sound on hp pavilion tk1000

sycamorex · 12-03-2007, 03:26 PM

Hi, I bought a laptop, the sound was recognised automatically on fedora 8, the problem is with debian.

the output from alsaplayer:

Code:

sycamorex@debian:~$ alsaplayer heat.mp3 
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:866:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
snd_pcm_open: Device or resource busy (default)
Failed to initialize plugin!
Failed to register plugin: /usr/lib/alsaplayer/output/libalsa_out.so
Failed to load output plugin "alsa". Trying defaults.
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:866:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
snd_pcm_open: Device or resource busy (default)
Failed to initialize plugin!
/usr/lib/alsaplayer/output/libalsa_out.so failed to load
NOTE: THIS IS THE NULL PLUGIN.      YOU WILL NOT HEAR SOUND!!

Quote:

sycamorex@debian:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4328 (rev 03)

kernel 2.6.22-2-686

thanks for any help

sycamorex · 12-03-2007, 03:32 PM

Alsa mixer shows:
Card: HDA NVidia │Chip: Realtek ALC861-VD

David1357 · 12-03-2007, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

Hi, I bought a laptop, the sound was recognised automatically on fedora 8, the problem is with debian.

Switch back to FC 8.

If you must have Debian

1. Download the latest kernel sources from kernel.org, and build the kernel from source.

OR

2. Download the latest version of ALSA and build it from source.

OR

3. Both.

sycamorex · 12-04-2007, 01:32 PM

thanks for your reply.
Well, to be honest with you I much prefer Debian

I'll do as you suggested and we'll see.

sycamorex · 12-04-2007, 03:46 PM

It works fine with kernel 2.6.23.9 and the latest alsa compiled with intel-snd.
The problem is that it works perfectly with xmms and mplayer, but with audacious and gxine you can hear the sound for 1-2 seconds and then it gets quiet.
Obviously I could use mplayer and xmms, but out of curiosity, why is that?

thank you

David1357 · 12-04-2007, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

It works fine with kernel 2.6.23.9 and the latest alsa compiled with intel-snd.

That is great news!

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

The problem is that it works perfectly with xmms and mplayer, but with audacious and gxine you can hear the sound for 1-2 seconds and then it gets quiet.
Obviously I could use mplayer and xmms, but out of curiosity, why is that?

Look at the output of dmesg and look at "/var/log/messages" and "/var/log/debug" to see if there is any information about the problem. Also check if there are any ALSA specific logs in "/var/log".