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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Timothy E.
Krantz<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 05, 2008 8:28 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'Discussion about mythtv'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users] Problems with
sound when using 2 cards of the sametype<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>while I know this
is not strictly a mythtv question I was wondering if someone here might be
able to help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a MythDora
5 box that I put 2 Pinnacle PCTV HD (800i) cards into and have since been
having problems with sound.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the
relevant portion of the dmesg output:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linux video
capture interface: v2.00<BR>cx88/0: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.6
loaded<BR>ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) ->
IRQ 20<BR>cx88[0]: subsystem: 11bd:0051, board: Pinnacle PCTV HD 800i
[card=58,autodetecte<BR>d]<BR>cx88[0]: TV tuner type 76, Radio tuner type
-1<BR>cx88/2: cx2388x MPEG-TS Driver Manager version 0.0.6 loaded<BR>cx2388x
alsa driver version 0.0.6 loaded<BR>tuner' 1-0064: chip found @ 0xc8
(cx88[0])<BR>xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x64<BR>xc5000:
Firmware has not been loaded previously<BR>xc5000: waiting for firmware upload
(dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw)...<BR>xc5000: firmware read 12332 bytes.<BR>xc5000:
firmware upload<BR>cx88[0]: Calling XC5000 callback<BR>input: cx88 IR
(Pinnacle PCTV HD 800i) as /class/input/input7<BR>cx88[0]/0: found at
0000:00:09.0, rev: 5, irq: 20, latency: 64, mmio: 0xdc000000<BR>cx88[0]/0:
registered device video0 [v4l2]<BR>cx88[0]/0: registered device
vbi0<BR>cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager<BR>ACPI: PCI Interrupt
0000:00:09.2[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 20<BR>cx88[0]/2: found at
0000:00:09.2, rev: 5, irq: 20, latency: 64, mmio:
0xde000000</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>cx88[1]:
subsystem: 11bd:0051, board: Pinnacle PCTV HD 800i
[card=58,autodetecte<BR>d]<BR>cx88[1]: TV tuner type 76, Radio tuner type
-1<BR>tuner' 2-0064: chip found @ 0xc8 (cx88[1])<BR>xc5000: Successfully
identified at address 0x64<BR>xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded
previously<BR>xc5000: waiting for firmware upload
(dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw)...<BR>xc5000: firmware read 12332 bytes.<BR>xc5000:
firmware upload<BR>cx88[1]: Calling XC5000 callback<BR>input: cx88 IR
(Pinnacle PCTV HD 800i) as /class/input/input8<BR>cx88[1]/2: cx2388x 8802
Driver Manager<BR>ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.2[A] -> GSI 18 (level,
low) -> IRQ 21<BR>cx88[1]/2: found at 0000:00:0a.2, rev: 5, irq: 21,
latency: 64, mmio: 0xdb000000<BR>ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.1[A] -> GSI
17 (level, low) -> IRQ 20<BR>cx88[0]/1: CX88x/0: ALSA support for cx2388x
boards<BR>ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.1[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) ->
IRQ 21<BR>cx88[1]/1: CX88x/1: ALSA support for cx2388x boards<BR>ALSA
sound/core/init.c:137: cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-3),
error:<BR> -16<BR>Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed with error
-12<BR>ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ
19</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Notice in
particular:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>ALSA
sound/core/init.c:137: cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-3),
error:<BR> -16<BR>Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed with error
-12<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the
section of modprobe.conf file related to sound:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>options snd
cards_limit=4<BR>alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0<BR>options snd-card-0
index=0<BR>options snd-intel8x0 index=0<BR>remove snd-intel8x0 {
/usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
/sbin/<BR>modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0<BR>alias snd-card-1
cx88_alsa<BR>options snd-card-1 index=1<BR>options cx88_alsa index=1<BR>remove
cx88_alsa { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
/sbin/mod<BR>probe -r --ignore-remove cx88_alsa<BR>alias snd-card-2
cx88_alsa<BR>options snd-card-2 index=2<BR>options cx88_alsa index=2<BR>remove
cx88_alsa { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
/sbin/mod<BR>probe -r --ignore-remove cx88_alsa</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basically with the
Intel8x0 failing to load I get no sound at all out of the box. If I
remove either of the cards things work ok.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas greatly
appreciated....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Tim<SPAN
class=392491614-05092008><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=392491614-05092008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=392491614-05092008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=392491614-05092008><FONT color=#0000ff>sorry to reply to my own
post but changing my modprobe.conf to the following seens to have fixed
things:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=392491614-05092008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=392491614-05092008><FONT color=#0000ff>options snd
cards_limit=4<BR>alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0<BR>options snd-card-0
index=0<BR>remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null
2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/<BR>modprobe -r --ignore-remove
snd-intel8x0<BR>options cx88_alsa
index=1,2</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=392491614-05092008></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=103342012-05092008><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=392491614-05092008><FONT
color=#0000ff>Tim</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BODY></HTML>