I have the same problem but also have no sound. I have dell c840, my lspci/dmesg/lsmod before starting X is:
000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio C$ i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels. i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 channel mode. i810_audio: Resetting connection 0 i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 supports AMAP, total channels = 2 i810_audio: setting clocking to 48689 i810_audio 33300 0 ac97_codec 16908 1 i810_audio soundcore 9824 2 snd,i810_audio And after: 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio C$ i810_audio 33300 0 ac97_codec 16908 1 i810_audio soundcore 9824 2 snd,i810_audio i810_audio 33300 0 ac97_codec 16908 1 i810_audio soundcore 9824 2 snd,i810_audio snd_intel8x0m 18632 0 snd_intel8x0 33068 0 snd_ac97_codec 59268 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 85384 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 23300 1 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 11144 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm gameport 4736 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 23204 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 7944 1 snd_rawmidi snd 50660 8 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_p$ soundcore 9824 2 snd,i810_audio When I use dmesg I get: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300300] codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for register 0x54 codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300304] codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for register 0x54 codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300300] codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for register 0x54 codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300300] codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for register 0x54 Does anybody know what can caouse the problem ?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]