On 20/07/07, Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > * sound support ? What type of chipset is the laptop using - in the
past
> > I had some issues with sound under MBs with ICH8, specifically low
sound
> > quality and the inability to turn off the speakers when attaching
> > headphones.
> >
> Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition
> Audio Controller
AFAIK new computers come with ICH8. I would love to hear some success
stories from people who have ICH8 on their laptops and do not have sound
problems.
My Dimension 520 desktop comes with an ICH8 and so far I haven't got around
to investigate how to make sound work on Debian Etch. I just connected the
audio cable to the new monitor and tried to play something and it didn't
work.
Here is what "lspci -vvv" gives on this device, the "unknown device" is a
bit discouraging:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01dd
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
Region 0: Memory at dffdc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Here is "lsmod | grep snd":
snd_hda_intel 23708 1
snd_hda_codec 184192 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss 48672 0
snd_mixer_oss 21888 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89096 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29192 1 snd_pcm
snd 65256 6
snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 15392 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 14864 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ALSA's web site doesn't list ICH8 either: http://tinyurl.com/8hskq, which is
VERY discouraging. On the other hand the alsa-users mailing list archive
contains a message which claims that ALSA does support this chip:
http://tinyurl.com/2hegbu Maybe I'll end up moving the Sound Blaster Live!
from my old machine (which for some reason Windows XP refuses to work with).
My usual first step in such situations is to try to boot latest Ubuntu live
CD - if it recognizes the config then I copy it from there (that's how I got
my X11 optimized a bit on my previous computer).
> Listening to music using skype.
Skype ?!?
Yes, sounds weird to me too. Skype was the only program which could
deep-freeze my linux. I have to keep quiting and re-starting it after every
call (whether it succeeded or failed) to avoid freezes.
--Amos
