On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
snd_hda_intel seems to be the driver for some of the Intel ICH cards, so maybe you could try that driver too?
Right. So I took two steps. Firstly, I compiled snd_hda_intel into the kernel. I still got the silence, and the same error message from mplayer. However, the log from the silent system-config-soundcard turned out rather different. I've appended it below, in case it's of any relevance. Secondly, I went through the ALSA section of my kernel config and changed everything that was being compliled straight into the kernel (including snd_hda_intel) into a module. After that, things work just fine. Thanks Srdjan and Wayne.
------- System Config Soundcard Log -------- Fri Dec 28 23:19:24 GMT 2007
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo cat: /proc/asound/modules: No such file or directory ProbeCards, method = hal --------- Card 0 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 1 -------- Active 1 Vendor: Intel Corporation Model: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller Driver: Unknown
Volume: 75 Devices: [[0, ' Intel ICH6 '], [1, ' Intel ICH6 - MIC ADC '], [2, ' Intel ICH6 - MIC2 ADC '], [3, ' Intel ICH6 - ADC2 '], [4, ' Intel ICH6 - IEC958 ']] Test device 0 --------- Card 2 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 3 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 4 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 5 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 6 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 7 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 ProbeCards, method = kudzu --------- Card 0 -------- Active 1 Vendor: Intel Model: Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller Driver: None
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 1 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 2 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 3 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 4 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 5 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 6 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver:
Volume: 75 Devices: [] Test device 0 --------- Card 7 -------- Active 0 Vendor: None Model: Driver: