no sound with atiixp, codec timeout - driver not loaded

[Anders Semb Hermansen]

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.22

This is Ubuntu 7.10 installed on a Fujitsu Siemens MS-7031

A soundcard driver is not loaded correctly, the mixer says I have no soundcard.
I believe the correct driver for the system is snd-atiixp, but there are errors showing up in dmesg output (see attachment).

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Can you try booting with acpi=off ? I've read that this may sometimes help. Thanks.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Also, the Hardy Heron Alpha2 release will be coming out soon (around Dec 20). It will have an updated version of the kernel. It would be great if you could test with this new release and verify if this issue still exists. I'll be sure to update this report when Alpha2 is available. Thanks!

[Anders Semb Hermansen (anders-yoyo)]

acpi=off did not make any change. Attached new dmesg output.

I'll try hardy heron alpha2 when it's released.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hardy Heron Alpha2 was recently released. It contains an updated version of the kernel. You can download and try the new Hardy Heron Alpha2 release from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/alpha-2/ . You should be able to then test the new kernel via the LiveCD. If you can, please verify if this bug still exists or not and report back your results. General information regarding the release can also be found here: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/alpha2 . Thanks!

[Anders Semb Hermansen (anders-yoyo)]

I downloaded and booted the Hardy Heron alpha2 live cd.

I did not get X to work (blank screen). But I did get dmesg output which shows same problem as before. Attached.
/proc/asound/cards still shows no soundcards

[Anders Semb Hermansen (anders-yoyo)]

I looked around some more and found http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7467
It looks a lot like my problem.

So I unloded snd-atiixp and reloaded it with ac97_codec=0. And it works!

I created a file /etc/modprobe.d/atiixp with the content:
options snd-atiixp ac97_codec=0

and now it works between reboots :)

All this was done in 7.10.

A quirk should probably be added to snd-atiixp the same way as for DFI rs482

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Thanks for the update. I'm just adding a note that this report will remain open against the actively developed kernel but will be closed against linux-source-2.6.22 as it does not qualify for an SRU candidate. You can learn more about the stable release update process at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates . Thanks!

[Anders Semb Hermansen (anders-yoyo)]

This bug still exist in Hardy Heron alpha3

[Anders Semb Hermansen (anders-yoyo)]

This bug still exist in Hardy Heron alpha4

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Hardy lum 2.6.24-7.11 now contains ALSA 1.0.16. Please update and report results.

[Anders Semb Hermansen (anders-yoyo)]

I tried daily live cd dated 11-Feb 2008 07:41.
It says kernel version 2.6.24-7.12 and alsa 1.0.16
It's the same, I have to reload with ac97_codec=0 to get "aplay -l" to show the soundcard.
Attached is dmesg output.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Anders,

Try this version to see if I have quirk support for your laptop correct:

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11905813/linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic_2.6.24-8.13ubuntu4_i386.deb
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11946104/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic_2.6.24-8.13ubuntu1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic_2.6.24-8.13ubuntu4_i386.deb linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic_2.6.24-8.13ubuntu1_i386.deb

Delete /etc/modprobe.d/atiixp, then reboot. You should have audio with resorting to the modprobe trick.

[Anders Semb Hermansen (anders-yoyo)]

Tim,

First of all.This is a desktop pc, not a laptop.
It's not mine and used everyday. So I cannot install Hardy when in alpha, I have just tried the live cds when the machine is not in use.

I tried installing the kernel packages in 7.10. But get the following error:
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic.
(Reading database ... 90894 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic (from linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic_2.6.24-8.13ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Selecting previously deselected package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic.
Unpacking linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic (from linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic_2.6.24-8.13ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic:
 linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic depends on module-init-tools (>= 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu3); however:
  Version of module-init-tools on system is 3.3-pre4-2ubuntu4.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic:
 linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.24-8-generic
 linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-8-generic

Is there any way I can test this using a live cd or in 7.10 ?

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Anders - I committed this quirk patch into the kernel for now. It will appear with -8.14 which I am uploading today. I expect that kernel version will appear in the daily live CD early next week. I eagerly await your report of success.

[Anders Semb Hermansen (anders-yoyo)]

Tim - I tested Hardy Heron alpha 5. And it works out of the box :)

[Alessio Igor Bogani (abogani)]

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