rendered paste bodytsalsa version 2008-09-14 Tue Oct 14 00:03:20 IST 2008 Problem: upon installing Fedora Core 9 sulphor on this Dell Inspiron i8000 the sound doesn not work at all. Laptop: Dell Inspiron i8000 Plugs: 3 Surround sound system: n Model options: y Number of speakers: 2 Linux install is an upgrade from a previous version: no PC age (approximate): 7 years Groups: user is in these groups: Hardware Mixing: enabled if count is greater than 1: subdevices_count: 2 Distro: Fedora release 9 (Sulphur) Release: fedora-release redhat-release system-release 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 System: Linux ATECH-7fe15baee 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:28:41 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Vendor/dev id: Vendor/dev module: Vendor/device: Lspci info: Alsa driver: 1.0.16rc2 Alsa lib: 1.0.16 Alsa utils: 1.0.16 Alsa modules: snd_maestro3 Snd/soundcore: Alsa cards: 0 [PCI ]: Maestro3 - ESS Maestro3 PCI ESS Maestro3 PCI at 0xec00, irq 5 Codec: 0-0/0: SigmaTel STAC9721,23 PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x0000 PCI Subsys Device: 0x0000 Lsof output: cardcnt: 0 Amixer item options for card 0 [PCI] _________________________________ : values=off 'Mic Select' ; Item #0 'Mic1' ; Item #1 'Mic2'-- 'Mono Output Select' ; Item #0 'Mix' ; Item #1 'Mic' : values=0 'Capture Source' ; Item #0 'Mic' ; Item #1 'CD' ; Item #2 'Video' ; Item #3 'Aux' ; Item #4 'Line' ; Item #5 'Mix' ; Item #6 'Mix Mono' ; Item #7 'Phone' Amixer contents for card 0 [PCI] _____________________________________ amixer set 'Master',0 74%,74% on amixer set 'Master Mono',0 74% on amixer set '3D Control - Switch',0 off amixer set '3D Control Sigmatel - Depth',0 Mono: 0 0% amixer set 'PCM',0 74%,74% on amixer set 'Line',0 0% off 0% off Capture off amixer set 'CD',0 74%,74% on Capture on amixer set 'Mic',0 0% off Capture off amixer set 'Mic Boost ( 20dB)',0 off amixer set 'Mic Select',0 Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1' amixer set 'Video',0 0% off 0% off Capture off amixer set 'Phone',0 0% off Capture off amixer set 'PC Speaker',0 0% off amixer set 'Aux',0 0% off 0% off Capture off amixer set 'Mono Output Select',0 Items: 'Mix' 'Mic' Item0: 'Mix' amixer set 'Capture',0 Capture 0 0%,Capture 0 0% on amixer set 'Mix',0 Capture off amixer set 'Mix Mono',0 Capture off amixer set 'External Amplifier',0 on amixer set 'Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo',0 off amixer set 'Sigmatel Surround Phase Inversion Playback ',0 off raw amixer output: Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 65536 Mono: Front Left: Playback 48623 [74%] [on] Front Right: Playback 48623 [74%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 65536 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [on] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [on] Module Parameters: snd_ac97_codec/parameters/enable_loopback:N snd_ac97_codec/parameters/power_save:Y snd_maestro3/parameters/amp_gpio:-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 snd_maestro3/parameters/enable:Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y snd_maestro3/parameters/external_amp:Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y snd_maestro3/parameters/id:<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL>,<NULL> snd_maestro3/parameters/index:-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 snd_pcm_oss/parameters/adsp_map:1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 snd_pcm_oss/parameters/dsp_map:0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 snd_pcm_oss/parameters/nonblock_open:Y snd_pcm/parameters/maximum_substreams:4 snd_pcm/parameters/preallocate_dma:1 snd_seq_dummy/parameters/duplex:N snd_seq_dummy/parameters/ports:1 snd_seq_oss/parameters/maxqlen:1024 snd_seq_oss/parameters/seq_oss_debug:0 snd_seq/parameters/seq_client_load:14,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_card:-1 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_class:1 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_device:0 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_resolution:0 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_sclass:0 snd_seq/parameters/seq_default_timer_subdevice:0 snd_timer/parameters/timer_limit:1 snd_timer/parameters/timer_tstamp_monotonic:1 Hardware Info: bios_date:01/21/2004 bios_vendor:Dell Computer Corporation bios_version:A23 board_name:Inspiron 8000 board_vendor:Dell Computer Corporation chassis_serial:5JT2L01 chassis_type:8 chassis_vendor:Dell Computer Corporation modalias:dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA23:bd01/21/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnInspiron8000:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rnInspiron8000:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct8:cvr: product_name:Inspiron 8000 product_serial:5JT2L01 product_uuid:44454C4C-4AA4-1054-8032-B5C04F4C3031 sys_vendor:Dell Computer Corporation uevent:MODALIAS=dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA23:bd01/21/2004:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnInspiron8000:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rnInspiron8000:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct8:cvr: Seq clients: Client info cur clients : 3 peak clients : 3 max clients : 192 Client 0 : "System" [Kernel] Port 0 : "Timer" (Rwe-) Port 1 : "Announce" (R-e-) Connecting To: 15:0 Client 14 : "Midi Through" [Kernel] Port 0 : "Midi Through Port-0" (RWe-) Client 15 : "OSS sequencer" [Kernel] Port 0 : "Receiver" (-we-) Connected From: 0:1 aplay -l: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCI [ESS Maestro3 PCI], device 0: Maestro3 [Maestro3] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 arecord -l: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCI [ESS Maestro3 PCI], device 0: Maestro3 [Maestro3] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 aplay -L: front:CARD=PCI,DEV=0 ESS Maestro3 PCI, Maestro3 Front speakers null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) pulse PulseAudio Sound Server default Default Devices: 2: : timer 3: : sequencer 4: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback 5: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture 6: [ 0] : control Codec info: md5sum tsalsa: 51a64ab7cf06955fb094c70d43d3fd01 tsalsa 1221494665 1223922592 1223922593 1223922801 1223922801 1223922800 curl: wget: /usr/bin/wget dialog: tsalsa version 2008-09-14 end: Tue Oct 14 00:03:21 IST 2008 208 md5sum tsalsa.txt: f886a6e3d15f25a69ed021b7b7895954 /tmp/tsalsa.txt