Normally i will use Gentoo, but for testing purposes i installed SUSE 10.0 on my Benq Joybook S52

My Soundcard isnt working (amarok looks like playing, but no sound output), updated the Kernel to 2.6.15 and alsa to 1.0.10.

lspci | fgrep audio
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)

the device is shown up under Windows XP "conexant ac-link 2 channel audio

lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipt_pkttype 1664 1
ipt_LOG 5632 7
ipt_limit 2304 7
cpufreq_ondemand 6172 1
cpufreq_userspace 4312 0
cpufreq_powersave 1792 0
speedstep_centrino 6996 1
freq_table 4228 1 speedstep_centrino
snd_pcm_oss 52096 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 47856 0
snd_seq_device 8460 1 snd_seq
button 7056 0
battery 10116 0
ac 5252 0
af_packet 19592 2
edd 9056 0
pcmcia 35260 0
ip6t_REJECT 4864 3
ipw2200 85420 0
ipt_REJECT 5120 3
ipt_state 1920 12
8139too 24704 0
ieee80211 28232 1 ipw2200
mii 5120 1 8139too
ieee80211_crypt 5376 1 ieee80211
ohci1394 29876 0
ieee1394 89912 1 ohci1394
yenta_socket 24972 1
rsrc_nonstatic 12160 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 37264 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
firmware_class 9856 2 pcmcia,ipw2200
iptable_mangle 2688 0
ehci_hcd 28424 0
hw_random 5012 0
i2c_i801 8076 0
i2c_core 19216 1 i2c_i801
iptable_nat 7172 0
ip_nat 17068 1 iptable_nat
i8xx_tco 6932 0
snd_intel8x0 30364 2
shpchp 39872 0
generic 4356 0 [permanent]
iptable_filter 2816 1
snd_ac97_codec 84000 1 snd_intel8x0
intel_agp 20892 1
agpgart 31176 2 intel_agp
snd_ac97_bus 2176 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 83720 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 22788 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 52100 12 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 8928 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10376 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pci_hotplug 24500 1 shpchp
uhci_hcd 28304 0
usbcore 109700 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ip6table_mangle 2304 0
ip_conntrack 48556 3 ipt_state,iptable_nat,ip_nat
nfnetlink 6168 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
ip_tables 17536 8 ipt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,ipt_limit,ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6table_filter 2688 1
ip6_tables 18816 3 ip6t_REJECT,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ipv6 219008 11 ip6t_REJECT
parport_pc 35908 0
lp 10820 0
parport 31816 2 parport_pc,lp
nls_utf8 2048 1
ntfs 186768 1
dm_mod 50488 0
reiserfs 215536 1
fan 4868 0
ide_cd 36228 0
cdrom 33312 1 ide_cd
thermal 14216 0
processor 24384 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal
piix 9092 0 [permanent]
ide_disk 16128 4
ide_core 113184 4 generic,ide_cd,piix,ide_disk

dmesg | grep intel8x0
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 55544 usecslsmod
intel8x0: clocking to 48000

seems to be initialized ok for me...


cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [ICH6 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH6
Intel ICH6 with unknown codec at 0xb0040800, irq 11

maybe the "unknown codec" part is the bad part....

volume is of curse unmuted and turned up.

i would be happy for any hint

EDIT: when i unmute IEC958 with alsamixer a red light goes on and off in the headphone jack (light is on under windows)

when i turn mixer up und unmute a lot of things i hear every time i change a value in alsamixer a cracking sound

Hi Mahatmah,

I've been wandering the Web for a solution too, as I also own a BenQ Joybook S52. Almost everything works with my Linux distro, MEPIS, except sound and ACPI. I wonder if you've found a solution? Would appreciate it if you could also share it with me

-STYNGERSMASH-

Hi,

there is currently no chance to get sound working...i am looking for an external audio device.

ACPI...working fine for me..with latest Ubuntu-Beta even the battery works out of the box..without debugging DSDT Table