No sound after installation

Maleficus · 2011-08-27 23:37:55

Hello!
I've just started my adventure with Linux. And i have a problem witch sound... i haven't sound after installation. I've run script cb-welcome twice but it gave me nothing. I've read some topics on this forum, but those solutions dosen't work on my HP Omnibook XE2 laptop.

I've tried something like this:

tomasz@crunchbang:~$ lspci | grep Audio
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator

but...

tomasz@crunchbang:~$ aplay -l
aplay: device_list:235: no soundcards found...

I've reinstalled alsa-base and alsa-mixer and reloaded alsa.
I can't run alsamixer because console returns no file or directory error.
What should i do? Can You help me?
PS. Sorry, but my English isn't very well. I hope You can understand me smile

Last edited by Maleficus (2011-08-27 23:39:30)

mynis01 · 2011-08-28 00:54:12

I would say the best idea would be to figure out the name of the kernel module needed to run your soundcard and use modprobe to try and load it. That's kinda weird though, everyone on the other forums I just looked at says that the sound card is one of the only things that actually worked out of the box on that laptop. I believe your sound card is a "ES1970 Canyon3D / ES1978"

Edit: I also noticed that other people pasting the output of lspci had this output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio
Accelerator
00:0d.1 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Modem
Accelerator
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Motion, Inc. SM710 LynxEM (rev a3)

Unfortunately, if you don't get that same output, it might mean you are experiencing a hardware issue and not a software issue. Does the sound card work with another distro booted from removable media?

Last edited by mynis01 (2011-08-28 00:56:28)

Maleficus · 2011-08-28 13:19:12

Hello!
I run Xubntu from Live CD.
A command

lspci | grep Audio

returns the same result.
But command

aplay -l

Returns

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCI [ESS Maestro3 PCI], device0: Maestro3 [Maestro3]
    Subrevices: 2/2
    Subrevice #0: subrevice  #0
    Subrevice #1: subrevice #1

alsamixer works correctly (i think)
But i stlill can't hear anything beacouse i havent any file to play... Xubuntu works extremally slow so i can't run Firefox.
Have Linux some build-in playable sound files?

ali · 2011-08-28 13:38:39

Maleficus wrote:

Have Linux some build-in playable sound files?

speaker-test -c2 -t wav -l1

Maleficus · 2011-08-28 14:21:11

Thanks!
Ok i have sound on Xubuntu big_smile
So what should i do to have sound on CB?

mynis01 · 2011-08-28 15:42:09

It's possible that upgrading your kernel through backports or using the liquorix kernel provided in the cb-welcome script might cause this problem to fix it's self. It's also possible that for some reason the kernel module for that sound card just isn't installed by default and/or isn't loaded into memory. What I would do, is boot from that xubuntu CD first, and then give us the output of

lsmod | grep snd

mynis01 · 2011-08-28 15:45:03

It's possible that upgrading your kernel through backports or using the liquorix kernel provided in the cb-welcome script might cause this problem to fix it's self. It's also possible that for some reason the kernel module for that sound card just isn't installed by default and/or isn't loaded into memory. What I would do, is boot from that xubuntu CD first, and then give us the output of

lsmod | grep snd

Maleficus · 2011-08-28 17:15:56

Here you go:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_maestro3           15898  6 
snd_ac97_codec        100646  1 snd_maestro3
ac97_bus                1002  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70694  3 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc          7076  1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26722  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    54180  18 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               6620  3 snd

machinebacon · 2011-08-28 18:09:10

For the sake of completeness, the output of

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec

Maleficus · 2011-08-28 21:47:03

On Xubuntu or CB?

typewriterjason · 2011-08-29 03:10:37

Hey there...

Same problem... I'm just trying to remove Liquorix but have also grabbed the same info.

snd_hda_codec_realtek 217344 1
snd_hda_intel 20805 4
snd_hda_codec 82068 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5526 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 34233 0
snd_mixer_oss 13916 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 68824 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1342 0
snd_seq_oss 26340 0
snd_seq_midi 4684 0
snd_rawmidi 18738 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 5879 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 46815 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 18151 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5640 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 54041 18 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 6602 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7176 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

typewriterjason · 2011-08-29 03:12:19

And here's my output of the last command below...

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC259

mynis01 · 2011-08-29 03:34:59

Try running this as root in crunchbang:

modprobe snd_maestro3

typewriterjason · 2011-08-29 04:06:49

Oi. And sometimes, the answer is in front of you. I opened the Mixer and slapped in all the various playback controls... the 'speaker' option was down to zero, even though I had the master turned up to to full.

My sound works fine now! I guess it was always working before; perhaps the system for some reason starts to speakers at zero on install?

mynis01 · 2011-08-29 04:13:05

Yeah that's kinda a known issue, I usually give the benefit of the doubt and assume that a user has checked volume levels before coming to ask about how to fix a sound driver on the forums. But I guess as someone who has been messing around with analog mixers and musical devices since a young age that comes more naturally big_smile . Anyways, I'm glad you got that figured out, and now you learned something too: In #! your sound card appears to use a realtek driver instead of the maestro one. That might be useful to know if you ever have problems down the road.

chromium · 2011-08-29 05:45:31

After a short research on debian's wiki the snd-maestro3 firmware was removed from the mainline kernel. But when you follow straight that guide http://wiki.debian.org/snd-maestro3 your soundcard should work.

I had the same problem with my yamaha soundcard

Maleficus · 2011-09-01 20:56:19

I've tried this sollution. Everything looks good until i want to reload snd-maestro3
Result:

# sudo modprobe -r snd-maestro3 ; modprobe snd-maestro3
WARNING: Error inserting snd_ac97_codec (/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko): Operation not permitted
FATAL: Error inserting snd_maestro3 (/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/sound/pci/snd-maestro3.ko): Operation not permitted

pan2012 · 2012-05-26 17:05:08

Hi, my cb-installation shows the same problem like Maleficus posted: Operation not permitted when inserting snd_maestro3.
Are there any updates on how to solve this issue?
Thanks in advance.

xaos52 · 2012-05-26 18:26:15

try this instead:

sudo modprobe -r snd-maestro3 ; sudo modprobe snd-maestro3

The second command needs sudo too. That is what it was complaining about.

If it does not work:

Post output of

uname -r
apt-cache policy alsa-base alsa-utils libasound2

Plus post the output of

dmesg

after trying to insert the kernel module. Post the info between [ code ] brackets please

Last edited by xaos52 (2012-05-26 18:40:18)

pan2012 · 2012-05-26 20:39:29

"sudo modprobe snd-maestro3" had no error message. But still no sound.
Here comes the output:

peter@crunchbang:~$ uname -r
3.2.0-2-686-pae
peter@crunchbang:~$ apt-cache policy alsa-base alsa-utils libasound2
alsa-base:
  Installiert: 1.0.23+dfsg-4
  Kandidat:    1.0.23+dfsg-4
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1.0.23+dfsg-4 0
        500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
alsa-utils:
  Installiert: 1.0.25-2
  Kandidat:    1.0.25-2
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1.0.25-2 0
        500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libasound2:
  Installiert: 1.0.25-2
  Kandidat:    1.0.25-2
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 1.0.25-2 0
        500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
peter@crunchbang:~$

The output of dmesg seems too long to post. here are some parts of the output.

dmesg
...
[    7.370637] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 5
[    7.370659] snd_maestro3 0000:00:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[    7.510268] snd_maestro3 0000:00:04.0: PCI INT A disabled
[    7.510308] snd_maestro3: probe of 0000:00:04.0 failed with error -2
...
[  349.265692] snd_maestro3 0000:00:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
[  350.348154] input: Allegro as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/input/input7

Thanks for advice.

Vansgo · 2012-05-27 07:37:44

similar issue with laptop i'm working on now + no volume icon wink but installed -
same maestro -3i audio - checking solution here.....

Bulettenschmied · 2012-05-27 08:54:15

Vansgo wrote:

similar issue with laptop i'm working on now + no volume icon but installed -
same maestro -3i audio - checking solution here.....

General advice: All my sound-issues came off after I installed the backport-image instead of the stable kernel. Don't ask me why. Had some great help from the forum.

xaos52 · 2012-05-27 09:10:26

Did you execute the following commands after loading the module (ref http://wiki.debian.org/snd-maestro3)

If not already performed, add your user account to the audio group, then log out and log back into your system:

# adduser yourusername audio
# exit
$ exit

Run alsamixer, unmute the channels by using the M key and raise sound levels by using the UP arrow key:

$ alsamixer

Test the sound device, for example:

$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav
$ speaker-test -t sine -f 440 -c 2
$ speaker-test -t wav -c 2

Vansgo · 2012-05-27 12:51:06

So after following the debian wiki setup for maestro -3i missing firmware, with a few tweeks, sound is working as expected for speaker-test and youtube from #! listening thread - sounds good - SOLVED for Vansgo - no other adjustments prior to wiki steps - worked as 1st solution

smile

xaos52 · 2012-05-27 12:58:19

Glad to hear it. smile
Do you mind expanding on the few tweeks?

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