Fedora 27: Wrong Audio Hardware Listed?

[Sethanath]

Hi there,

I am using super old notebook "Compaq Presario F763NR" with Fedora 27 Cinnamon Spin on it. From the picture below, I don't recall see any of those in the past. I shouldn't have any Nvidia Sound Tech with this notebook This notebook has been used with Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Fedora for the longest time, and I have not seen such the list.



I pulled the list in the picture from VLC 3.0 RC3 menu. I hope someone can help. I don't think Nvidia Driver 304:137 can make any sound either :| My kernel is Linux 4.14.11-300.fc27.x86_64. Where did such the list come from?

I also think my on board sound should be Realtek.

Thanks.

[leigh123linux]

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aplay --list-devices

[bobx001]

I have found that installing pavucontrol and running it , under System-> Sound & Video -> Pulseaudio Volume Control
and then selecting from the "Configuration" tab, where you want your sound to come out/in to/from, worked wonders for me.

[Sethanath]

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aplay --list-devices

Here is the result. I really can't recall I have any Nvidia sound device with this notebook Do you happen to know, how the word "Nvidia" get in there?

$ aplay --list-devices
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: CX20561 Analog [CX20561 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: CX20561 Digital [CX20561 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Thank you again.

[Sethanath]

I have found that installing pavucontrol and running it , under System-> Sound & Video -> Pulseaudio Volume Control
and then selecting from the "Configuration" tab, where you want your sound to come out/in to/from, worked wonders for me.

Just like I remember, I have not seen the word "Nvidia" in the past.



How should I progress this? Is there a bug in ALSA or something? Should I let ALSA know? I have no problem detected with any sound currently, however.

Thank you.

[bobx001]

Just like I remember, I have not seen the word "Nvidia" in the past.



How should I progress this? Is there a bug in ALSA or something? Should I let ALSA know? I have no problem detected with any sound currently, however.

Thank you.

So, everything is working now ? if so, then merry xmas, happy new year, wash and wear.

[Sethanath]

So, everything is working now ? if so, then merry xmas, happy new year, wash and wear.

Everything work since the beginning of the post. I only wonder how VLC 3.0 get the word "Nvidia" on their menu. The same way for ALSA, it has "Nvidia" word shown. I have installed so many Linux distribution on this notebook, only Fedora 27 has the word "Nvidia" used.

I hope you can teach me.

Thanks.

[bobx001]

duhhh, gotcha now, my stupidity precluded me from undersitting your post.
what does "lspci" (or lspci -v) say ? any word about nvidia ?

[nsnbm]

Sethanath wrote:

I shouldn't have any Nvidia Sound Tech with this notebook

That notebook "Compaq Presario F763NR" runs an nVidia card: "nVIDIA GeForce 7000M with up to 287MB shared memory" according to the HP specs site on it, and that card has an "audio feature" of the 7000M series: "Enjoy premium HD audio, storage and communications performance without sacrificing battery life with NVIDIA® PowerMizer™ SX technology" according to the nVidia specs site on it .

[Sethanath]

duhhh, gotcha now, my stupidity precluded me from undersitting your post.
what does "lspci" (or lspci -v) say ? any word about nvidia ?

Here it is.

$ lspci -v
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, NUMA node 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, NUMA node 0

00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10, NUMA node 0
I/O ports at 3080 [size=64]
I/O ports at 3040 [size=64]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_nforce2

00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, NUMA node 0

00:01.3 Co-processor: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]

00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6486000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci

00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6489000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:04.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6487000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci

00:04.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6489400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, NUMA node 0
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable)
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at 30c0 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
Kernel modules: pata_amd, pata_acpi, ata_generic

00:07.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6480000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:08.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, NUMA node 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: None
Memory behind bridge: f6100000-f61fffff [size=1M]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: None
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:09.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23, NUMA node 0
I/O ports at 30f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 30e4 [size=4]
I/O ports at 30e8 [size=8]
I/O ports at 30e0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 30d0 [size=16]
Memory at f6484000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: pata_acpi, ata_generic

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6488000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 30f8 [size=8]
Memory at f6489c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Memory at f6489800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
Kernel modules: forcedeth

00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, NUMA node 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff [size=4K]
Memory behind bridge: f2000000-f3ffffff [size=32M]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f1ffffff [size=32M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:0d.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, NUMA node 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: None
Memory behind bridge: f6000000-f60fffff [size=1M]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: None
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C67 [GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, NUMA node 0
Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Flags: fast devsel, NUMA node 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
Flags: fast devsel, NUMA node 0

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Flags: fast devsel, NUMA node 0

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Flags: fast devsel, NUMA node 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp

02:05.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 7, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

02:05.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 7, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6100400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

02:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 7, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6100800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r592
Kernel modules: r592

02:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6100c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company AR5BXB63 (Foxconn) 802.11bg Mini PCIe NIC
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
Kernel modules: ath5k

[Sethanath]

Sethanath wrote:

That notebook "Compaq Presario F763NR" runs an nVidia card: "nVIDIA GeForce 7000M with up to 287MB shared memory" according to the HP specs site on it, and that card has an "audio feature" of the 7000M series: "Enjoy premium HD audio, storage and communications performance without sacrificing battery life with NVIDIA® PowerMizer™ SX technology" according to the nVidia specs site on it .

When I read the manual long time ago, I also saw those terms "Depend on selected model", and I thought there might not be everything they mention. For example, I don't have any web cam and I can only allcatate 128 MBs from RAM to Video. I also have their latest BIOS software installed. But at this point, I am happy I do have HD Audio.

00:07.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30ea
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21, NUMA node 0
Memory at f6480000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

Thank you everyone.