Re: [LUG] SiS 7012 Sound Controller

[Chris Brown <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil,

Thanks for the suggestion. It was one of the first things I tried (I've 
been using Gatesware since Win3.1 and it usually works for that). Still 
nothing.

Regards

Chris

Neil Stone wrote:

> Chris Brown wrote:
> | Hi Everybody,
> |
> | I've got a problem with the SIS 7012 onboard sound controller in my
> | Linux box. The box dual boots with Windows XP Home and, up to now the
> | sound controller has worked OK under Linux (SuSE 9.1 with kernel
> | 2.6.5-7.111.5).
> |
> | Yesterday, I upgraded my XP to service pack 2. One of the associated
> | downloads was described as a "hardware update" that seems to have
> | affected the sound controller.
> |
> | During installation of this "hardware update" the box crashed causing a
> | reboot. On restarting Windows I got a message that it had "recovered
> | from a serious problem". Since then, the sound controller works OK under
> | Windows but I can't get a peep out of it under Linux.
> |
> | The controller gets detected OK and the modules get loaded (see below
> | for part of my lsmod listing) but nothing seems to work. I've tried
> | alsconf, YaST, fiddling with volume settings and passing the io & irq to
> | the intel8x0 module from modprobe.conf but the sound system remains
> | obstinately silent.
> |
> | Trouble is I'm a relative newbie and I'm poking around in the dark. I
> | don't know whether I've done something to break it or whether Windows
> | has written something to the onboard controller. I've been poking around
> | in Gnomemeeting lately with a view to getting a webcam and microphone. I
> | don't know if I've inadvertantly changed something while doing that (I
> | don't think so).
> |
> | Anybody come across anything like this before.
> |
> | Any suggestions gratefully received.
> |
> | Regards
> |
> | Chris Brown
> |
> | Now I remember why I don't use Gatesware any more if I can help it.
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | snd_seq_oss            31232  0
> | snd_seq_midi_event      7680  1 snd_seq_oss
> | snd_seq                54928  5 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> | snd_pcm_oss            57512  0
> | snd_mixer_oss          18944  1 snd_pcm_oss
> | speedstep_lib           3712  0
> | freq_table              4612  0
> | thermal                12680  0
> | processor              16680  1 thermal
> | fan                     4228  0
> | button                  6416  0
> | battery                 8836  1
> | ac                      4996  0
> | snd_intel8x0           33708  4
> | snd_ac97_codec         62468  1 snd_intel8x0
> | ipv6                  236800  32
> | snd_pcm                97032  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
> | snd_timer              25860  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> | snd_page_alloc         11528  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> | gameport                4736  1 snd_intel8x0
> | snd_mpu401_uart         8064  1 snd_intel8x0
> | snd_rawmidi            25508  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> | snd_seq_device          8456  3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> | snd                    61444  21
> |
> snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> | soundcore               9056  1 snd
> |
>
> This is a little bit of a shut in the dark, but have you totally powered
> off the system and back up.. I have had odd issues with hardware doing
> similar things and a power cycle sorts it out...
>
>
> Neil Stone
> Systems Administrator
> Adaptive Linux Solutions
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