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SiS AC'97 Sound crd worked - now broken

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:29 pm
by cmbcne
Hi all. Relative newbie needs help.

Acer Aspire AS3003WLCi, 2 GB RAM, Fresh install of Elyssa. Sound works. Started sorting out the applications I wanted and those I didn't. After installing and uninstalling abunch if things, I realized the sound had stopped working. I've read other posts on the subject, but they haven't helped.

When I double-click on the Volume Control applet I get: "No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found". When I right-click and choose preferences, nothing happens. From other posts I've seen requests for several commands at the terminal. Here's mine:

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sudo lsmod

Module Size Used by
af_packet 23812 2
ppdev 10372 0
rfkill_input 5760 0
powernow_k8 16704 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1
freq_table 5536 3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
dock 11280 0
container 5632 0
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
ath5k 100608 0
joydev 13120 0
arc4 2944 4
ecb 4480 4
blkcipher 8324 1 ecb
b43 198176 0
rfkill 8596 2 rfkill_input,b43
lbm_cw_mac80211 233076 2 ath5k,b43
usbhid 32128 0
hid 38784 1 usbhid
lbm_cw_cfg80211 36448 2 ath5k,lbm_cw_mac80211
led_class 6020 2 ath5k,b43
input_polldev 5896 1 b43
amd64_agp 13444 0
psmouse 40336 0
serio_raw 7940 0
i2c_sis96x 6148 0
battery 14212 0
ac 6916 0
button 9232 0
sis_agp 10116 1
agpgart 34760 2 amd64_agp,sis_agp
i2c_core 24832 1 i2c_sis96x
yenta_socket 27276 2
rsrc_nonstatic 13696 1 yenta_socket
k8temp 6656 0
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
evdev 13056 6
pcspkr 4224 0
ext3 136840 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 3
ssb 49412 1 b43
pcmcia 40876 2 b43,ssb
pcmcia_core 40596 5 b43,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,ssb,pcmcia
ehci_hcd 37900 0
ohci_hcd 26640 0
pata_sis 15236 2
pata_acpi 8320 0
ata_generic 8324 0
sis900 24320 0
mii 6400 1 sis900
usbcore 146412 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
libata 159344 3 pata_sis,pata_acpi,ata_generic
scsi_mod 151436 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 16796 0
processor 37384 3 powernow_k8,thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50708 3

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sudo lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0
Capabilities: [d0] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
Capabilities: [f0] HyperTransport: Interrupt Discovery and Configuration

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 99
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=68
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: e2100000-e21fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e8000000-efffffff

00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
Flags: medium devsel
I/O ports at 8100

00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 18
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
I/O ports at 2000

00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1000
I/O ports at 1c00
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2

00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 1400
I/O ports at 1c80 [size=128]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2

00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at e2002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
Memory at e2003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
Memory at e2004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 173, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 1800 [size=256]
Memory at e2005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 90000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
Memory at 90020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 88000000-8bfff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 8c000000-8ffff000
I/O window 0: 00002400-000024ff
I/O window 1: 00002800-000028ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:0b.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. TravelMate 2410
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Flags: fast devsel

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0083
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 7
BIST result: 00
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
I/O ports at a000 [size=128]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 3.0

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
Subsystem: Netgear Unknown device 5d00
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
Memory at 8c000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2


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/etc/init.d/alsasound status: No such file or directory

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id (not sudo)
uid=1000(mike) gid=1000(mike) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),100(users),109(lpadmin),112(sambashare),114(fuse),118(admin),1000(mike)


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I have also captured the Synaptics History entries into one file in chronological order. I could post it if it would help, but it's rather long so I'll hold off unless it's requested.

What's my next step, oh great mint gurus?

Re: SiS AC'97 Sound crd worked - now broken

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:44 pm
by cmbcne
FOLLOW-UP:
I booted into recovery mode (or whatever it's called). In there I told it continue with regular boot, but it didn't. I got a command line login prompt (which I did). I then typed "startx" and the gui loaded. Sound is now working, but some apps I installed don't (i.e. Azureus, Picasa, Google Earth, etc.). Also the Quit menu item only allows me to Log Out, Lock Screen, Switch User, Suspend, and Hibernate. The options to shut down and restart are missing.

I'm assuming this is because I started X manually.

CLOSE THIS THREAD. I'LL START A NEW ONE