Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 214115
alsamixer not working with snd_hda_intel
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:47 EST
Description of problem: alsamixer does not function properly with the snd_hda_intel module: > alsamixer alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument Hardware: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) on a Dell Dimension 9200 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.12rc1 (Thu Jun 22 13:55:50 2006 UTC). Other than that it's a normal fc6 setup, all updates installed How reproducible: alsamixer Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument Expected results: The mixer Additional info: Sound does work. kmix reports SigmaTel STAC9227
I can confirm this error. My hardware is 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2), but the driver is the same. According to this http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=134437 it should be fixed in alsa 1.0.13.
You can check the ALSA 1.0.13, how-to is here: http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/
I get the same compilation errors with the provided alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 from http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/ that I get when trying from alsa-project.org source. Audio was working for me in fc5 with the use of alsa-1.0.12rc2 and appending model=uniwill-m31 for snd-hda-intel module.
forgot to add that I got it working in FC5 with help from the following link https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2035
The rpms from atrpms.net give me working audio so long as I still use model=uniwill-m31 for the snd-hda-intel module but I have no control over the output volume in alsamixer or gnome volume applet :(
Created attachment 140910 [details] Compiler errors whn instaling alsa driver 1.0.13
The same as in comment #3 ...
The atrpms, available at http://atrpms.net/dist/fc6/alsa-driver/ do solve the problem. So, 1.0.13 does seem to support the chip much better.
Or you can compile them, how-to is here: http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/
The new RPMs on http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/ compile and install fine. However the error persists. Installing the kernel modules from ATrpms solves this problem, (with the above RPMSs), so maybe we have to wait for the next kernel update? Any other ideas? Thanks Serge
Just for completeness sake: alsa-lib,alsautils 1.0.13 are working fine with the lates kernel, i.e. 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 Thanks for the support in any case.