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Now here comes the Soundcard nightmare...
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| Hello,
I,ve recently installed RedHat 8.0 and everything worked fine until suddenly
the soundcard stoped responding. I keep receiving an error message "Can't
start the sound i/o. The sound server will continue using the nulloutput
device".
How could I possibly sort it out.
My soundcard comes with the Intel D845PT, I810i.
Not an experienced user.
Thanks,
peter
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Do you mean that this card used to function, but ceased to do so? If yes, what changed? Any new hardware isntalled? What does /var/log/messages say about it? | |
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| In article <au29q5$3ro1k$1@ID-138916.news.dfncis.de>, Jack wrote:
> Hello,
> I,ve recently installed RedHat 8.0 and everything worked fine until suddenly
> the soundcard stoped responding. I keep receiving an error message "Can't
> start the sound i/o. The sound server will continue using the nulloutput
> device".
> How could I possibly sort it out.
> My soundcard comes with the Intel D845PT, I810i.
>
One question I hate to ask, but it might be the easiest way to figure
out what's going on since you don't have much experience, is does
sound start working again after a reboot?
What would help you out is if you knew what module was being loaded
for your soundcard. Then you could simply unload it, and then reload
it to see if that fixes the problem. I remember some time back
sound would get screwed up after watching some flash crap on the net.
I would simply remove all sound modules with 'rmmod' or 'modprope -r'
and then add them back with modprobe.
As root, type 'lsmod' to see what modules are loaded. If you know
what module is being used, remove it, and reload it. A google search
or a search on the RH website should be able to tell you what module
is being used for the soundcard that comes with your computer.
As an example, I'm using a Soundblaster Live. The related modules from
'lsmod' are:
emu10k1 51784 0
ac97_codec 10184 0 [emu10k1]
soundcore 3556 4 [emu10k1]
I can simply do a 'rmmod' for each, or a '/sbin/modprobe -r emu10k1' to
unload the sound related drivers. Then a '/sbin/modprobe emu10k1' to
reload it.
- Kurt
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| Bill Unruh 2002-12-21, 2:25 pm |
| Kurt <actinouranium@netscape.net> writes:
]In article <au29q5$3ro1k$1@ID-138916.news.dfncis.de>, Jack wrote:
]> Hello,
]> I,ve recently installed RedHat 8.0 and everything worked fine until suddenly
]> the soundcard stoped responding. I keep receiving an error message "Can't
]> start the sound i/o. The sound server will continue using the nulloutput
]> device".
]> How could I possibly sort it out.
]> My soundcard comes with the Intel D845PT, I810i.
]>
The modules I use ( the oss ones I believe) are
i810_audio
ac97_codec
agpgart
soundcore
All are needed.
I do not know about the alsa modules. I did not get it working but did
not try hard.
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| For a first installation of Linux it functioned until I installed an ATi
Radeon driver it seems. However I reinstalled Linux from scratch in hope
I'll gain the sound again, but no results, now without that ATi driver.
Well the boot log I think says that soundcard shares IRQ9 with another
device, ICH2 (the bridge I think)
There is also an error message: "insmod error: incorrect parameters,
incorrect I/O, IRQ settings".
The only sound driver that loads is "soundcore". I loaded manually the other
two but no results.
Peter
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> Do you mean that this card used to function, but ceased to do so? If
> yes, what changed? Any new hardware isntalled? What does
> /var/log/messages say about it?
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| Hi Kurt,
"Kurt" <actinouranium@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:OI2N9.584$Me7.100215@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> In article <au29q5$3ro1k$1@ID-138916.news.dfncis.de>, Jack wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I,ve recently installed RedHat 8.0 and everything worked fine until
suddenly
> > the soundcard stoped responding. I keep receiving an error message
" Can't
> > start the sound i/o. The sound server will continue using the nulloutput
> > device".
> > How could I possibly sort it out.
> > My soundcard comes with the Intel D845PT, I810i.
> >
>
> One question I hate to ask, but it might be the easiest way to figure
> out what's going on since you don't have much experience, is does
> sound start working again after a reboot?
Well, here is the history. I had just installed Linux for first time and
sound was OK. Then, after a ATi Radeon driver installation it seemed it
didn't work anymore, even though I'm not sure this is the problem since:
I reinstalled Linux from scratch again in hope the sound would come back,
but
it didn't. So, this time with no ATi driver.
It seems the soundcard shares IRQ9 with another device. 00:1f.5 and 00:1f.3
In the bootlog I found an "insmod error: because incorect module parameters,
Incorrect I/O, IRQ settings". I dont know what insmod is.
> What would help you out is if you knew what module was being loaded
> for your soundcard. Then you could simply unload it, and then reload
> it to see if that fixes the problem. I remember some time back
> sound would get screwed up after watching some flash crap on the net.
> I would simply remove all sound modules with 'rmmod' or 'modprope -r'
> and then add them back with modprobe.
I figured out what modules are for the soundcard, but only the "soundcore"
loads at boot. The others, i810_audio and ac97_codec I couldn't see them. I
loaded them afterwards with the help of yr commands and checked them but no
results.
> As root, type 'lsmod' to see what modules are loaded. If you know
> what module is being used, remove it, and reload it. A google search
> or a search on the RH website should be able to tell you what module
> is being used for the soundcard that comes with your computer.
>
> As an example, I'm using a Soundblaster Live. The related modules from
> 'lsmod' are:
>
> emu10k1 51784 0
> ac97_codec 10184 0 [emu10k1]
> soundcore 3556 4 [emu10k1]
>
> I can simply do a 'rmmod' for each, or a '/sbin/modprobe -r emu10k1' to
> unload the sound related drivers. Then a '/sbin/modprobe emu10k1' to
> reload it.
>
> - Kurt
peter
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| It seems agpgart is for video. When I tried to stop it it halted my system.
Peter
"Bill Unruh" <unruh@string.physics.ubc.ca> wrote in message
news:au2f88$p0j$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca...
> Kurt <actinouranium@netscape.net> writes:
>
> ]In article <au29q5$3ro1k$1@ID-138916.news.dfncis.de>, Jack wrote:
> ]> Hello,
> ]> I,ve recently installed RedHat 8.0 and everything worked fine until
suddenly
> ]> the soundcard stoped responding. I keep receiving an error message
"Can't
> ]> start the sound i/o. The sound server will continue using the
nulloutput
> ]> device".
> ]> How could I possibly sort it out.
> ]> My soundcard comes with the Intel D845PT, I810i.
> ]>
>
> The modules I use ( the oss ones I believe) are
> i810_audio
> ac97_codec
> agpgart
> soundcore
>
> All are needed.
> I do not know about the alsa modules. I did not get it working but did
> not try hard.
>
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