[NCLUG] Re: Ubuntu sound problems--Installfest question

Tommaso Curto tommaso.curto at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 16:25:43 MDT 2008


Don't know if this helps, I had to install the alsa-oss package to get a Creative Labs SB Audigy to work correctly in gOS 
(ubuntu based).

Tommaso


On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 10:18:50AM -0600, danbob wrote:
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> So, if I were to bring my Frankenbox down to the installfest, would
> someone try to help me to *get the #$*&^#*&$ sound working* in Ubuntu
> gutsy gibbon?
> 
> I'm at the end of my rope on this one, and have tried all the fixes in
> the Ubuntu help forum.
> 
> Details (in case someone can help me here, so I don't have to bug you in
> person at the installfest):
> 
> AU31 motherboard, with NVidia built in video and sound. Used to be an
> eMachine I think.
> 
> Nvidia native sound does not work in Ubuntu at all. Tried most
> everything that doesn't require recompiling the kernal.
> 
> Creative Extigy USB sound card. With sound config set to "USB" the test
> tones from system>preferences>sound   -- play just fine. So do .MOV
> videos, and .WAV sounds. No sounds though from any format from Firefox,
> and I tried all the firefox sound fixes on the Ubuntu forums. Not just
> that FLash 9.0 sounds don't play (they don't), nothing plays from the
> browser.
> 
> Ubuntu picks up my entire iPod nano library on its own, w/ song title
> artist etc.....but neither movieplayer nor rhythmbox will play the
> tracks.
> 
> ----------
> Extigy USB sound box works only thru native USB 1 ports, does NOT work
> via USB 2 PCI card.
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas? I saw the <access denied> stuff below and created a new user
> with all access enabled, but same results.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> DAN 
> 
> 
> -------
> aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: nForce2 [NVidia nForce2], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia nForce2]
>   Subdevices: 0/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: nForce2 [NVidia nForce2], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia
> nForce2 - IEC958]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: Extigy [Sound Blaster Extigy], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: Extigy [Sound Blaster Extigy], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio
> #1]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: Extigy [Sound Blaster Extigy], device 2: USB Audio [USB Audio
> #2]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> 
> ----------
>  lspci -v
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?)
> (rev a2)
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
>         Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev
> a2)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
> 
> 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev
> a2)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
> 
> 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev
> a2)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
> 
> 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev
> a2)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
> 
> 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev
> a2)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel
> 
> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 255
>         I/O ports at e400 [size=32]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
> a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
>         Memory at ed080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
> a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
>         Memory at ed083000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev
> a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
>         Memory at ed086000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet
> Controller (rev a1)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
>         Memory at ed087000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>         I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio
> Processing Unit (rev a2)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 255
>         Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97
> Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
>         I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
>         I/O ports at d800 [size=128]
>         Memory at ed081000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev
> a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
>         Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
>         I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
>         Memory behind bridge: ec000000-ecffffff
> 
> 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if
> 8a [Master SecP PriP])
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
>         [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> [disabled] [size=8]
>         [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable)
> [disabled] [size=1]
>         [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> [disabled] [size=8]
>         [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable)
> [disabled] [size=1]
>         I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2) (prog-if 00
> [Normal decode])
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
>         Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
>         Memory behind bridge: ea000000-ebffffff
>         Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
> 
> 01:07.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
> Controller (rev 62) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
>         Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
> Controller
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
>         I/O ports at c000 [size=32]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 01:07.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
> Controller (rev 62) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
>         Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
> Controller
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
>         I/O ports at c400 [size=32]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 01:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65) (prog-if
> 20 [EHCI])
>         Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
>         Memory at ec010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 01:08.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
>         Subsystem: Conexant Unknown device 2000
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255
>         Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>         I/O ports at c800 [size=8]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX
> - nForce GPU] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>         Subsystem: FIRST INTERNATIONAL Computer Inc Unknown device 904d
>         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 21
>         Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>         Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
>         Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
>         [virtual] Expansion ROM at e4080000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
> 
> 
> 
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