Alsa sound help

[Pappa Smurf]

hello all,
ok when i open up rhythmbox and try and play a sound file 2 error messages appear
1. Alsa device "default" had an error.
and
2. Could not cause playback.
i hit ok on both of those and then double click on the file again and it plays, this happens with every file when i initially run rhythmbox.
any ideas?

a little useful information
cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Class 0600: PCI device 8086:2570 (rev 2).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe7ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:2571 (rev 2).
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=12.
Bus 0, device 29, function 0:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24d2 (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xbc00 [0xbc1f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 1:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24d4 (rev 2).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0xb000 [0xb01f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 2:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24d7 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0xb400 [0xb41f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 3:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24de (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xb800 [0xb81f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 7:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24dd (rev 2).
IRQ 3.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd000000 [0xfd0003ff].
Bus 0, device 30, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:244e (rev 194).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=6.
Bus 0, device 31, function 0:
Class 0601: PCI device 8086:24d0 (rev 2).
Bus 0, device 31, function 1:
Class 0101: PCI device 8086:24db (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0xf000 [0xf00f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x40000000 [0x400003ff].
Bus 0, device 31, function 2:
Class 0101: PCI device 8086:24d1 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc007].
I/O at 0xc400 [0xc403].
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc807].
I/O at 0xcc00 [0xcc03].
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd00f].
Bus 0, device 31, function 3:
Class 0c05: PCI device 8086:24d3 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0x500 [0x51f].
Bus 0, device 31, function 5:
Class 0401: PCI device 8086:24d5 (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff].
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc3f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd001000 [0xfd0011ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd002000 [0xfd0020ff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Class 0300: PCI device 1002:4e48 (rev 0).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xefffffff].
I/O at 0x9000 [0x90ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf9000000 [0xf900ffff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 1:
Class 0380: PCI device 1002:4e68 (rev 0).
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf7ffffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf9010000 [0xf901ffff].
Bus 2, device 1, function 0:
Class 0c00: PCI device 104c:8024 (rev 0).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfc004000 [0xfc0047ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfc000000 [0xfc003fff].
Bus 2, device 2, function 0:
Class 0200: PCI device 10ec:8139 (rev 16).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xa000 [0xa0ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfc005000 [0xfc0050ff].
Bus 2, device 4, function 0:
Class 0400: PCI device 14f1:8800 (rev 5).
IRQ 12.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=55.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfa000000 [0xfaffffff].
Bus 2, device 4, function 1:
Class 0480: PCI device 14f1:8811 (rev 5).
IRQ 12.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfb000000 [0xfbffffff].

cat /proc/modules
parport_pc 28933 1 - Live 0xf8d2c000
lp 13001 0 - Live 0xf8ce2000
parport 40585 2 parport_pc,lp, Live 0xf8ca3000
autofs4 29253 2 - Live 0xf8cc3000
rfcomm 42333 0 - Live 0xf8d15000
l2cap 30661 5 rfcomm, Live 0xf8cba000
bluetooth 56133 4 rfcomm,l2cap, Live 0xf8ccd000
sunrpc 167813 1 - Live 0xf8ceb000
ipt_REJECT 5569 1 - Live 0xf8ca0000
ipt_state 1857 5 - Live 0xf8b2b000
ip_conntrack 41497 1 ipt_state, Live 0xf8cae000
iptable_filter 2881 1 - Live 0xf8aed000
ip_tables 19393 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter, Live 0xf8c9a000
nls_utf8 2112 2 - Live 0xf8aef000
ntfs 183440 2 - Live 0xf8b73000
video 15941 0 - Live 0xf8ae4000
button 6609 0 - Live 0xf8a92000
battery 9413 0 - Live 0xf8ae9000
ac 4805 0 - Live 0xf8ae1000
usblp 13121 0 - Live 0xf8a85000
md5 4033 1 - Live 0xf8a8a000
ipv6 267841 8 - Live 0xf8b30000
joydev 9601 0 - Live 0xf8a59000
ohci1394 41353 0 - Live 0xf8a45000
ieee1394 304441 1 ohci1394, Live 0xf8a95000
uhci_hcd 35153 0 - Live 0xf8a2d000
ehci_hcd 41037 0 - Live 0xf8a21000
tda9887 13913 0 - Live 0xf89f0000
tuner 27121 0 - Live 0xf89da000
cx8800 33741 0 - Live 0xf8a0a000
cx88xx 54113 1 cx8800, Live 0xf89fb000
i2c_algo_bit 9289 1 cx88xx, Live 0xf89bc000
video_buf 23749 2 cx8800,cx88xx, Live 0xf89e3000
ir_common 7493 1 cx88xx, Live 0xf89ca000
tveeprom 13017 1 cx88xx, Live 0xf89d5000
v4l1_compat 13381 1 cx8800, Live 0xf89d0000
v4l2_common 5825 1 cx8800, Live 0xf89c7000
btcx_risc 4937 2 cx8800,cx88xx, Live 0xf89c4000
videodev 9537 2 cx8800,cx88xx, Live 0xf89c0000
shpchp 94405 0 - Live 0xf898f000
hw_random 5973 0 - Live 0xf8935000
i2c_i801 8781 0 - Live 0xf8931000
i2c_core 21569 6 tda9887,tuner,cx88xx,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_i80 1, Live 0xf89 39000
snd_intel8x0 34689 1 - Live 0xf8974000
snd_ac97_codec 75961 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xf89a8000
snd_seq_dummy 3653 0 - Live 0xf88e7000
snd_seq_oss 37057 0 - Live 0xf8969000
snd_seq_midi_event 9153 1 snd_seq_oss, Live 0xf8912000
snd_seq 62289 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xf897e000
snd_seq_device 8781 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq, Live 0xf8905000
snd_pcm_oss 51185 0 - Live 0xf8941000
snd_mixer_oss 17857 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf890c000
snd_pcm 100169 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf894f000
snd_timer 33605 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm, Live 0xf8927000
snd 57157 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_ pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer, Live 0xf8918000
soundcore 10913 1 snd, Live 0xf88e3000
snd_page_alloc 9669 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm, Live 0xf88df000
8139too 30017 0 - Live 0xf88ea000
mii 5441 1 8139too, Live 0xf88dc000
floppy 65141 0 - Live 0xf88f4000
dm_snapshot 17413 0 - Live 0xf88d6000
dm_zero 2113 0 - Live 0xf88cd000
dm_mirror 26157 0 - Live 0xf881b000
ext3 132681 2 - Live 0xf886e000
jbd 86233 1 ext3, Live 0xf88b6000
dm_mod 58101 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror, Live 0xf882e000
ata_piix 9413 0 - Live 0xf882a000
libata 47301 1 ata_piix, Live 0xf8861000
sd_mod 20545 0 - Live 0xf8823000
scsi_mod 147977 2 libata,sd_mod, Live 0xf8890000

ls -L -l /dev/dsp*
crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Aug 8 2005 /dev/dsp

cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 8139too
alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias char-major-81 cx8800
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394

and some more useful information
alsa version: 1.0.9
kernel: 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4
motherboard: abit Ai7
and i am using the onbaord sound on this motherboard

and i have also noticed that the same error messages appear when i try to start up the totem movie player.
hopefully this will help
thanks

[LondoJowo]

Here's the driver for the onboard Realtek ALC658 sound.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&Software=True

[Pappa Smurf]

ok i installed that, and now i don't have any sound at all
the soundcard detection doesn't work, and now alsaconf doesn't detect my sound card,

[LondoJowo]

Did you follow the instructions in the readme.txt?

The source code copy from www.alsa-project.org. ver:A3.3
Linux Source Code for ALC audio codec

Installation:
This Source Code is from www.alsa-project.org.
For driver installation, please follow below steps.

Automatic install:
execute

./install

Manual install:
Step 1. unzip source code
tar xfvj alsa-driver-1.0.9b_1.tar.bz2

Step 2. Turn on sound support (soundcore module, default turn on)

Step 3. Complied source code
a. cd alsa-driver-1.0.9b_1.
b. ./configure
c. make
d. make install
e. ./snddevices

Step 4. Edit your /etc/modules.conf or conf.modules depending on the distribution
(Please refer to the attached modules.conf)

snd-xxxx is the card ID.

-- Azalia controller --ALC880 ALC882 ALC260 ALC262
--- Intel ICH6 ICH7 ---------
snd-hda-intel
--- ATI chipset -----
snd-atiixp

-- AC97 controller --ALC655 ALC650 ALC250 ALC255
--- Intel ICH6 ICH7 , SiS 7012 and NVidia----------
snd-intel8x0
--- Via8233 Via686a -------------------------------
snd-via82xx
--- ATI Chipset -------------------------------
snd-atiixp

Copy and paste this to the bottom of your /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf file.
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-xxxx
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

Step 5. reboot your machine

Step 6. Use the alsamixer the disable mute (All audio line default is mute)
*Must to compile and to install the ALSA library and utility. (Use automatic install is already install)
excute alsamixer

Note: 1. The most detail information, can refer the alsa-kernel/Documenttation/ALSA-Configuration.txt in the azx-021705.tar.bz2.
2. Kernel Version must be 2.2.14 or later.
3. All mixer channels are muted by default. You must use a native
or OSS mixer program to unmute appropriate channels.
4. If can not compile the source code, try to rename the /usr/src/linux-2.x -> /usr/src/linux.
5. The driver added to support the SPDIF functoin.
6. a. You can download the alsa-lib-1.0.9 and alsa-utils-1.0.9a form the www.alsa-project.org, then unzip and install them.
b. Suggest use "alsamixer" to control mixer function.
c. Used "alsaconf" can autodetect which drive you need to install (step 4).