Intel HD Soundcard not working

Hey,

second post, second problem ;)

I am not able to get my Soundcard working under BT2.0... and without some music it is really boring to work ;)

Notebook is a Thinkpad R60 Intel 82801g rev0.2 HD Audio Controller...

The module is loaded, only the Sound Server complains

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Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device: default can't be opened for playback (Invalid argument)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

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lsmod:

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bt ~ # lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_dummy          3084  0
snd_seq_oss            30720  0
snd_seq_midi_event      5888  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                44016  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6668  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42048  0
snd_mixer_oss          15232  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_intel          17080  1
snd_hda_codec        198064  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm                68752  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              19336  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    44644  10 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              5984  2 snd
snd_page_alloc          7816  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

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Anyone with a working Intel Soundcard here ? ;)

I have the same sound card. To get mine to work I had to edit /etc/modprobe.d/sound.

root@box:~# cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack

This worked for me. YMMV

On a brighter note, this card works out of the box with the 2 2.6.22.1 kernel. I still get an error message at boot about a mismatch, but it works.

Good Luck

first, thanks for the fast answer ;)

but, it is a pity, this does not work for me... the file /etc/modprobe.d/sound does not exist, and creating it is really senseless ;)

a kernel update is afaik not possible, because i using the one from BT 2.0

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Originally Posted by lucent20

first, thanks for the fast answer ;)

but, it is a pity, this does not work for me... the file /etc/modprobe.d/sound does not exist, and creating it is really senseless ;)

a kernel update is afaik not possible, because i using the one from BT 2.0

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I'm not sure how you can say it is senseless unless you have tried it, after all what have you got to lose by trying it.

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Originally Posted by lucent20

first, thanks for the fast answer ;)

but, it is a pity, this does not work for me... the file /etc/modprobe.d/sound does not exist, and creating it is really senseless ;)

a kernel update is afaik not possible, because i using the one from BT 2.0

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# /etc/modprobe.conf (old location for Linux 2.6+ config)
#
# The use of this config file is deprecated if you are using a
# 2.6.x or newer kernel. Instead, create files in the
# /etc/modprobe.d/ directory containing modprobe options.
#
# For more information, see "man modprobe.conf".
alias ra0 rt2500
alias rausb0 rt2570





We use kernel 2.6.20 in a "virgin" copy of BT2 Final, so you have to make this sound txt. So just make the sound txt in /etc/modprobe.d and call it sound. Then add this instde the blank sound txt as ghaze suggested.

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack

save and then reboot.


BTW..Yes, you can update the kernel on BT2. Theres a couple of threads on this forum, that are tutorials, which explain how to accomplish this. ;)

i tried that, but it does not work for me...

@parrot, i tried it, and it does not work => senseless ;)

thanks

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Originally Posted by lucent20

i tried that, but it does not work for me...

@parrot, i tried it, and it does not work => senseless ;)

thanks

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Sorry it didn't work for ya. Your probably gonna have to head over to driverguide and d/l a sound driver for Linux then.

Sounds like you ought to look into upgrading your kernel, then. I may have already done that before finding the fix I mentioned. I dis-remember. :D

Here's my hardware and kernel. Like I said, it works for me.

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

Linux box 2.6.22.1-r1

I always build a custom kernel, anyway. They load faster and seem to work better. You'll learn quite a bit about hardware and linux in general by doing so, so go for it. Also, when some piece of hardware doesn't work, you'll have no one to blame but yourself. Just make sure you leave a lilo entry for your old kernel and you won't have any problems. lspci is very helpful, as is lshw.

Good Luck

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Originally Posted by lucent20

first, thanks for the fast answer ;)

but, it is a pity, this does not work for me... the file /etc/modprobe.d/sound does not exist, and creating it is really senseless ;)

a kernel update is afaik not possible, because i using the one from BT 2.0

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Originally Posted by lucent20

i tried that, but it does not work for me...

@parrot, i tried it, and it does not work => senseless ;)

thanks

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As you in essence said in the first quote that you had not tried it, my point was valid.
Now that you have tried it, you know it is pointless, not senseless.

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Originally Posted by ghaze

Sounds like you ought to look into upgrading your kernel, then. I may have already done that before finding the fix I mentioned. I dis-remember. :D

Here's my hardware and kernel. Like I said, it works for me.

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

Linux box 2.6.22.1-r1

I always build a custom kernel, anyway. They load faster and seem to work better. You'll learn quite a bit about hardware and linux in general by doing so, so go for it. Also, when some piece of hardware doesn't work, you'll have no one to blame but yourself. Just make sure you leave a lilo entry for your old kernel and you won't have any problems. lspci is very helpful, as is lshw.

Good Luck

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I have tried numerous 'fixes' to get my realtek HD audio working, which also uses the 'snd-hda-intel' module. Perhaps upgrading my kernel would fix that little sucker, it's so hard to use my notebook without music.... :(

I'll try and update it tonight and let everyone know. I'll cross post the results to my tx1120us tuning thread.

-out