Sound - KDS Valiant 671DP (ALi M5451) - FC3

[VirusDancer]

During the initial setup during installation, you come across the section titled:

Sound Card

A sound card has been detected on your computer.

Vendor: ALi
Model: Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device
Module: snd-ali5451

The button to Play test sound is there.

Push it and you hear nothing. If you answer you did not hear anything, it says:

:mad: Automatic detection of the sound card did not work. Audio will not be available on the system. Please click OK to continue.

I have seen comments here and there where it had been said that sound is muted by default. Seems a little curious, considering the step during the setup, eh?

Regardless, I click YES - I heard sound - wonderful, beautiful sound! So that it will continue. I hit Next a few times to get to the logon screen. I logon using Gnome.

First thing I do to check is go to Applications -> Sound & Video -> Volume Control.

I receive the following message:

:mad: Sorry, no mixer elements and/or devices found.

I go to the Hardware Browser and it lists the following:

Selected Device: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device
Manufacturer: Unknown
Driver: snd-ali5451

I close out of that and go back to the Soundcard Detection. It gives me the same info above as received during the setup process.

Still no sound . . . wait, somebody had mentioned the alsamixer.

root@dgifedora ~# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

Okay, something is up here . . .

[VirusDancer]

lsmod

Module Size Used by
parport_pc 24705 1
lp 11565 0
parport 41737 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 24005 0
i2c_dev 10433 0
i2c_core 22081 1 i2c_dev
sunrpc 160421 1
ds 16965 2
ipt_REJECT 6465 1
ipt_state 1857 1
ip_conntrack 40693 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2753 1
ip_tables 16193 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
button 6481 0
battery 8517 0
ac 4805 0
joydev 8705 0
md5 4033 1
ipv6 232577 8
yenta_socket 18753 0
pcmcia_core 59913 2 ds,yenta_socket
ohci_hcd 22225 0
snd_ali5451 26249 0
snd_ac97_codec 64401 1 snd_ali5451
snd_pcm_oss 47609 0
snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 97993 2 snd_ali5451,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm
snd 54053 6 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer _oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 9889 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9673 1 snd_pcm
8139too 26305 0
mii 4673 1 8139too
floppy 58609 0
dm_snapshot 17029 0
dm_zero 2369 0
dm_mirror 23341 2
ext3 116809 2
jbd 74969 1 ext3
dm_mod 54741 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
[root@dgifedora ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 24705 1
lp 11565 0
parport 41737 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 24005 0
i2c_dev 10433 0
i2c_core 22081 1 i2c_dev
sunrpc 160421 1
ds 16965 2
ipt_REJECT 6465 1
ipt_state 1857 1
ip_conntrack 40693 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 2753 1
ip_tables 16193 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
button 6481 0
battery 8517 0
ac 4805 0
joydev 8705 0
md5 4033 1
ipv6 232577 8
yenta_socket 18753 0
pcmcia_core 59913 2 ds,yenta_socket
ohci_hcd 22225 0
snd_ali5451 26249 0
snd_ac97_codec 64401 1 snd_ali5451
snd_pcm_oss 47609 0
snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 97993 2 snd_ali5451,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm
snd 54053 6 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_o ss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 9889 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9673 1 snd_pcm
8139too 26305 0
mii 4673 1 8139too
floppy 58609 0
dm_snapshot 17029 0
dm_zero 2369 0
dm_mirror 23341 2
ext3 116809 2
jbd 74969 1 ext3
dm_mod 54741 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror

[VirusDancer]

I had also seen mention of /dev/dsp.

In looking in /dev, there is no dsp.

Sorry also about the posts in this thread, I am doing this on two different computers while I run different things on the notebook.

I forgot that I had reinstalled FC3 again. (I have been back and forth between FC3, FC2, and RH7.2/7.3) . . .

Running 2.6.9-1.667 . . . going to go through the upgrades again and run lsmod again. Will take a look for dsp again after that as well. Will run alsamixer again, etc.

[VirusDancer]

Hrmmm, I decided to install FC3 on another box instead of doing the upgrade from FC2.

During the initial setup during installation, you come across the section titled:

Sound Card

A sound card has been detected on your computer.

Vendor: ESS
Model: Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive
Module: snd-es1938

The button to Play test sound is there.

Well, when you press it with this computer - the sound plays.

Thus, it should play on the notebook as well.

This tells me something else is going on with my sound issue, eh?

Btw, still waiting on the updates on the notebook to go through.

[VirusDancer]

Updated, and the same issue.

Any suggestions?

[VirusDancer]

Definitely confused here . . .

[root@dgifedora utils]# bash alsasound start
Starting sound driver: snd-ali5451 done
No mixer config in /etc/asound.state, you have to unmute your card!
[root@dgifedora utils]# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
[root@dgifedora utils]# bash alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver: /usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1061: No soundcards found...
done
[root@dgifedora utils]#