[Gobolinux-bugtracker] [LiveCD 0000040]: Sound does Not Work on IBM ThinkPad T41 and LiveCD 013

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Wed Oct 17 09:49:24 NZDT 2007


A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
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http://bugs.gobolinux.org/view.php?id=40 
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Reported By:                RobK
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    LiveCD
Issue ID:                   40
Category:                   
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
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Date Submitted:             2006-11-11 19:21-0800
Last Modified:              2007-10-16 13:49-0700
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Summary:                    Sound does Not Work on IBM ThinkPad T41 and LiveCD
013
Description: 
When I boot up the LiveCD ver 013, I receive the following message when KDE
boots up:

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

When I do a "lsmod", it appears that the right sound modules are being
loaded.

RobK
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Relationships       ID      Summary
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duplicate of        0000153 Sound driver initialization error
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 RobK - 2006-11-11 19:37  
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I tried alsaconf which successfully ran and said the soundcard was
configured.  But I still get the message can't find /dev/dsp etc and there
is still no sound. 

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 mohjive - 2007-05-07 04:20  
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Can you attach the outputs from 'lspci' and 'lsmod'? 

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 kc5tja - 2007-10-12 17:46  
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I am having the same issue on an IBM Thinkpad T23 running GoboLinux 014.

LSPCI output:

root at betelgeuse /etc/udev/rules.d]lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev
02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev
02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub
http://bugs.gobolinux.org/view.php?id=1) (rev
01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub
http://bugs.gobolinux.org/view.php?id=2) (rev
01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub
http://bugs.gobolinux.org/view.php?id=3) (rev
01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 41)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97
Audio Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. SuperSavage IX/C SDR (rev 05)
02:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:00.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:02.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems WinModem 56k (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE
(LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 41)

LSMOD OUTPUT:

root at betelgeuse /etc/modprobe.d]lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_intel8x0           35356  0
snd_ac97_codec        101028  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm                81412  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              24836  1 snd_pcm
snd                    55044  4
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         11144  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
savage                 34560  2
ipv6                  296004  10
orinoco_cs             17156  1
pcmcia                 41900  1 orinoco_cs
orinoco                43156  1 orinoco_cs
hermes                  8576  2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
eepro100               32784  0
tsdev                   9536  0
e100                   38156  0
yenta_socket           27916  4
rsrc_nonstatic         14336  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            41880  4
orinoco_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
mii                     6784  2 eepro100,e100
nsc_ircc               20240  0
irda                  128952  1 nsc_ircc
intel_agp              25620  1
ac97_bus                3456  1 snd_ac97_codec
i2c_i801                9872  0
i2c_core               26880  1 i2c_i801
shpchp                 35220  0
pci_hotplug            33992  1 shpchp
iTCO_wdt               11684  0
serio_raw               8196  0
rtc_cmos                9888  0
rtc_core               21768  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 4352  1 rtc_core 

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 lucasvr - 2007-10-13 04:24  
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Can you try to 'modprobe snd-pcm-oss' and 'modprobe snd-mixer-oss' before
launching the X server?

Could you please try to test this in the latest 014 snapshot as well? You
can find the latest version here: http://gobolinux.org/?page=downloads

Thanks! 

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 kc5tja - 2007-10-16 13:49  
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After installing the modules suggested, /dev/snd now looks like this:

root at betelgeuse /Users/kc5tja]ls /dev/snd
adsp  audio  controlC0  dsp  mixer  pcmC0D0c  pcmC0D0p  pcmC0D1c  timer

so, that's progress at least!  :)

However, Nothing in /dev/ appears, even after manually restarting udev. 
So, I manually created symbolic links, and chmod 666'ed all the audio
devices.

Now, KDE's control center detects the sound, BUT, I still can't hear
anything.  I notice that not only is kmix not installed, there is no recipe
for it.  Bad!  kmix is the best mixer for Linux, period.  (It properly
handles SB Audigy, when no other mixer program even sees it.) 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
====================================================================== 
2006-11-11 19:21RobK           New Issue                                    
2006-11-11 19:37RobK           Note Added: 0000085                          
2007-05-07 04:20mohjive        Note Added: 0000210                          
2007-05-07 04:22mohjive        Status                   new => feedback     
2007-10-12 17:46kc5tja         Note Added: 0000385                          
2007-10-12 17:46kc5tja         Issue Monitored: kc5tja                      
2007-10-13 04:24lucasvr        Note Added: 0000392                          
2007-10-13 04:28lucasvr        Relationship added       duplicate of 0000153
2007-10-16 13:49kc5tja         Note Added: 0000422                          
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