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No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by hardwear31 »

Hey everyone, I'm a total linux newb. I just installed Linux Mint 6 on my new Asus F6A. I noticed that sound wasn't working and I'm not sure where to even begin trying to fix it. Any help appreciated. Thanks!
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Husse

Re: No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by Husse »

You have to tell us more facts.
The minimum is exactly which Mint you have - which version and which edition (main or any of the CEs)
We also need to know a bit about all your hardware.
Run " lspci " in a terminal and post here (To copy from a terminal right click)
Some wifi and possibly built in sound can be connected to USB even if they are internal - if you suspect you have one of these run " lsusb " in a terminal.
It's good to know it's an ASUS but not enough
hardwear31

Re: No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by hardwear31 »

Thanks Husse. I rather expected an RTFM sort of reply but this is great! :D

I am running Linux Mint 6 Main Edition. I'm curious if there is a "system information panel" or something of that nature that lists information like this - I haven't found one yet on Mint.

Here is my lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)

This is my lsusb output:
Bus 008 Device 003: ID 04f2:b029 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 004: ID 0461:4d15 Primax Electronics, Ltd
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Husse

Re: No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by Husse »

No - why should you get RTFM?
"system information panel"
We used to have "Hardware information" but it disappeared
However as you see lspci gives very good information
you can add -v to see even more (and several v)
In your case it's because you have ICH sound - pulse audio does not like it
First off though - check any setting for sound you can find - double click the volume applet next to the clock
Then check this out
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... sa#p107982
Of course you change to model=asus
Sometimes another index number helps but that's only a last resort
hardwear31

Re: No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by hardwear31 »

I had a friend helping me troubleshoot a couple of days ago and he was modifying that alsa-base file. There may have been many changes made to it already and I am not sure if what we did actually made things worse. Here's what it looks like right now. Is there anything here that jumps out at you as problematic?

# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; : ; }
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb saa7134-alsa ; : ; }

# Load snd-seq for devices that don't have hardware midi;
# Ubuntu #26283, #43682, #56005; works around Ubuntu #34831 for
# non-Creative Labs PCI hardware
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe -Qb snd-seq ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=asus
#options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=ref
#options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1
Husse

Re: No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by Husse »

Comment out the last two lines
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1
I can't say if that's good or bad
Maybe also put the line I adviced you to add first of the options snd lines
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=asus
Generally this trick gets the sound going
Also check every setting for sound you can find - don't forget to double click the volume applet next to the clock
qx48

Re: No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by qx48 »

Should this work for 64-bit Mint 6 as well?
I also have an Asus F6A but it is running the 64 bit version.
Is there anything different i should do to get it working this version?
Husse

Re: No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by Husse »

There's basically only one difference between the 32 and 64 bit versions - 32 bits :)
I'll have to think about this and come back to you
Husse

Re: No Sound - Linux Mint 6 on Asus F6A

Post by Husse »

@ qx48
I did not realise that you are not the original poster
Check every setting for sound - don't forget to double click the volume applet next to the clock and explore the settings
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