[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#527074: [alsa-utils] same thing on an ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c)

[Gunther Furtado]

Hi,

2009/8/26, Elimar Riesebieter <e.riesebieter at puz.de>:
> * Gunther Furtado <gunfurtado at gmail.com> [090826 13:33]:
>> Package: alsa-utils Version: 1.0.20-2
>>
>> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am exoeriencing the same behaviour here. My sound card is ATI
>> Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c) as I said and anything
>> else you need to know, please ask.
> Hmm, AFAIK graphic adapters are unable to amplify and serve sound,
> in almost all cases, aren't they?
>
> To check which soundcard is used try:
> # cat /proc/asound/cards

# cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Burgundy       ]: PMac Burgundy - PowerMac Burgundy
                      PowerMac Burgundy (Dev 1) Sub-frame 0

> or
> # lspci | grep -i audio
>

There is nothing about audio on lspci.

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Motorola MPC106 [Grackle] (rev 40)
00:10.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Paddington Mac I/O
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro
215GP (rev 5c)
00:14.0 USB Controller: Agere Systems USB (rev 12)

> And if you really have the same problem, fire up alsamixer, set
> channels , mixers etc, unmute master and pcm and test again.
>

Did that and when I reboot the system, master is mute again.

the output of the following command could be of interest:

# /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
Shutting down ALSA...amixer: Invalid command!
done.
Setting up ALSA...done.

Gunther

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