[opensuse] OpenSUSE 11.1, Dell Latitude E4300 & Sound :-(
Hello everybody, a couple of weeks ago I already told my woes regarding the same topic. The only difference: I used OpenSUSE 11.0 instead of 11.1. I hoped that my sound problems (I didn't have sound) just "go away" by upgrading to the newest OpenSUSE version - unfortunately this was not the case. I have the following problem: I do not have sound at all :-( there is nothing but silence ... My Laptop: Dell Latitude E4300 Chipset: Intel G45S Sound: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) I already tried the following things - I played with the sliders - I played with alsaconfig as root - I configured the sound device several times I also tried to uninstall pulseaudio completely, many KDE 4.2 packages, however, apparently depend on libpulse0, so a I can't uninstall that lib as I am using KDE 4.2 and I don't want to change this, as I like KDE 4.2. nothing ... The thing I am really curious about: (as with OpenSUSE 11.0) I compiled and installed a vanilla kernel (2.6.27.{10,11,12,13}) that I configured via 'make oldconfig' - with the kernel I compiled myself sound just works ... When I install a 2.6.28.{0,1,2} vanilla kernel I do not have sound, too. Is there something that breaks sound in the 2.6.28 kernel that has been backported to the OpenSUSE-kernel? I don't know what impact that libpulse0-package has, but I don't think it is the source of my problem, as sound shouldn't work with the vanilla kernel in that case. Has anybody observed similar problems in the meantime? I would really prefer to use the kernel that is shipped with OpenSUSE because of security fixes etc ... Where can I dig further? Any comment is appreciated! Ciao, Fabian Further information that might be helpful /etc/modprobe.d/sound: options snd-hda-intel model=laptop position_fix=1 options snd slots=snd-hda-intel # u1Nb.Q1mP6YkvExA:82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel dmesg | grep -i alsa yields no results -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Fabian Scheler
Chipset: Intel G45S Sound: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
Hi, I have the same chipset, and it works :-) see http://medwinz.blogsome.com/2008/12/26/workaround-for-sound-problem-on-opens...
Has anybody observed similar problems in the meantime? I would really prefer to use the kernel that is shipped with OpenSUSE because of security fixes etc ... Where can I dig further?
Also try to update alsa # zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio/openSUSE_11.1/ multimedia # zypper install alsa alsa-utils alsa-tools alsa-firmware libasound2 # zypper rr multimedia # zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11... multimedia # zypper install alsa-driver-kmp-default # zypper rr multimedia Hope that helps regards, medwinz -- Laurence J. Peter - "It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello medwinz, thanks for your tip. At a first glance just updating the alsa packages did not improve anything. After some try and error activities I finally had sound with the shipped kernel :-) Then I rebooted and sound was gone again :-( After some more try and error I found out that sound is not really gone after rebooting (I checked that from the textconsole and speaker-test) but after starting KDE 4.2 (maybe also after starting KDE 4.1???). To get sound back it is not sufficient to restart alsa alone (via /etc/init.d/alsasound restart) but I also had to change the model specified in /etc/modprobe.d/sound (e.g. between 'laptop', 'dell-m4-1' or 'dell-m4-2'). Finally, I had to adjust the levels in the alsamixer to get sound working again. I guess KDE 4.2 is messing up alsa somehow, I will further dig into that direction ... Ciao, Fabian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I guess KDE 4.2 is messing up alsa somehow, I will further dig into that direction ...
gna - I found out that I just forgot to install the pulseaudio-plugin for xine while using xine as phonon-backend ... Having installed that plugin sound works nearly as expected. The only issue now is: I have sound only when using the jacks of my notebook directly, not when using the jacks of the docking station ... Ciao, Fabian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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