Notebook Audio Non-Existent (BenQ JoyBook S52)
Posts: 125
Hey guys,
Need a little help. How do I enable sound on this BenQ Joybook S52 I just bought? It uses an Intel 915GM chipset with onboard audio.
At bootup, Linux detects the sound driver, supposedly calling it snd-intel8x10, but then at the KDE splashscreen I hear nothing. Even going through the various sound files I hear nothing.
Using 'lspci', the relevant section would be:
0000:001e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FW/FW/FRW (ICH 6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
while 'kudzu -p' shows:
class: AUDIO
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: snd-intel8x0
desc: "Unknown vendor|Generic snd-intel8x0 device"
vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 266e
subVendorId: 17ff
subDeviceId: 058b
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 1e
pcifn: 2
I've also tried to check Intel's website, but they seem (though I may be mistaken) to only have drivers for Red Hat. Can anyone help ... please?
- STYNGERSMASH -
Sorry, but No Cigar
Posts: 125
Mike,
Tried your suggestions, including the one in that Mepislovers thread. It didn't work. Still don't have no sound. By the way, I don't have a "headphone jack sense" button (or tab) in my KMix.
Any more suggestions?
Anyone?
-STYNGERSMASH-
"Share the world."
No Sound ... What's New ...
Posts: 125
Ok guys, I've been at this for months. Still no cigar.
I was really hoping that MEPIS 3.4, with its 2.6.15 kernel, would finally solve my sound problem. Sadly, no progress in that area.
Really, I've tried all the suggested solutions in this forum and in 'Lovers. No success.
Y'know what I find funny? Although several people suggested that I turn off the "Headphone Jack Sense" and "Line Jack Sense" in Kmix, I've yet to see those labels actually in that program. Haha ... Seriously, I only see "Line" in the input tab, and "Phone" in the switch tab. What's up with that?
I'm really desperate for sound! And it's not the hardware because it works fine in Windows. Also, it's not my MEPIS install, because I used the same for my office PC and my home PC and they work perfectly.
Ho-hum ... life without music sucks.
- STYNGERSMASH -
"Share the world."
kernel patch
Posts: 4864
one of my sons made a custom kernel to run his notebook with this sound card.
he runs gentoo, because he's a geek - well what do you expect?
his brother has identical notebook and uses the custom kernel in his mepis install.
3.4-3 final didn't run the sound card. it's friday night, so i can't get any details until he's back from the pub.
watch this space...
I'm Interested in That Patch!
Posts: 125
DrLizaU,
Heck, I'm willing to try anything 
Sure, I'll wait around for more information on that.
Btw, noticed you said "it's friday night" Are you somewhere in Asia too?
- STYNGERSMASH -
"Share the world."
Orstrylia
Posts: 5513
Yeah, that's the little Asian island to the south right? 
Jon
instructions
Posts: 4864
yea, we stop the world from tipping over, adding a bit of weight at the bottom
the word is
to start with the sound card i'm using is
$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corperation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
High Definition Audio Controller (rev 4)if what you have is different the basic instructions will still work, you will
just need differnt modules.first you need a kernel with NO alsa support at all, not even as a module.
before you compile it, it is recomended to delete all the current modules.
$ rm -R /lib/modules//*
if the kernel version is different this step is not needed[kernel configuration]
device drivers -> sound -> sound card support = y
device drivers -> sound -> alsa -> alsa = n
device drivers -> sound -> oss -> oss = nreboot into the new kernel
then download the latest alsa-driver from www.alsa-project.org
and compile it, by default it builds the drivers for all of the sound cards, i
can't remember how to tell it to only build the drivers for one card.then install it.
load the correct module for your sound card, for me it's snd_hda_intel
Soundcard detected but no sound
Posts: 1027
Common answer for this is to look for a switch in your kmix marked "headphone jack sense" -- if it's on, turn it off
Also check the volume settings and the 2-channel/4-channel settings
If that doesn't help you can look at this thread on mepislovers
http://www.mepislovers.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=4956&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=0
-- Mike