C-Media CMI9880 multichanel surround [PARTLY SOLVED]

[rhvkl]

Newbie! :roll:

Tryin' to config my CMedia CMI 9880 (onboard by Asus P5AD2 Premium Boards)
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index. ... or-C-Media hasn't listed my number

By default, the Monosound (Centerspeaker) works. In Control Center -> Hardware -> Sounds -> Bug* -> everything is on autodetect

I can change autodetect to: CMI9880 / CMI9880 Digital / Alsa / ESD / OSS but didn't figure out, how my problem is solvable

Thanks
RHVKL

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*Bug: Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'. Without the GNOME settings manager running, some preferences may not take effect. This could indicate a problem with Bonobo, or a non-GNOME (e.g. KDE) settings manager may already be active and conflicting with the GNOME settings manager.

[Husse]

I have a feeling this is due to the bug you report in 'gnome-settings-daemon'.
This bug plagues the live CD but is generally not common on installed systems
I get it now and then but it disappears at the next reboot

[rhvkl]

so I have to do: try and error .... ?

[Husse]

so I have to do: try and error .... ?

Rather reboot and pray
I'll make a note of this topic

[rhvkl]

Rebooted many times ... no other effect as described above :-(

[Husse]

Post the result of lspci (best done in the Code option)
I need to see exactly what you've got

[rhvkl]

still noob :-/

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lscpi
bash: lscpi: command not found


... well mono sound (center) is working with cmi or alsa driver, but I can't configure the multichanel 7.1 sound ... and the volume control isn't working, too.

[Husse]

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lspci

[rhvkl]

:oops: copied the command from another topic ... here is the result:

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rhvkl@silentmaxx:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82925X/XE Memory Controller Hub (rev 05)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82925X/XE PCI Express Root Port (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01)
01:04.0 Mass storage controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT/ITE8212 Dual channel ATA RAID controller (rev 13)
01:05.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
01:09.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
01:09.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)
01:09.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV410 [Radeon X700 Pro (PCIE)]
05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV410 [Radeon X700 Pro (PCIE)] (Secondary)


[Husse]

This is ICH6 and CMI 9880... a bit old
Did not find anything useful now - will make a note

[rhvkl]

Would you PM / inform me if you find out something, please?

[Husse]

Would you PM / inform me if you find out something, please?

will be posted here - please do not PM me for "normal" support issues

[Husse]

OK a few links
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683
Although this talks about ICH8 it could be useful
http://linuxtechie.wordpress.com/2007/1 ... -in-gutsy/
There may also be a solution along these lines
viewtopic.php?f=49&t=10607&hilit=toshiba+intel+sound#p65088
Of course you don't use Toshiba - just leave out "model=Toshiba"

[rhvkl]

Stereo works with Pulseaudio + Alsa, don't know what my friend does *?* after reading this post but thanks for all your help with my prob! --> partly solved because of stereo not 7.1 sound