[mythtv-users] Changing sound cards
Mike LaPlante
mike at dividia.net
Mon Jun 25 14:30:30 UTC 2007
Ryan Allen wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I'm a little in the dark as to where to troubleshoot this.
>
> I had a working system: a brand new ASUS motherboard, some PCI sound
> card. I want to use the PCI slot for another HD5000, so I pulled the
> sound card, rebooted, and enabled the on-board sound on the
> motherboard. Ever since then, I've had no sound.
>
> I'm not sure what to do.
>
> Are the wrong modules being loaded? How do you change them?
>
> lspci reports this:
> 00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
>
> and nVidia memory controller, ethernet port, host bridge, PCI
> bridge, etc...
>
> and lsmod reports these for sound:
> snd_ice1724 67252 0
> snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 7296 1 snd_ice1724
> snd_ac97_codec 94116 1 snd_ice1724
> snd_ac97_bus 6144 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_ak4114 11776 1 snd_ice1724
> snd_ak4xxx_adda 10624 2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
> snd_mpu401_uart 10880 1 snd_ice1724
> snd_rawmidi 22944 1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device 10508 1 snd_rawmidi
>
> AND:
> snd_hda_intel 19096 0
> snd_hda_codec 159232 1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_pcm_oss 42912 0
> snd_mixer_oss 18176 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 69380 6
> snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
> ,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer 22404 1 snd_pcm
>
>
> There is also a module loaded called:
> nvidia 4545108 20
>
> I assume the nvidia is the "nvidia universal driver" thing all the
> marketing sprays about.
>
> So, my questions are:
> 1) Are all those sound modules loaded for the old sound card?
> 2) How do I change what modules are loaded?
> 3) What are the correct modules?
>
> I am running KnoppMyth R5F1
>
> For The first person to help , I'll provide an .xml file of their
> local listing FREE OF CHARGE!!
>
> -- Ryan
>
>
>
>
Let me guess an A7N8X-E Deluxe, or some variant? I have the same
motherboard, with the same onboard nvidia chip. I know there are some
people out there who have the sound on this board working no problems,
but I have never been able to get it to work. It infuriates me, every
time I upgrade Fedora versions I resolve to finally figure this out,
waste hours tinkering then put my PCI sound back in.
I've never had windows on this motherboard so I don't know if it works
there, Fedora's sound wizard finds the chip just fine. Modules get
loaded, and if I play an mp3 I see a little progress bar moving just
like its playing, but I can't hear anything. I've checked volume levels
with every mixer I can find, and I've plugged the speakers into every
port including the mic port just for the hell of it.
I've read on countless forums. I remember one guy saying he disabled his
onboard nvidia network port and suddenly the sound worked. I tried that
and it didn't help.
So, sorry to say I don't have much advise for you, if you figure it out
let me know. :-/
Mike
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