SIS7012 chipset produces no sound in Dapper Flight 2 with intel8x0 ALSA driver due to codec timeouts

Does the driver work properly _before_ you run "/etc/init.d/alsa reload"?

Either way, this is a driver problem, not a problem in one of the alsa-driver packages. This should be reassigned to the kernel maintainers.

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Thomas Hood wrote:

> Public bug report changed:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/5844
>
> Comment:
> Does the driver work properly _before_ you run "/etc/init.d/alsa
> reload"?

No, we didn't have any alsa-based sound at any time.

/Mattias Wadenstein

A working upgrade from Breezy to dapper had sound for some time, but stopped during an upgrade.

uname -a
Linux danielbo 2.6.15-14-k7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jan 25 16:23:02 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

lspci output:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
0000:00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
0000:00:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
0000:00:09.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
0000:00:09.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
0000:00:09.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Accelerator
0000:00:0b.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter

lsmod output:
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13192 1
rfcomm 43604 0
l2cap 28864 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 54180 4 rfcomm,l2cap
powernow_k8 14688 0
cpufreq_userspace 6816 1
cpufreq_stats 6912 0
freq_table 5152 2 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 2240 0
cpufreq_ondemand 8104 0
cpufreq_conservative 9256 0
video 16644 0
tc1100_wmi 7172 0
sony_acpi 5836 0
pcc_acpi 11456 0
hotkey 11812 0
dev_acpi 11652 0
button 6992 0
battery 9988 0
container 4928 0
ac 5252 0
ipv6 287392 22
dm_mod 63640 0
md_mod 76244 0
amd74xx 15132 0 [permanent]
snd_seq_dummy 4164 0
snd_seq_oss 37696 0
snd_seq_midi 9888 0
snd_rawmidi 27552 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_se...

The latest reply indicates that the ac97_codec and i810_audio OSS/Free drivers are loaded, which conflict with their ALSA counterparts, snd-ac97-codec and snd-intel8x0, respectively. You also have snd-intel8x0m loaded, which seems to drive your modem. For testing purposes, please blacklist all of ac97_codec, i810_audio, and snd-intel8x0m if you're not using current (as in dist-upgraded this evening) Dapper and report results. Please also ensure that [linux-image] 2.6.15-14.19 is being used.

Mattias, please test with Dapper Flight 3 and dist-upgrade to current Dapper. Make sure you use [linux-image] 2.6.15-14.19.

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Daniel T. Chen wrote:

> Public bug report changed:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/5844
>
> Comment:
> Mattias, please test with Dapper Flight 3 and dist-upgrade to current
> Dapper. Make sure you use [linux-image] 2.6.15-14.19.

It does not work on amd64 2.6.15-14.19. This seems to be the relevant
error mesasge when alsa stuff fails to load:

[ 1199.051690] Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed with error -5

/Mattias Wadenstein

Is the issue still reproducible on Flight 5 or later?

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Daniel T. Chen wrote:

> Is the issue still reproducible on Flight 5 or later?

I don't know, and I can't test. The hardware is in production use by now.

/Mattias Wadenstein

Hello!

I have the same problems with a Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo P2500 (afaik the same as the old X102). The funny thing: These PCs are sold as Linux-PCs... LOL

As far as i read in various newsgroups this is a common problem with these SIS chipsets/soundcard, they are not 100% compatible with intel specs.

Here are my detailed specs, logs and so on:

device:
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computer GmbH: Unknown device 1043
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 173, IRQ 225
I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2

device ID 1039/7012

while loading the snd_intel8x0 module (manually):

[4298430.244000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 217
[4298431.245000] codec_ready: codec is not ready [0x340000]
[4298431.245000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:02.7 disabled
[4298431.245000] Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed with error -5

lsmod
snd_intel8x0 33436 2
snd_ac97_codec 92704 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 2 snd_pcm_oss
usbhid 38368 0
snd_pcm 89736 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm
snd 55268 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixe r_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10208 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

cat /proc/asound/cards
--- nosoundcards ---

I use Dapper with the latest updates.
I tried to boot the pc with a breezy-live CD -> same problems as in dapper.

greetings,
patrick

a (eventually) important note: These FSC Esprimo/Scenic PCs are very popular business PCs in Europe, a good driver support of these PCs would be really nice ...

Please append "acpi_irq_pci=7" to the grub command line for the kernel.

i tried it (added acpi_... after the nosplash option) but without any change.. still no sound and the same syslog messages.

And i tried to boot the system with the old breezy live-cd -> no sound, the same as in hoary und dapper.

Merging pci/intel8x0.c r1.234.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2006-April/000811.html

The above git patch incorrectly attributes the cvs revision as r1.233. The correct revision is r1.234 as noted here [0].

[0] http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/intel8x0.c?r1=1.233&r2=1.234&diff_format=u

ok, i got the same PC for 1 hour back. i installed the latest ubuntu dapper release (incl. all updates). AND i the soundcard works now!

BUT:
i didnt heard any sound...
i had to turn on the "duplicat" switch in alsaconfig. AND i cant adjust the volume with the "master"-volume. i have to use PCM to adjust the sound.

So, now i have to give this PC back to its owner... :(

I have the same problem. Master volume doesn't work, only PCM and Headphone (but it slows very quickly and after 1/4 from the top it has no effects... no volume at all).

Please tell me the solution :-)

Thanks

oh... I have an Acer Aspire 3630... a very diffused laptop in Italy