F7 and dell latitude D830 / D630

[haerench]

I have a latitude D830 (T7500 duo centrino SantaRosa + nvidia NVS 140M).

I installed F7 x86_64 and have the following problems:

- no sound
- no dvd-rom


+ sound problems:

# cat /proc/asound/cards
--- no soundcards ---

# cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14rc3 (Wed Mar 14 07:25:50 2007 UTC).

# lspci |grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

When loading the snd_hda_intel module:
Jul 10 15:56:07 jupiter kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
Jul 10 15:56:07 jupiter kernel: hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode...
Jul 10 15:56:07 jupiter kernel: hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode...
Jul 10 15:56:07 jupiter kernel: hda_codec: No auto-config is available, default to model=ref
Jul 10 15:56:07 jupiter kernel: hda-intel: no codecs initialized


# lsmod|grep snd
snd_usb_audio 98881 0
snd_usb_lib 26049 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 35137 1 snd_usb_lib
snd_hwdep 19145 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hda_intel 30945 0
snd_hda_codec 264897 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy 12613 0
snd_seq_oss 40897 0
snd_seq_midi_event 16577 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 63201 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 17109 4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 53217 0
snd_mixer_oss 25537 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 93129 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_ oss
snd_timer 32585 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 71785 12 snd_usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel, snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,s nd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 17249 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18897 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm


A friend is using same D830 with ubuntu and alsa 1.0.14rc1 without any problems...



+ no CD/DVD

The ata device can be configured through the BIOS in ATA or AHCI mode. Tried both with ata_piix module for ATA and ahci module for AHCI mode. Hard disk is recognised; but no cdrom/dvd-rom.

Also tried with libata.atapi_enabled=1 (experimental) but no luck. No /dev/scdx or /dev/hdx ...

You can boot from the DVD (through the BIOS boot support until the second install stage); from there I had to switch to network install (NFS in my case).



I already googled al lot, but nu useful stuff. Therefor I'm making this specific D830/D630 thread ...

[haerench]

For the sound problem is since Jul 3 2007 a bug filed at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246635

[haerench]

DVD/CD issue is resolved with update to kernel 2.6.21-1.3255.fc7. this one isn't yet in the yum update (is in testing), but you can grab this one from a fedora mirror under fedora/linux/updates/testing/7/i386/ (or fedora/linux/updates/testing/7/x86_64/ if you are using a 64bit kernel)

No luck so far with the sound. There is an alsa 1.0.14rc4 and an 1.0.14 (final). Tried to install the alsa 1.0.14 (final) rpm from ATrpm, but the kernel module complained about unresolved symbols.

to be continued ...

[haerench]

My laptop has 4GB memory, but F7 reported only 3.5GB...
I fixed this by installing the PAE kernel.

(F7 was installed with 1GB. I upgraded the laptop later on to 4GB. Maybe the fedora install automatically selects the PAE kernel if it finds 4GB or more)

[dominik1261011]

No luck so far with the sound. There is an alsa 1.0.14rc4 and an 1.0.14 (final). Tried to install the alsa 1.0.14 (final) rpm from ATrpm, but the kernel module complained about unresolved symbols.

to be continued ...

It seems I have the same audio device and it works correctly with F7 on my laptop.

lspci |grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14rc3 (Wed Mar 14 07:25:50 2007 UTC).

cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xfebf8000 irq 23

lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel 24409 5
snd_hda_codec 202689 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy 7877 0
snd_seq_oss 33345 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50353 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 11853 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 43489 0
snd_mixer_oss 19393 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 74565 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 24773 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 53189 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 11553 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 13769 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

[dominik1261011]

If you need some info just let me know.

[haerench]

The family is the same (Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family))... but also the codec?
The codec on my Dell D830 is sigmatel STAC92xx
What is your codec?

[dominik1261011]

The family is the same (Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family))... but also the codec?
The codec on my Dell D830 is sigmatel STAC92xx
What is your codec?

Do not know (not sure). :confused: How to find it out in Fedora 7?

[haerench]

try 'cat /proc/asound/card0'. If not there, try I you can get som other info from the files under /proc/asound/*

[haerench]

In the sametime I have found that there is a specific problem with detecting the 9205 on dell laptops (http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2007-June.txt.gz)

It's not fedora, but kernel related. Apparently the sound card should work if the snd-hda-intel is compiled into the kernel instead of a module

I'm trying this now with the 2.6.21-1.3255.fc7PAE

to be continued ...

[dominik1261011]

I have found this information in /proc/asound/:

Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.14rc3 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 #1 SMP Tue Jun 12 15:37:31 EDT 2007 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
HDA Intel at 0xfebf8000 irq 23

Audio devices:
0: ALC861VD Analog (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
31: system timer

Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC660-VD

Codec: Realtek ALC660-VD
Address: 0
Vendor Id: 0x10ec0660
Subsystem Id: 0x10430000
Revision Id: 0x100001

It seems that my codec is different. I doubt it will help you to solve your problem.

Good luck.

[korovamilk]

DVD/CD issue is resolved with update to kernel 2.6.21-1.3255.fc7. this one isn't yet in the yum update (is in testing), but you can grab this one from a fedora mirror under fedora/linux/updates/testing/7/i386/ (or fedora/linux/updates/testing/7/x86_64/ if you are using a 64bit kernel)


thank you very much for the info.. it worked for me on my acer aspire 5920 (santarosa) and fedora 7 x86_64

:)

[haerench]

Sound problem update:

Is indeed a problem with module. I made a custom kernel (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel) with alsa and intel-hda compiled in the kernel instead of a module and sound works :-)

[lsatenstein]

My situation is that since the kernel update, I cannot run the sound test, but surprisingly, xmms, and any program that uses soumd, including ekiga / skype work just fine.

[jlc]

Sound problem update:

Is indeed a problem with module. I made a custom kernel (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel) with alsa and intel-hda compiled in the kernel instead of a module and sound works :-)

Any other options, if I set alsa to y and intel-hda to yes, my sound device doesn't show up in gnome. what does your config look like?

[haerench]

That's the same as I did: sound -> yes, alsa -> yes, intel hd audio ->yes.

Do you have a /proc/asound/card0 directory?

If you like, you can test my kernel (http://www.quis.be/kernel-PAE-2.6.22.1-41.haerench.fc7.i686.rpm). It's a PAE kernel for mem +4GB, but works also if you have mem < 4GB

[jlc]

That's the same as I did: sound -> yes, alsa -> yes, intel hd audio ->yes.

Do you have a /proc/asound/card0 directory?

If you like, you can test my kernel (http://www.quis.be/kernel-PAE-2.6.22.1-41.haerench.fc7.i686.rpm). It's a PAE kernel for mem +4GB, but works also if you have mem < 4GB


I put rawhide on here and run x86_64, but thanks for the offer, I currently have headphone sound and should be able to fix that the same way with debian.

[jlc]

I have another work around for stock kernels now. You will need compilers and such so you might as well install the dev tools. Keep in mind you are injecting new code into your kernel and since it is "mercurial" you might have good days and bad, however, I like to listen to music so the good out weights the bad ;)


# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
# yum install mercurial
# cd /usr/src
# mkdir alsa && cd alsa
# hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-driver alsa-driver
# cd alsa-driver
# hg clone http://hg-mirror.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel alsa-kernel
# ./hgcompile && make install
# echo options snd-hda-intel model=3stack > /etc/modprobe.d/sound
# modprobe snd-hda-intel
# system-config-sound (test it)
# reboot (to make sure it sticks, or if the test before didn't work)


edit: I should mention I have a Dell 1420, but it has the same chipset as far as I'm aware.

[stevie_velvet]

different topic

My D830 ( Quadro 140m , a.k.a 8400M GS) can't kick of the display unless i put 'vesa' in my xorg.conf file

has anyone got a better option or have suceede in getting the display set up for nvidia ?

thx

ms. stevie

[jlc]

different topic

My D830 ( Quadro 140m , a.k.a 8400M GS) can't kick of the display unless i put 'vesa' in my xorg.conf file

has anyone got a better option or have suceede in getting the display set up for nvidia ?

thx

ms. stevie


Have you tried the drives from livna?

http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/


# rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm
# yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
IF you have 64 bit install
# yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-32bit

[stevie_velvet]

hi jlc
Thankx but that would require me to change my repositoies - more work!!!!
I actually updated the kernel to 2.6.25, got a kernel panic out of it, then another kernel panic from the previos version, though the 3rd option, the previos version's xen option worked fine!!

I'm either going to try 7.9 (a.k.a 8.0 beta) or try ubuntu, hav't decided

[jlc]

hi jlc
Thankx but that would require me to change my repositoies - more work!!!!
I actually updated the kernel to 2.6.25, got a kernel panic out of it, then another kernel panic from the previos version, though the 3rd option, the previos version's xen option worked fine!!

I'm either going to try 7.9 (a.k.a 8.0 beta) or try ubuntu, hav't decided


Ok, so your not using the default kernel I assume?

2.6.23+ have some issues. If you are using a kernel you have compiled your self and it is past 2.6.23 than you need to do a work around from the drivers from nvidia.com

http://www.linuxinsight.com/nvidia-linux-driver-100.14.11-and-linux-kernel-2.6.23.html

[stevie_velvet]

There's a interesting project called Envy which downloads Ati or nvidia drivers for you system after detecting the adaptor

...anyway, blown the whole thing away now on Unbuntu with a few issue, so headin' over to those forums
Still hav FC6\SolarisX\Vista on my project x86


thx for the info