OSS or Alsa doesn't recognize my audio HW, HP PavillionG7 Laptop

[enoch]

Usually the sound in one of the easiest things to get working, however on this laptop
its a challenge, the sound is SRS Premium with Altec Lansing speakers. Any help is much
appreciated.

[saionbus]

install the alsa-dev extension

[enoch]

I tried the Alsa files, just won't see the audio, there is something unique about this laptop.

[coreplayer2]

Perhaps post the results of LSPCI  then maybe someone who has the same audio chipset can help


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[Juanito]

Did you follow the instructions in the alsa extension info file?

What happens when you try the following:

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$ sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound start

[enoch]

I get rmmod cant unload statements

then Starting sound driver : snd-hda-intel

ossinfo yields All tests completed OK

[Juanito]

You need to use either alsa or oss, but not both.

If you get "then Starting sound driver : snd-hda-intel" after the "..alsasound start" command, it looks like your sound hardware will work.

I suggest you reboot,  load only the alsa extensions and try again.

[enoch]

I loaded all the Alsa extensions, rebooted, shes still a mute

[Juanito]

I'm assuming you meant:

1. reboot
2. load alsa extensions
3. sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/alsasound start
4. check alsamixer to see that sound is not muted

..and still no joy?

I had problems with the sound on a macmini with intel hardware and got things working with hda analyzer (search the forums for this).

The good news is that the macmini sound works without hacking with tc-5.x...

[enoch]

yes those are the last steps implemented

when I launch xmms, it shows a song playing, then click on the play button yields thus
Your soundcard is not con figured properly
You have the correct plugin selected
No other program is blocking the soundcard

[gerald_clark]

Did you configure xmmx?

[enoch]

just did, got rid of the errors, everything looks good song appears to be playing
just can't hear it volume is up in alsamixer

[bmarkus]

Do you hear sound with speaker-test?

[enoch]

No sound here is the result

tc@box:~$ speaker-test

speaker-test 1.0.24.2

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory

[bmarkus]

While no sound with speaker-test playing with xmmx and etc. are just time wasting.