[SOLVED] AntiX 22 unable to detect onboard audio chip...

ardvark71 · 03-20-2023, 09:37 PM

Hi everyone! :-)

I've installed AntiX 22 on a Dell Inspiron 531s and have discovered that the OS is unable to detect the onboard audio chip. I've attempted to configure it in the control center but I'm essentially told that no device is present. From what I've been able to determine without opening the case (which I don't want to do unless it's really necessary,) the chip in question is a Realtek ALC888 or ALC888S. It worked fine under Windows Vista before I wiped it from the hard drive. I've looked around on the 'net for a solution but the only possible lead (or solution) I found was way out of my league in terms of understanding and copying what the person did.

https://the620guy.com/product/dell-i...4000-2ghz-cpu/

Lord willing, I would like to use AntiX for this system, if at all possible. It's the best distribution I've found so far, in terms of low memory usage. It's quite snappy on this particular system. I also like the fact that it doesn't use systemd. If you guys can help me get the sound working on this system, I would appreciate it! If not, an add-on PCI sound card might be possible, Lord willing. Is there a brand and model that would work best in AntiX? I've included the requested information below. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. :-)

Code:

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.142-antix.2-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.3.2 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0
    Distro: antiX-22_x64-full Grup Yorum 18 October 2022 base: Debian
    GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Inspiron 531s v: 00
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0RY206 v: ÿÿÿ serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell
    v: 1.0.13 date: 02/09/2009
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 2.67 GiB used: 692 MiB (25.3%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ bits: 64 type: MCP
    smt: <unsupported> arch: K8 rev: 2 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2600 min/max: 1000/2600 cores: 1: 2600 2: 2600
    bogomips: 10447
  Flags: 3dnow 3dnowext 3dnowprefetch apic clflush cmov cmp_legacy cpuid
    cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de extapic fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht lahf_lm lbrv lm mca
    mce mmx mmxext msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pge pni pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good
    sep sse sse2 svm syscall tsc vme vmmcall
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] vendor: Dell Inspiron 531
    driver: nvidiafb v: kernel arch: Curie bus-ID: 00:0d.0 chip-ID: 10de:03d0
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: fbdev,nouveau
    unloaded: modesetting,vesa alternate: nv dri: swrast gpu: nvidiafb
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37")
    s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
  Monitor-1: default res: 1600x900 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 128 bits)
    compat-v: 3.1 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Message: No device data found.
Network:
  Device-1: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet vendor: Dell Inspiron 531
    type: network bridge driver: forcedeth v: kernel port: ec00 bus-ID: 00:07.0
    chip-ID: 10de:03ef class-ID: 0680
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link
  Device-2: Ralink RT5362 PCI 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 01:09.0 chip-ID: 1814:5362 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
  Device-1: root.fsm type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 292.94 GiB
  Components: p-1: sda2
  Device-2: swap type: LUKS dm: dm-1 size: 4.11 GiB
  Components: p-1: sda3
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 298.09 GiB used: 4.91 GiB (1.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AAKS-61L9A0
    size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 3E01
    scheme: MBR
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 287.28 GiB used: 4.81 GiB (1.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: root.fsm label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 104 MiB (10.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
    label: boot uuid: 6e4b870c-5775-4b2a-ab85-cf9a79dbc9f6
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.11 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/dm-1 mapped: swap label: swapantiX
    uuid: f37cb92f-9f01-4947-8ec3-ef70947b5bbb
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 10 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: PCPlay Barcode PCP-BCG4209 type: Keyboard,Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 400mA chip-ID: 13ba:0018 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 2-3:3 info: YSTEK G Mouse type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 276d:1119
    class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 2-4:4 info: MOSART Semi. 2.4G RF Keyboard & Mouse
    type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 3938:1032 class-ID: 0301
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 143 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 1 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5
  default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1604
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.25

Code:

Repos:
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
    1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list

TB0ne · 03-21-2023, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardvark71

Hi everyone! :-)
I've installed AntiX 22 on a Dell Inspiron 531s and have discovered that the OS is unable to detect the onboard audio chip. I've attempted to configure it in the control center but I'm essentially told that no device is present. From what I've been able to determine without opening the case (which I don't want to do unless it's really necessary,) the chip in question is a Realtek ALC888 or ALC888S. It worked fine under Windows Vista before I wiped it from the hard drive. I've looked around on the 'net for a solution but the only possible lead (or solution) I found was way out of my league in terms of understanding and copying what the person did.

https://the620guy.com/product/dell-i...4000-2ghz-cpu/

Lord willing, I would like to use AntiX for this system, if at all possible. It's the best distribution I've found so far, in terms of low memory usage. It's quite snappy on this particular system. I also like the fact that it doesn't use systemd. If you guys can help me get the sound working on this system, I would appreciate it! If not, an add-on PCI sound card might be possible, Lord willing. Is there a brand and model that would work best in AntiX? I've included the requested information below. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. :-)

Code:

Audio:
  Message: No device data found.

The relevant part of this is bolded for emphasis; did you read that part?? One of two things makes that happen...either the device is disabled in BIOS (did you check?) or the device is missing firmware/drivers. Look at the dmesg output for things that are relevant to audio/firmware. Running "inxi -A" gives audio device information.

There appears to be much on this hardware and potential solutions. You say you found something that works, but don't bother telling us what you looked at/where, or what you're confused about. Some of the first hits in Google:
https://github.com/mechaHarry/realtek-alc888-patched
https://mxlinux.org/wiki/hardware/sound-not-working/
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtop...96944&start=20
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1258...nuc-nuc10i7fnh
https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel...04/td-p/643946

That is old hardware; the last driver updates are from 2008...*FIFTEEN YEARS AGO*, for Windows Vista or Windows 98. Read/try any of the suggested solutions others have posted previously, or provide useful details about what you've tried/are confused about, the relevant details about your audio hardware, and the RELEVANT parts of the dmesg output.

anticapitalista · 03-21-2023, 09:54 AM

What if you boot using the already installed 4.9 legacy kernel?

ardvark71 · 03-21-2023, 09:04 PM

Thank you both for your replies and assistance!

To answer the questions you asked me...

1. Yes, I did confirm the onboard chip is enabled in the BIOS. I intended to include that detail in my original post but forgot. My apologies.

2. I tried using the legacy kernel when I was running AntiX live but it made no difference. If you think it would in the copy I installed on my hard drive, I can give it a try. If there are any specific command line instructions in doing this, please let me know what they are.

I didn't find anything in dmesg that mentioned the audio chip. However, I may have easily missed it. If anyone wants to go through the entire readout, I've attacked a copy of the text file. I'll try to get through the information offered in the pages TB0ne linked to, however, I don't have a lot of time to spend on this project, so it might take me a bit.

Thank you again for your help!

TB0ne · 03-22-2023, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardvark71

Thank you both for your replies and assistance!

To answer the questions you asked me...

1. Yes, I did confirm the onboard chip is enabled in the BIOS. I intended to include that detail in my original post but forgot. My apologies.

2. I tried using the legacy kernel when I was running AntiX live but it made no difference. If you think it would in the copy I installed on my hard drive, I can give it a try. If there are any specific command line instructions in doing this, please let me know what they are.

I didn't find anything in dmesg that mentioned the audio chip. However, I may have easily missed it. If anyone wants to go through the entire readout, I've attacked a copy of the text file. I'll try to get through the information offered in the pages TB0ne linked to, however, I don't have a lot of time to spend on this project, so it might take me a bit.

And we don't have time to trawl through your logs to try to solve your problem. If you can't show effort why do you expect us to??? You could easily (after YEARS of using Linux) be able to pipe dmesg through grep for things like "audio", "firmware", and "realtek" to get the relevant parts. Again, to save you time (since you apparently didn't put much effort into doing your own research):

That system is ANCIENT
You were handed a link to the driver patch for that device, which is KNOWN to have problems in Linux
You were handed links to options to put into files/boot lines which may get the device working
You claim to have found a 'lead' and said it was 'over your head', and were asked what you looked at, and you didn't bother answering

You were given specific command line instructions for alsa configs and boot options to try in few (of MANY) pages about your hardware, and since you've got no time to try them, command line kernel instructions would also take some of your valuable time.

If you're not going to provide details about what you've done with your 'lead' or show us where it is, or try anything you've been handed, there isn't much incentive for anyone to try to help you. Either participate in solving your own problems, or hire someone to fix them for you.

ardvark71 · 05-18-2023, 04:14 AM

Hi all!

After further work on this system, I discovered that there is some issue with the motherboard. I reinstalled the original OS that came with the computer, Windows Vista, and experienced the same problem on it, as well. The sound chip and another onboard device or feature are totally dead, non functioning. Enabling the sound in the BIOS has no affect in any OS. So it turns out that this had nothing to do with AntiX or probably Linux in general. Had the chip or the motherboard been functioning correctly, I'm guessing AntiX probably would've had no problem working with this particular sound chip.

In case it helps anyone, I did purchase a Linux "friendly" or compatible USB audio adapter on Amazon here...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001MSS6CS...t_details&th=1

I can confirm it worked fine with (or in) AntiX-22. The only app that it didn't work in is a game called Powermanga but I suspect that has something to do with the game, not AntiX or Linux.

Thank you again for your time.

Regards..