Can't find Sound card :(

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Good evening everyone.
Im pretty new in unix os and i really need your help right now. Im facing problems installing my sound card on backtrack
I've seen a lot of forums so far but i cant find a solution.
My soundcard is Realtek, though it seems to be recognised as ATI (my graphics card is ATI just for some more info)
I used lspci in terminal to see what hardware i have installed on my computer. The result was this:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS880 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 41)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller (rev 40)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)

Any help, appreciated!

Thanks

[maverik35]

type : lspci --vvs 00:14.2
Post output...

Then: lsmod and post output

Then dmesg and post output.

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lspci -vvs 00:14.2
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0489
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 7
	Region 0: Memory at d2300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

Module                  Size  Used by
radeon                813181  2 
ttm                    68384  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         40041  1 radeon
drm                   225891  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit           13156  1 radeon
dm_crypt               22668  0 
arc4                   12529  2 
brcmsmac              563429  0 
mac80211              478885  1 brcmsmac
brcmutil               14361  1 brcmsmac
cfg80211              190023  2 brcmsmac,mac80211
uvcvideo               67221  0 
videodev               93508  1 uvcvideo
soundcore              12598  0 
edac_core              51499  0 
psmouse                72820  0 
serio_raw              13211  0 
joydev                 17457  0 
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    20896  1 videodev
edac_mce_amd           22882  0 
k10temp                13119  0 
crc8                   12708  1 brcmsmac
cordic                 12486  1 brcmsmac
sp5100_tco             13697  0 
i2c_piix4              13167  0 
snd_page_alloc         18101  0 
acer_wmi               27846  0 
shpchp                 37130  0 
sparse_keymap          13526  1 acer_wmi
lp                     17789  0 
parport                44368  1 lp
dm_mirror              21906  0 
dm_region_hash         19667  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                 18215  2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
aufs                  183689  0 
hid_microsoft          12829  0 
usbhid                 46275  0 
usb_storage            55911  1 
uas                    17756  0 
hid                    97618  2 hid_microsoft,usbhid
pata_atiixp            13168  0 
video                  18858  0 
wmi                    18697  1 acer_wmi
tg3                   147905  0

Last command was way too long to add here. Cant attach it in a file too
So i uploaded it here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/82523294/dmesg_results.7z
Thanks for spending time helping me out
I hope you can find a solution!

[maverik35]

Ok..The audio card is being seen by (udev) kernel at slot ID 00:14.2 (ATI Tech Azalia Model with intel chipset). Driver used is the snd_hda_intel. But driver has not been loaded. It is not present in the "modinfo" output.

Now, do this: type ----> modprobe snd_hda_intel

Then type: lsmod | grep -i snd

You should see the driver used by kernel already loaded along with its dependencies.

Try it. Luck....

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I tried it but an error came up :S

root@bt:~# modprobe snd_hda_intel
FATAL: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/acore/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd
WARNING: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/acore/snd-pcm.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_hwdep (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/acore/snd-hwdep.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_hda_codec (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
root@bt:~# lsmod | grep -i snd
snd_page_alloc         18101  0 
root@bt:~#

Any idea?

[maverik35]

Sorry, try modprobe snd-hda-intel

The driver is as stated by lspci -vvs 00:14.2

Try that..

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Still getting an error message :S

root@bt:~# modprobe snd-hda-intel
FATAL: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/acore/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error running install command for snd
WARNING: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/acore/snd-pcm.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_hwdep (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/acore/snd-hwdep.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_hda_codec (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_hda_intel (/lib/modules/3.2.6/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

[maverik35]

Please, post the output of : cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec

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root@bt:~# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* |grep Codec
cat: /proc/asound/card0/codec*: No such file or directory

Im starting to getting dissapointed On bt 4 i had problems with my wifi card now with the sound card :S Maybe i should change my bt to x32 version? Will there be any difference?

[maverik35]

Well, it seems that sound card is not supported...It is not a 32 or 64 bit version problem, it is about alsa.

Ok, would you please try this:

cat /proc/asound/cards
cat /proc/asound/modules
cat /proc/asound/version
cat /proc/asound/card0/cat codec#2 | grep -i Codec
cat /proc/asound/card0/id
aplay -l

execute---> alsamixer

See the speakers and info.

The last thing would be to use oss or pulse instead of alsa.

Please post output...I want to see if card is supported..