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ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

I have tried searching this forum for posts about 'intel8x0' by author Tempestuous, but it returned none.

CALLING TEMPESTUOUS, WE NEED YOU!!!!!

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

One thing I noticed, in my output previously posted, there are a number of snd references to oss. No mention of alsa. Is this right?

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

Yeah its working!!! Very Happy

boo I dont know what fixed it Mad

i got lazy with the rebooting, and only rebooted after a couple hours tinkerin'. Suddenly it was working, the speaker-volume icon showed up on the panel, and bingo alsamixer started , i unmuted and wahey! If any one is interested, i can post the changes made.

Thanks to all

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

Oh and puppy linux is very good. Its very quick on this laptop, makes my sons dual core running vista look positively slow Laughing

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

only me.
it has stopped working again. seems it was fine with a reboot, but a shutdown put an end to it. any ideas on what is affected by a shutdown but not a reboot. very odd.
the file :
/proc/asound/cards says 'no soundcards'
and in: proc/asound/modules is blank.
checking the list of loaded modules in the cosole, the relevant modules are loaded. alsa is not seeing the modules? who's fault? alsa or driver?
i also notice that in the oss folder, the oss is alsa emulation code. Im sure i saw something bad regards that. any ideas?
One more thing, in this line of code:
snd_intel8x0 29160 0,
what does tho '0' represent?

huge thanks and respect in advance of anyones input

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

rm -f /var/lock/subsys/alsasound 2> /dev/null

taken from the alsa startup script, can anyone decipher it for me, it may hold the key please.

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

is it possible alsa is trying to load the module as "snd-intel8x0.o" instead of "snd-intel8x0.ko" thoughts?

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

ZAPZAP,

how are you running puppy...from CD/DVD, usb or hdisk? Just curious if you try booting a CD, with prefix pfix=ram, whether sound works.

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

Hi muggins,

I have it installed on the hd, i did try from cd.
I will try booting from cd with your suggestion.

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

no joy im afraid. same problem exists, alsa is not loading intel8x0.

rm -f /var/lock/subsys/alsasound 2> /dev/null

alsasound, at this address, in this code doesnt exist?

what does '2> /dev/null' mean?

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

ALSA lib conf.c:976:(parse_value) card is not a string
ALSA lib conf.c:1589:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:2:20:Invalid argument
ALSA lib conf.c:2850:(snd_config_hook_load) /etc/asound.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
ALSA lib conf.c:2714:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument
ALSA lib conf.c:3079:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration

Hello again,

can somebody help me with this please? This is the error codes after alsaconf fails. Any suggestions?

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

is there anybody there?
or am I talking to myself here?

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

Sorry to hear it didn't work with a live CD. Actually I'm also experiencing sound problems and, from memory, it's also involving Intel8x0 module. (I'm currently away from laptop for another week).

Just curious, you mention you have a cy25 laptop. Which manufacturer? Also, does sound work with BIOS? e.g In my case machine used to make sound when power cord plugged/unplugged, regardless of whether puppy booted, but the sound is now defunct.

rjbrewer · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4350 Location: merriam, kansas

ZAPZAP

If you go to (setup>configure startup>load kernel modules) you
will find a few intel 8x0 modules and a place to blacklist
unwanted modules.

ZAPZAP · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 26

hi muggins,

its and 'rm cy25' though i think the specs are the same as the samsung model. no option to test sound with bios, and while were on the subject the bios, 'pheonix', is crap, poor options. the speaker 'pops' when the laptop turns on and off, thats it.

from what i can gather, alsa is able to identify the soundcard, load the relevent modules, but then cannot configure them, and as a result unloads them. Why this happens is beyond me. I tried asking the guys on irc chat, but they just got shirty and started abusing me, nice chaps that they are.

rjbrewer, thanks for suggestion, i have tried these settings with no luck , though i am continuing to try combinations of blacklisted modules, to see if there is a bad one.