csv -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 118 Apr 6 11:05 /usr/share/alsa/speaker-test/sample_map.csv $ rpm -qf /usr/share/alsa/speaker-test/sample_map.csv alsa-utils(0:1.0.11-5.rc2).i386 And here, /usr/share/alsa/ is a directory, thus no way it can easily be replaced by a symlink. $ rpm -qf /usr/share/alsa file /usr/share/alsa is not owned by any package On my FC5, still no sound, but stracing mpg321 I see it stat'ing and opening many files in /etc/alsa/ but nothing under /usr/share/alsa/ anyway.
Like Richard Ryniker, have Tyan 2895 motherboard, and non-working sound. At one point in FC5 kernel evolution (can't quite remember what update it was, but pre-2080) sound worked. Now on 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5, and it still doesn't work. Files and links mentioned elsewhere in this bug seem to be in place. aplay seems to be hung in a poll call, according to strace, and I'm wondering if something like an interrupt is not properly enabled on the NVIDIA chipset to permit progress.
I'm facing this same problem, but changing the location of my alsa.conf file hasn't done anything to help this out. What I have noticed though is that I can play audio as root, but not as myself. When I try to play anything as a regular user I get something like this: [bottiger@golbez alsa]$ play ~/Music/Rancid/Let\\\'s\ Go/01\ -\ Nihilism.ogg ALSA lib confmisc.c:672:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0' ALSA lib conf.c:3492:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings ALSA lib conf.c:3492:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device ALSA lib confmisc.c:1072:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name ALSA lib conf.c:3492:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device ALSA lib conf.c:3961:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device ALSA lib pcm.c:2099:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default sox: Failed writing default: cannot open audio device
(In reply to comment #15) > I'm facing this same problem, but changing the location of my alsa.conf file > hasn't done anything to help this out. What I have noticed though is that I can > play audio as root, but not as myself. When I try to play anything as a regular > user I get something like this: > > [bottiger@golbez alsa]$ play ~/Music/Rancid/Let\\\'s\ Go/01\ -\ Nihilism.ogg > ALSA lib confmisc.c:672:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0' > ALSA lib conf.c:3492:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver > returned error: No such device > ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings > ALSA lib conf.c:3492:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned > error: No such device > ALSA lib confmisc.c:1072:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name > ALSA lib conf.c:3492:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned > error: No such device > ALSA lib conf.c:3961:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device > ALSA lib pcm.c:2099:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default > sox: Failed writing default: cannot open audio device Could you please run system-config-soundcard and attach /root/scsound.log?
Created attachment 130537 [details] log after running system-config-soundcard Here you go!
This sounds similar to what I've been seeing recently (the past few months). I manage ~25 FC4 desktops and some update along the line (I can't say exactly which because I don't use audio that often) made sound on every system go away. I've tried FC5 on a test system, but that didn't make any difference. /proc/asound/cards says: 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xfebfc000 irq 16 lsmod shows that snd-hda-intel is loaded. This system is running: 2.6.16-1.2115_FC4smp alsa-lib-1.0.10-3.FC4 alsa-utils-1.0.10-1.FC4 I'll try the 1.0.11 ALSA again, just in case.
I managed to fix my problem : I was having nothing but silence, but no errors whatsoever with the 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 kernel. I installed the latest ALSA kernel modules package from atrpms.net, and all worked fine again! BTW, I saw that 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 was out, maybe that will fix the problem if the included ALSA modules were updated in 2.6.17.
2.6.17 (along with alsa-libs-1.0.11) has fixed the problem for me.
For me too, those updates made the sound work again. Someone might want to close this bug unless others are still having problems.