gateway laptop sound issues

[iceman32ad]

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gateway nv5502
pclinuxos 2011 fullmonty
fresh install


issue

sound not working correctly have system sounds but no mulimedia sound

please help i am new to pclinuxos and kde / disenchanted by changes made to gnome another distro / i work well in cli but being new to this distro  few things have changed that have thrown me off kilter. i will be checking in hourly  to check (need this fixed asap)
 

[root@localhost ~]# lspcidrake -v | fgrep -i AUDIO
[root@localhost ~]# grep sound-slot /etc/modprobe.conf
alias sound-slot-1 snd_hda_intel
alias sound-slot-0 unknown
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_usb_audio          70631  0
snd_usbmidi_lib        15440  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            15287  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
cryptd                  6989  0
aes_i586                6948  2
aes_generic            25998  1 aes_i586
ppp_async               6183  0
ppp_generic            19510  1 ppp_async
slhc                    4543  1 ppp_generic
crc_ccitt               1103  1 ppp_async
af_packet              17321  2
ipv6                  266689  28
pci_stub                 977  1
vboxpci                15405  0
vboxnetadp              6759  0
vboxnetflt             17037  0
vboxdrv               196584  3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
arc4                    1126  2
ecb                     1645  2
snd_hda_codec_realtek   226487  1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     20480  1
ath9k                  76691  0
snd_hda_intel          19109  4
snd_hda_codec          66310  3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4820  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
mac80211              189461  1 ath9k
snd_seq_dummy           1135  0
snd_seq_oss            25264  0
snd_seq_midi_event      4648  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42136  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4457  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
ath9k_common            1545  1 ath9k
snd_pcm_oss            33854  0
ath9k_hw              269082  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath                    11547  2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
snd_pcm                60446  5 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              15383  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          12981  1 snd_pcm_oss
cfg80211              126787  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
snd                    43189  23 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
uvcvideo               55339  0
videodev               56533  1 uvcvideo
tg3                   116493  0
sdhci_pci               6947  0
soundcore               5025  1 snd
sdhci                  14959  1 sdhci_pci
snd_page_alloc          5877  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mmc_core               57992  1 sdhci
libphy                 14340  1 tg3
i2c_piix4               7124  0
i2c_core               16500  2 videodev,i2c_piix4
sg                     23483  0
sr_mod                 13510  0
cdrom                  31506  1 sr_mod
binfmt_misc             5850  1
nvram                   4805  1
firewire_ohci          25329  0
firewire_sbp2          11541  0
firewire_core          43040  2 firewire_ohci,firewire_sbp2
crc_itu_t               1103  1 firewire_core
fuse                   59455  3
loop                   13873  0
dm_mod                 58938  0
sparse_keymap           2484  0
fglrx                2734427  413
rfkill                 12694  1 cfg80211
wmi                     7495  0
video                  10008  0
joydev                  7663  0
processor              22399  4
k10temp                 2147  0
evdev                   7275  16
ac                      2545  0
battery                 8843  0
button                  4021  1 fglrx
ata_piix               18602  0
ahci                   17997  3
libahci                16163  1 ahci
libata                154591  3 ata_piix,ahci,libahci
sd_mod                 31682  4
scsi_mod              150520  5 sg,sr_mod,firewire_sbp2,libata,sd_mod
crc_t10dif              1104  1 sd_mod
ext4                  312169  2
jbd2                   59959  1 ext4
crc16                   1099  1 ext4
uhci_hcd               19499  0
ohci_hcd               19566  0
ehci_hcd               35439  0
usbhid                 31267  0
hid                    63565  1 usbhid
usbcore               117639  8 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --list sound
sound           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off   7:off
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa
alsa            0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off   7:off
[root@localhost ~]# aumix -q
dig1 100, 100
[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp
Cannot stat /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Cannot stat /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]#

[iceman32ad]

first post edited with more info

[root@localhost ~]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 8 18:01:30 CDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ~]# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC271X Analog [ALC271X Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
[root@localhost ~]# head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#*
==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <==
Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI

[AS]

sound not working correctly have system sounds but no mulimedia sound

[root@localhost ~]# lspcidrake -v | fgrep -i AUDIO
[root@localhost ~]# grep sound-slot /etc/modprobe.conf
alias sound-slot-1 snd_hda_intel
alias sound-slot-0 unknown

 

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
...
snd_usb_audio          70631  0
snd_usbmidi_lib        15440  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            15287  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
...
snd_hda_codec_realtek   226487  1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     20480  1

...

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --list sound
sound           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off   7:off

that's OK.

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa
alsa            0:off   1:off   2:off   3:off   4:off   5:off   6:off   7:off

That's look like turned off, should be on as the default for PCLinuxOS is alsa sound.
try to activate it, then log out and log in again.

if not solved, post the output of the following commands:

lspci -nn
cat /etc/alternatives/soundprofile/profile.conf
cat /etc/modprobe.conf

AS

[iceman32ad]

[root@localhost ~]# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex [1022:1705]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:9647]
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:1714]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:1709]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:170a]
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7801]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SMBus Controller [1022:780b] (rev 13)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson LPC Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson PCI Bridge [1022:780f] (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7809] (rev 11)
00:16.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:16.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719]
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:16b5] (rev 10)
01:00.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Memory Card Reader [14e4:16bc] (rev 10)
01:00.2 System peripheral [0880]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:16be] (rev 10)
01:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:16bf] (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002e] (rev 01)
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/alternatives/soundprofile/profile.conf
SOUNDPROFILE=pulse
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ahci; /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ohci_hcd; /bin/true
alias wlan0 ath9k
alias sound-slot-1 snd_hda_intel
alias eth0 tg3
alias sound-slot-0 unknown
options snd-ac97-codec power_save=1
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000002Esv000011ADsd00006603bc02sc80i00 ath9k

how do i turn it on ?

[AS]

how do i turn it on
?

GUI:
  PCLinuxOS Control Center -> System -> Manage services

CLI:
  chkconfig alsa on
  service alsa start

[iceman32ad]

still nothing any other ideas?
(sound worked under gnome on another distro but that was about the only thing that worked right would i be able to scalp config files from there the live disk if so how)

[AS]

[root@localhost ~]# lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Complex [1022:1705]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:9647]
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:1714]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:1709]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h Processor Root Port [1022:170a]
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7801]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson SMBus Controller [1022:780b] (rev 13)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson LPC Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson PCI Bridge [1022:780f] (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7809] (rev 11)
00:16.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:16.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719]
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57785 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:16b5] (rev 10)
01:00.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Memory Card Reader [14e4:16bc] (rev 10)
01:00.2 System peripheral [0880]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:16be] (rev 10)
01:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:16bf] (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002e] (rev 01)
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/alternatives/soundprofile/profile.conf
SOUNDPROFILE=pulse
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ahci; /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ohci_hcd; /bin/true
alias wlan0 ath9k
alias sound-slot-1 snd_hda_intel
alias eth0 tg3
alias sound-slot-0 unknown
options snd-ac97-codec power_save=1
alias pci:v0000168Cd0000002Esv000011ADsd00006603bc02sc80i00 ath9k

please post the output of the followings:

lspci -k -s 00:01.1
lspci -k -s 00:14.2

you are currently using pulseaudio, check sound configuration using pavucontrol (install it. if not already installed)

[iceman32ad]

pavucontrol out put///
connection failed: connection refused

[root@localhost ~]# lspci -k -s 00:01.1
00:01.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device 1714
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0599
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
[root@localhost ~]# lspci -k -s 00:14.2
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0599
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

[iceman32ad]

found another diag tool

pulseaudio -vv
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us.
I: core-util.c: Failed to acquire high-priority scheduling: Permission denied
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.23-1pclos2011
D: main.c: Compilation host: i586-mandriva-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -O2  -pipe -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i586 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux i686 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 8 18:01:30 CDT 2011
D: main.c: Found 4 CPUs.
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: yes
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Running in VM: no
D: main.c: Optimized build: yes
D: main.c: All asserts enabled.
I: main.c: Machine ID is 82ab6c261883e9ffe2a80b674b7b435e.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/aj/.pulse/82ab6c261883e9ffe2a80b674b7b435e-runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/aj/.pulse.
I: main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-0.9.23/modules.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
I: cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 MMXEXT 3DNOW 3DNOWEXT
I: svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized functions.
I: remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers.
I: svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized functions.
I: remap_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers.
I: sconv_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions.
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65496
E: main.c: Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.
I: main.c: Daemon terminated.

[AS]

pavucontrol out put///
connection failed: connection refused

should not be so ... but i have no idea of what the problem is ...

may be you installed pulseaudio and you didn't reboot ?

[root@localhost ~]# lspci -k -s 00:01.1
00:01.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device 1714
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0599
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
[root@localhost ~]# lspci -k -s 00:14.2
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0599
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

modules look OK, both are using snd-hda-intel.

[AS]

Additionally, from PCLinuxOS Control Center -> Hardware -> Sound configuration, check if Pulse Audio is enabled ...
... if you need to apply a change reboot the system.

[iceman32ad]

the blasted driver disapearred put it back and rebooting now


sstill nothing
 yes its enabled

[menotu]

Maybe install PulseAudio again using task-pulseaudio (Metapackage for Pulse Audio) and also reinstall pavucontrol (and possibly padevchooser ? )

Then a full reboot