Re: trying to get tyan s2895 audio working --tyan support does not like debian.....help.

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Florian Kulzer
<florian.kulzer+debian@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 21:28:48 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote:
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 14:46:06 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote:
after being on the phone with Tyan -- i have realized how useless they are.
I am trying to get the audio working on the board.
I have a debain 4.0 AMD 64 version.

i did an lspci on my server and got this:

[...]

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)

[...]

rider:/# lsmod | grep snd
snd_usb_audio 88736 0

You don't seem to have an active USB audio card, so why is this module
loaded? Did you add it to /etc/modules? (The presence of this module
should not hurt, but it is better if we understand why it is loaded.)

[...]

snd_intel8x0 39592 4
snd_ac97_codec 106456 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 7296 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 48672 0
snd_mixer_oss 21888 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89096 6
snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29192 4 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 65256 16
snd_usb_audio,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 15392 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 15504 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

This looks OK.

rider:/# cat /dev/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux rider 2.6.18-6-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 16 22:30:01 UTC 2008 x86_64
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
NVidia CK804 with AD1981B at 0xb0002000, irq 209

Audio devices:
0: NVidia CK804 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Analog Devices AD1981B



rider:/# cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804
NVidia CK804 with AD1981B at 0xb0002000, irq 209

That all seems to be fine, so what is the problem, the volume level?

I would log in at a terminal without starting X (or without logging in
with [xkg]dm if you normally use graphical login), and then run

speaker-test -t sine

If that starts without errors, keep it running, go to another terminal
(e.g. CTRL+ALT+F2), log in and start "alsamixer". Experiment with the
volume levels (CURSOR UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT), especially "Master" and
"PCM", until you hear the sound from speaker-test at an adequate volume.
(Use ESC if you want to exit alsamixer.)

Does that work?

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the volume was the issue.
thanks..it worked like a charm.

mjh


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