nm256: no ac97 is found (Dell Inspiron 3500 & others)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
Ben Collins |
Bug Description
On bootup and shutdown, there are a series of beeps and error messages due to
the soundcard not being found.
dmesg reads:
nm256: no ac97 is found!
force the driver to load by passing in the module parameter
force_ac97=1
or try sb16 or cs423x drivers instead.
NeoMagic 256: probe of 0000:01:00.1 failed with error -6
modprobe snd-cs4232 returns these errors:
FATAL: Error inserting snd_cs4232
(/lib/modules/
FATAL: Error running install command for snd_cs4232modprobe cs4232
I did try appending the various options (irq, isapnp, port etc.), to no avail.
Btw I didn't see a BIOS setting corresponding to the cport option, how would I
figure out what to set for cport?
modprobe cs4232 returns:
FATAL: Error inserting cs4232
(/lib/modules/
The soundcard works fine under FreeBSD, using the mss driver. If I can't get it
to work on Ubuntu I'll have to reinstall FreeBSD. I was surprised that sound
works so well under FreeBSD and not at all under Ubuntu.
I have the exact same problem, but in my case it is a Gericom Silver Seraph
Laptop (PII 300). Same dmesg output, same series of beeps during startup and
shutdown.
I tried various boot options (noapic, nolapic, acpi=off, etc...) and had the
same problem with other Distros.
It only worked on Win98 with the driver that came with the Laptop.