No sound after upgrading to RHEL4.4

Thu Aug 24 13:17:26 CDT 2006

I wanted to make sure this was real because we use a kind of customized 
distro we call Realm Linux here at NCSU. (Red Hat EL + some additional 
packages) So to be sure about what was going on I re-installed a 
precision 380 with iso's burned from the rhn.redhat.com website. (A02 
BIOS) I started with RHEL 4 update 3 iso's and burned them and 
re-installed my computer.

After installling RHEL 4.3 sound works great. The kernel is 2.6.9-34.EL.

system-config-soundcard runs at first boot and detects:

Vendor: Intel
Model: Corporration 82801G (ICH78 Family) High Definition Audio Contoller
Module: snd-azx

"Play test sound" works and I hear bleeps and bloops when doing stuff with 
the desktop.

I then re-installed the workstation with RHEL 4 update 4 CDs. In the first 
boot section system-config-soundcard found the same hardware but it 
wouldn't play audio. (Kernel 2.6.9-42.EL)

After installing dkms-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm and 
snd-hda-intel-1.0.6p-9dkms.noarch.rpm and then rebooting the RHEL 4.4 box 
I get these errors when running "system-config-soundcard"

[root at moreproof ~]# system-config-soundcard
Wrong card index 0...
aplay: main:508: audio open error: No such device

Would it be a useful experiment to install a RHEL 4.3 system and then just 
upgrade the kernel? (To 2.6.9-42.EL) That would tell us if its some change 
in the kernel at least and not some other packages that were included in 
update 4...

Cheers,

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 marinelli at wiener.iam.uni-bonn.de wrote:

> I have no solution to offer, I apologize, but I just wanted to say that I
> have no sound working on the same machine (Precision 380) running Ubuntu
> 6.06...Has perhaps anyone figured out what the issue is?
> Thanks,
> Carlo
>
>
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> 	That RPM should have worked, silly question did you make sure
>> the audio is not muted using alsamixer or that the on-board audio isn't
>> turned off in BIOS.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-precision-bounces at dell.com
>> [mailto:linux-precision-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Gary Gatling
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:35 PM
>> To: linux-precision-Lists
>> Subject: RE: No sound after upgrading to RHEL4.4
>>
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I'm afriad that didn't work. My system now thinks its sound card is a
>> snd-hda-intel within system-config-soundcard. And I can't hear a test
>> sound from within the program.
>>
>> I am going to re-install my box to get back to my original
>> configuration.
>> Any other suggestions for getting the audio to work on Precision 380
>> workstations after getting RHEL 4 update 4?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 Rogelio_Noriega at Dell.com wrote:
>>
>>> Try this RPM it should fix your problem.
>>>
>> http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en
>>>
>> &s=biz&releaseid=R109066&SystemID=LATITUDE%20PRECISION%20690&os=LIN4&osl
>>>
>> =en&deviceid=8907&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=1&formatcnt=1&libid=3&fileid
>>> =141621
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: linux-precision-bounces at dell.com
>>> [mailto:linux-precision-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Gary Gatling
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:19 AM
>>> To: linux-precision-Lists
>>> Subject: No sound after upgrading to RHEL4.4
>>>
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I have noticed that sound stopped working on my precsion 380
>> workstation
>>>
>>> after RHEL 4 update 4. I'm pretty sure it was working before the
>> update.
>>>
>>> Here is my  /etc/modprobe.conf (Some lines wrapped though)
>>>
>>> alias eth0 tg3
>>> alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
>>> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
>>> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
>>> alias snd-card-0 snd-azx
>>> options snd-card-0 index=0
>>> install snd-azx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-azx &&
>>> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>>> remove snd-azx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
>>> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-azx
>>>
>>> Soundcard detection via system-config-soundcard finds the snd_azx card
>>> but
>>> I hear no sound from the test. Sound works fine on the Precision 370.
>>> Its
>>> only the 380 workstation that is affected.
>>>
>>> This is runninng kernel 2.6.9-42.ELsmp x86_64.
>>>
>>> We have about 65 of these Precision 380 workstations running RHEL 4.4
>> in
>>>
>>> various public computing labs in the College of Engineering at NCSU.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Gary Gatling      | ITECS Systems
>>> ITECS, BOX 7901   | Technology Support Analyst
>>> NCSU, Raleigh, NC | Email: gsgatlin at eos dot ncsu dot edu
>>> 27695-7901        | Phone: (919) 513-4572 (5B Page Hall)
>>>
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>>
>> Gary Gatling      | ITECS Systems
>> ITECS, BOX 7901   | Technology Support Analyst
>> NCSU, Raleigh, NC | Email: gsgatlin at eos dot ncsu dot edu
>> 27695-7901        | Phone: (919) 513-4572 (5B Page Hall)
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Gary Gatling      | ITECS Systems
ITECS, BOX 7901   | Technology Support Analyst
NCSU, Raleigh, NC | Email: gsgatlin at eos.ncsu.edu
27695-7901        | Phone: (919) 513-4572 (5B Page Hall)