1.0.8: no sound in Thinkpad 600E (Solved)

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1.0.8: no sound in Thinkpad 600E (Solved)

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I have a Thinkpad 600E, with a PCMCIA network card. I can't get the CS sound card to work under Linux (Puppy or Ubuntu). When I run alsacfg, everything goes well until it runs alsamixer, when I get the following error message:

Loading driver...
Starting sound driver: snd-cs46xx /lib/modules/2.4.29/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.o.gz: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.29/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.29/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/2.4.29/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.o.gz: insmod snd-cs46xx failed
done
ERROR: Could not load ALSA drivers
Setting default volumes...

Is this due to an IRQ conflict? any ideas?

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#2 Post by jcoder24 »

From previous experience that usu. occurs when the oss modules are loaded.

If you can indicate which version of puppy are you using, we may be able to help.
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#3 Post by klhrevolutionist »

When using alsa with newly booted puppy. I noticed while listening to my favorite stream that there was a crackling noise. I then downloaded opensound system from opensound.com
& used it. No crackling noise.

So this could be a bug withing alsa ? Mind you I have cs4236b on-board soundchip
Heaven is on the way, until then let's get the truth out!
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#4 Post by The Major »

I'm running the latest version - 1.0.8
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#5 Post by daw »

I also get a 'crackling' now with 1.0.8 that I didn't get in 1.0.7 with 2 different sound cards on 2 machines.
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#6 Post by The Major »

This looks like a Thinkpad 600E issue, as I've tested 1.0.8 on my home PC and my ofice laptop, and ALSa works OK
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Thinkpad 600E sound problem - Solved

#7 Post by The Major »

This may be useful for any other ThinkPad users. Go into the ThinkPad setup menu (press F1 whilst booting), click on the QuickBoot icon and disable QuickBoot. Exit and boot Puppy normally.

This then removes a lot of error messages when booting Puppy, relating to parport0. Run the ALSA setup wizard in Puppy, and select probe legacy ISA. It will find the CS4235 sound card (well it does on my machine), and everything works.

It's as simple as that
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