> From: Richard Lyons [mailto:rich...@the-place.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:45 AM > > I have an HP Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop. Having no high-speed > connection, > I have installed Debian 5.0.2 from the dvd set. This gives me kernel· > 2.6.26-2-686. The Presario has an nvidia chipset (see output of lspci > below). The installer evidently fails to recognise this or doesn't > have > the right drivers. Console writes to screen in a manner reminiscent of > an > old teletype terminal. I installed the nvidia driver so that X now > runs > acceptably fast and at the correct resolution (1366 x 768). But the > console > remains slow. Also there is no sound. Presumably both these are > driver > issues. For the sound, it seems clear the wrong modules are loaded, > see > output of 'lsmod | grep snd' below.· > > A further problem which may be connected is that the keyboard regularly > freezes. This appears to happen always after the ppp connection (to a > mobile phone acting as a GPRS modem) has been dropped by the supplier, > but > this may be a coincidence. When it happens, it is impossible to give > keyboard input to any X-window, or to jump to a console. It does not > appear > to be a "sleep" issue, as it does not occur after closing the lid and > leaving the laptop overnight, for example. > > How do I correct these, given that I cannot do a major upgrade as there > is > only a slow internet connection here? > > TIA > > richard > > > > $ lspci > 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory > Controller (rev a2) > 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075e (rev a2) > 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1) > 00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co- > Processor > (rev a2) > 00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory > Controller (rev a1) > 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI > USB > 1.1 Controller+ (rev a1) > 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI > USB > 2.0 Controller+ (rev a1) > 00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI > USB > 1.1 Controller+ (rev a1) > 00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI > USB > 2.0 Controller+ (rev a1) > 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE > (rev a1) > 00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0774 (rev a1) > 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge > (rev > a1) > 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Device 0ad0 (rev a2) > 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] > Ethernet (rev a2) > 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI > Express > Bridge (rev a1) > 00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 077a (rev a1) > 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h > HyperTransport > Configuratio+n (rev 40) > 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Address > Map > 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h DRAM > Controller > 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h > Miscellaneous > Control > 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Link > Control > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0845 (rev > a2) > 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x > 802.11abg > Wireless PCI E+xpress Adapter (rev 01) > > $ lsmod | grep snd > snd_hda_intel 325688 0· > snd_pcm_oss 32832 0· > snd_mixer_oss 12320 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_pcm 62596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss > snd_seq_dummy 2660 0· > snd_seq_oss 24992 0· > snd_seq_midi 5728 0· > snd_rawmidi 18528 1 snd_seq_midi > snd_seq_midi_event 6432 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi > snd_seq 41456 6 > snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_even+t > snd_timer 17800 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq > snd_seq_device 6380 5 > snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_s+eq > snd 45604 9 > snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_+oss,snd_rawmid > i,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device > soundcore 6368 1 snd > snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hda_intel is the correct audio driver. I don't have the same laptop as you, but I have a desktop motherboard with integrated GeForce 8200 graphics and HD Audio. In my case, to get audio working properly, I had to upgrade to the latest ALSA. Try going to alsa-project.org and getting the latest drivers. You'll need to install the kernel headers to build the ALSA kernel modules. Hope this helps! -- Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
