[lug] Wierd audio problems nforce 2 chip set, suse 9.1
Paul Nowosielski
Paul at danamusic.com
Tue Aug 10 21:38:39 MDT 2004
Hi,
I could not solve this problem so I switched to another distro.
After the install every thing worked perfect until I installed the
proprietary nvidia graphics driver for my graphics cards. Once the
nvividia module was loaded the sound problems started again!
So I reinstalled Suse and made sure not to apply the nvidia kernel patch
that Suse provides and now I can once again use my computer as an audio
work station.
Hope this helps any one having the same problems.
Thanks..
Paul
On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 06:09, Hugh Brown wrote:
> Doing a quick google, I found this:
>
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-18207.html
>
> I've had a few situations where the sound card would start out muted
> (last item on the list) and then when I started aumix it would reset to
> whatever my aumix defaults were. Of course now that I reread the
> thread, it looks like this isn't the case.
>
> Is the right sound module loaded (according to the link it is
> snd-intel8x0)?
>
> If not try loading it by hand and see if audio then works. If it does,
> then add the right lines to your /etc/modules.conf. If not, re-post.
>
> Hugh
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 10:07, Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> > I'm aware that the output from my last mail looks like video stuff
> > but I didn't install any video drivers on the 15th of July.
> > Thats why I think this problem is due to kernel updates.
> >
> > My chipset is nvidia so eth0, sound and vid are all on-board nvidia.
> >
> > Here is th lspci info.
> >
> > power:/home/p51 # lspci
> > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different
> > version?) (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
> > 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller
> > (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller
> > (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller
> > (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet
> > Controller (rev a1)
> > 0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce
> > MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
> > 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2
> > AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
> > 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge
> > (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
> > 0000:00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire
> > (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
> > 0000:01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA
> > TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
> > 0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18
> > [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2)
> >
> >
> > All I have plugged into the pci bus is 2 nvidia graphic cards.
> >
> > Hope this helps..
> >
> > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 18:19, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > > Those all look like the video chipset stuff, not the audio.
> > >
> > > What's the output of lspci
> > >
> > > Hugh
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 19:10, Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> > > > Ok, I went through the logs and found this:
> > > >
> > > > power:/home/p51/tmp/nforce # cat /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
> > > > nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
> > > > creation time: Thu Jul 15 21:48:57 2004
> > > >
> > > > option status:
> > > > license pre-accepted : true
> > > > update : false
> > > > force update : false
> > > > expert : false
> > > > uninstall : true
> > > > driver info : false
> > > > no precompiled interface: false
> > > > no ncurses color : false
> > > > query latest driver ver : false
> > > > OpenGL header files : false
> > > > no questions : true
> > > > silent : true
> > > > XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6
> > > > OpenGL install prefix : /usr
> > > > Installer install prefix: /usr
> > > > kernel source path : (not specified)
> > > > kernel install path : (not specified)
> > > > proc mount point : /proc
> > > > ui : none
> > > > tmpdir : /tmp
> > > > ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com
> > > >
> > > > Using built-in stream user interface
> > > > -> Parsing log file:
> > > > -> done.
> > > > -> Validating previous installation:
> > > > -> Unable to access previously installed file
> > > >
> > > > ## this is bad, yes?
> > > >
> > > > '/lib/modules/2.6.4-54.5-default/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko' (No
> > > > such
> > > > file or directory).
> > > > -> done.
> > > > WARNING: Your driver installation has been altered since it was
> > > > initially
> > > > installed; this may happen, for example, if you have since
> > > > installed
> > > > the NVIDIA driver through a mechanism other than the
> > > > nvidia-installer
> > > > (such as rpm or with the NVIDIA tarballs). The
> > > > nvidia-installer will
> > > > attempt to uninstall as best it can. Please see the file
> > > > '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.
> > > > -> Uninstalling NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
> > > > (1.0-5336):
> > > > -> done.
> > > > -> Uninstallation of existing driver: NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver
> > > > for
> > > > Linux-x86 (1.0-5336) is complete.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So I think the kernel modules were not compiled for this new kernel.
> > > > But check this out:
> > > >
> > > > power:/home/p51/tmp/nforce # lsmod |grep nv
> > > > nvidia 2070120 0
> > > > nvram 8456 0
> > > > nvidia_agp 7708 1
> > > > agpgart 30888 1 nvidia_agp
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So some of the modules are still there.
> > > >
> > > > I'm guessing I have to re-compile the kernel with nvidia support (
> > > > available in 2.6 ) or just wait for Suse to come out with an update.
> > > >
> > > > Do you think this is a proper conclusion??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 06:22, Hugh Brown wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 03:07, Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm hoping someone can help with this audio dilemma.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm running Suse 9.1 on an Nvidia nforce chipset with on-board sound.
> > > > > > I have never had a problem till about a week ago ~every thing~ worked
> > > > > > perfect. I could record audio, listen etc etc.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now when I try to open any recording software I get this error
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "direct access to the sound device not possible, No soundcard available
> > > > > > or sound support not configured yet....."
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mplayer does not play any audio now also.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But xmms plays audio fine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I added a second soundcard (sound blaster live) and had the same
> > > > > > problems( this card worked with machine in the past).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I haven't made any major changes to hardware/software on the system
> > > > > > but I do have the automatic updates setup and there have been some
> > > > > > kernel upgrades recently.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also there is no /dev/dsp but there is
> > > > > > /dev/dsp0 /dev/dsp2 and /dev/dsp3
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any ideas about this be be greatly appreciated. I had to break out an
> > > > > > old windoze box yesterday to perform rudimentary audio tasks :(
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd start looking through the various log files in /var/log for clues.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hugh
> > > > >
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