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Thinkpad 600E no sound

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• Started 12 years ago by Anonymous
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   Anonymous
   

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   Hi all,

   For a while now I've been unsuccessful in getting the sound working on this notebook (Thinkpad 600E, sound card: Cirrus Logic CS 4610/11), I've tried:

   1. these suggestions: http://vanilla.slitaz.org/index.php?p=/discussion/125/no-sound-in-slitaz-cooking-20091104/p1
   which involved downloading and installing linux-sound and running soundconf
   2. modifying the rcS.conf file: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/thinkpad-600e

   Still, when I run soundconf I get these errors:

   amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory
   alsactl: save_state:1502: No soundcards found...

   And when I reboot, it always tries to reconfigure the sound card.
   Any suggestions?

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   kultex
   

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   is the sound card activated in the bios?

   which version of slitaz are you using?

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   

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   I'm using slitaz 3.0

   Can't say I know exactly what you mean by "activated in bios", but when I run lspci in terminal, the sound card is listed

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Saipul
   

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   Wrong name if snd_cs46xx, the correct name is snd-cs46xx and you can check that module file is in /lib/modules/2.6.30.6-slitaz/kernel/sound/pci/cs46xx/ folder.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   What kultex means is the onboard soundcard enabled so operating systems like Windows, Ubuntu or SliTaz can use it. If it's not (you can tell by the soundcard not detecting even on Windows), then it needs to be enabled in the BIOS menu. If you don't know what that means, I suggest googling it since the ability to modify and use it is essential for all operating systems and for peak hardware performance.

   Otherwise, attempt the above solution of using the right module name with the modprobe command.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   @erich you should be able to get sound working using the info from here:
   http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/CS4239
   http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_broken_sound_on_some_ThinkPads
   Disable Quickboot in the bios.
   Add:
   modprobe snd-cs4236 index=0 port=0x530 cport=0x538 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=0 isapnp=0
   To:
   /etc/init.d/local.sh

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   

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   @mojo, sorry been inactive for awhile, but I'm not sure how to obtain the snd-cs4236 module,

   I used the linux-sound-2.6.30.6 tazpkg to update modules, but cs4236 isn't included in the package

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   @erich snd-cs4236 is included on slitaz-3.0.iso and the core versions of cooking

   tux@slitaz:~$ tazpkg search-file snd-cs4236

   Search result for file : snd-cs4236
   ================================================================================

   Package linux-sound :
   /lib/modules/2.6.30.6-slitaz/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4236.ko.gz

   ================================================================================
   1 file(s) found for : snd-cs4236

   tux@slitaz:~$ modprobe -l | grep snd-cs4236
   /lib/modules/2.6.30.6-slitaz/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4236.ko.gz

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   mentalpigeon
   

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   Here's what you do.
   ~
   1. install jozee's linux-sound package as described below:

   wget http://people.slitaz.org/~jozee/packages/linux-sound-2.6.30.6.tazpkg

   as root:

   tazpkg install /home/tux/linux-sound-2.6.30.6.tazpkg --forced

   I rebooted here and sound was working. Only the volume was INCREDIBLY low. Before you smash your keyboard...

   2. Run alsaconfig and mess with the settings. To my astonishment, sound was working like a charm.

   If you still have a problem run (as root):

   soundconf

   3. block updates for linux-sound and linux (as root):

   tazpkg block linux-sound
   tazpkg block linux

   4. update slitaz as desired (as root):
   tazpkg recharge
   tazpkg upgrade

   Courtesy of iegubkin of vanilla.slitaz.org (with added word from me)
   Not sure if this will work in SliTaz 3.0 (i'm on version 2.something cooking).

   I have problems myself though. Maybe this is just a problem with the computer not being very powerful, but i get light crackling whenever I, well, play anything. It's occasional and random. When i do nothing, the crackling ceases. I guess it's a CPU/RAM thing then, since it depends on usage.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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    Anonymous
    

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    After trying the fix from the links (as well as the script provided), still no sound.

    Also @mentalpigeon, that was the first soln I tried, no success

    Any other ideas?

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    totoetsasoeur
    

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    Just 2 ideas:
    - what about connecting ear-plugs and check if still no sound?
    - are you sure that your alsa application is not in "mute" mode?

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Anonymous
    

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    yes, no sound when connected via earplug and yes it is not in mute mode

    - also, when I run a search for the snd-cs4326 module, it shows (the result mojo posted above), but when I reboot the machine I notice there is a line saying that the module cannot be found..

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Anonymous
    

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    At the very least, is it possible to turn off the automatic attempt at sound card configuration when booting slitaz?

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    mojo
    

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    sound=noconf
    http://mirror.slitaz.org/doc/en:handbook:livecd

    Posted 12 years ago #
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    Anonymous
    

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    thanks mojo

    Posted 12 years ago #

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