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ed3120
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:39 pm |
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I bought a Chaintech AV-710 soundcard and I can't get it to work. I know it is alive, because if I boot into Windows, it works just fine.
Running alsamixer yields
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory
lspci | grep audio
01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)
Running alsaconf doesn't fix it either. How can I start troubleshooting this?
_________________ Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV
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ed3120
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:55 am |
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Does anyone have one of these working?
_________________ Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV
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jigawho
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:27 am |
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I have one, and it's working fine outputting digital, but it sounds like your problem is with alsa detecting the card. Did you add it to an existing installation, or did you install with the card in your machine?
_________________ MBE:AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (venice),MSI K8MM-v Motherboard (via chip based), PVR-500, Chaintech av710, IDE Hard drive
SBE:P4 3Ghz, Asus P4G800, PVR-250, IDE Hard Drive
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ed3120
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:00 am |
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I installed R5.5 after already having the sound card installed.
_________________ Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV
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jigawho
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:32 pm |
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what does Code: aplay -l give you?
Other things that might affect it is the pci slot it's in.
_________________ MBE:AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (venice),MSI K8MM-v Motherboard (via chip based), PVR-500, Chaintech av710, IDE Hard drive
SBE:P4 3Ghz, Asus P4G800, PVR-250, IDE Hard Drive
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ed3120
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:33 pm |
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Code: ed@mythtv:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK804 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ed@mythtv:~$
It's not the hardware, because when I boot into Windows, it works fine.
_________________ Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV
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slowtolearn
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:49 pm |
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ed3120 wrote: Code: ed@mythtv:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK804 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ed@mythtv:~$
Do you have an on-board audio chipset? If so disable it in the BIOS
aplay -l should yield output like that found in http://knoppmyth.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.p ... v710+aplay (maybe the asound.conf file mentioned in that post will help?)
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jigawho
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:22 pm |
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the asound .conf shouldn't be an issue right now. It looks like alsa isn't even seeing your onboard sound chip, not the av 710. As an aside, have you tried using the onboard sound?
I would say try moving the slot that the av 710 is in and see if alsa picks it up. I would also double check that your onboard is disabled in the bios.
_________________ MBE:AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (venice),MSI K8MM-v Motherboard (via chip based), PVR-500, Chaintech av710, IDE Hard drive
SBE:P4 3Ghz, Asus P4G800, PVR-250, IDE Hard Drive
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ed3120
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:17 am |
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I've tried changing the PCI slot and that didn't change anything. The slot shouldn't be an issue if the card works in Windows.
Would disabling the onboard sound really make a difference? I've tried that and had the same results.
_________________ Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV
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chunter2
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:34 am |
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ed3120 wrote: Running alsamixer yields alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory
I was directed to this thread for the commands to display my sound card info. I don't have the same sound card as you. When I first ran alsamixer I could get in. When I ran alsaconf and then alsamixer I got the above error message. I then did a Code: touch /var/lib/alsa/asound.state and reran alsaconf and then I could get into alsamixer again. Not sure if this is of any use but figured I'd share.
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jigawho
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:57 pm |
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different os's handle IRQ assignments differently, so the slot can be an issue even if it works in windows. If you're not using the onboard sound for anything then it makes a lot of sense to disable it, for no other reason than to take another variable out of the system. Having two sound cards also can really mess with udev's device assignments, which I have to deal with on one of my boxes. What does the aplay command say after you disable the onboard sound?
_________________ MBE:AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (venice),MSI K8MM-v Motherboard (via chip based), PVR-500, Chaintech av710, IDE Hard drive
SBE:P4 3Ghz, Asus P4G800, PVR-250, IDE Hard Drive
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