Sound Help

[SDNick484]

I just installed Fedora Core 3 on my new Dell D610 and have ran into some issues with the sound card. The laptop uses the module snd-intel8x0, and sound will work, but only after I run system-config-sound (every time I boot). The volume is up all the way and I get no errors from the program, however I get no output from the speakers until I click 'Play Test Sound"; from that point on sound works in all programs (until next boot). I am running a recompiled 2.10.1-770 kernel and the laptop uses the new Sonoma chipset. Any suggestions are appreciated.

[CrystalCowboy]

I've got a similar problem in FC2 with kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC2. I don't know how to fix it, but I'll be monitoring this thread to see if someone else does. Do you find messages like this in /var/log/messages ?:

Mar 6 14:58:15 titan modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1
Mar 6 14:59:25 titan last message repeated 2 times
Mar 6 15:19:32 titan last message repeated 2 times
Mar 6 15:22:13 titan last message repeated 2 times
...

Do you have lines like this in /etc/modprobe.conf ?:

alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx

[CrystalCowboy]

Clarification on my situation: After running Soundcard detection, it kept working for at least 15 minutes. I logged out and back in, and now it doesn't work, and I find these in /var/log/messages:

Mar 6 15:14:17 titan modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1
Mar 6 15:14:30 titan modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1

So failure comes not just with a reboot, but with a logout/login.

[SDNick484]

After some googling I found the solution to my problem was already posted:

By JamieBrown in No Sound In Fedora Core 3
Hi! That seemed to work! Just to summarise what I did:
1) Logged in to the command prompt as root by opening a terminal window and using 'su'
2) Ran 'aumix', and changed my PCM channel so the volume was turned up
3) Ran '/usr/sbin/alsactl store 0' to save my new volume settings
4) Opened '/etc/rs.local' with nano and added the line 'alsactl restore 0' to the bottom of this file. Saved.

For those curious, my /etc/modprobe is:

[root@stewie neandrad]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 tg3
alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias eth1 ipw2200
# Turn off IPv6
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

I should also note: root@stewie neandrad]# grep FATAL /var/log/messages yields no results, so the problem is likely different. I believe my Desktop, running Fedora Core 2, has the same chipset (well it uses snd-intel8x0) and I do not have any problems with it. When get a chance I'll post it's modprobe and anything else that may be of use.

[CrystalCowboy]

That made sound work for me, but it went away again when I logged out & back in.