[alsa-devel] no soundcards detected on MCP51 rev a

[Gregory T Flynn]

the options in the laptop's BIOS are rather sparse and nothing about
Sound card enable/disable

The soundcard works in Windows 7 and Ubuntu 8.04/8.10/9.04 Live USB images

results from probe_mask:

//options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1 and for probe_mask=2

nuckin:~$ dmesg | grep hda
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
ALSA hda_intel.c:2518: chipset global capabilities = 0x770
ALSA hda_intel.c:909: codec_mask = 0xff
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:712: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
mode: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #0 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1447: no codecs initialized

//options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=3
nuckin:~$ dmesg | grep hda
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
ALSA hda_intel.c:2518: chipset global capabilities = 0x770
ALSA hda_intel.c:909: codec_mask = 0xff
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:712: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
mode: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #0 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #1 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1447: no codecs initialized

//probe_mask=4
nuckin:~$ dmesg | grep hda
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
ALSA hda_intel.c:2518: chipset global capabilities = 0x770
ALSA hda_intel.c:909: codec_mask = 0xff
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x200f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x200f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:712: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
mode: last cmd=0x200f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #2 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1447: no codecs initialized

//probe_mask=5
nuckin:~$ dmesg | grep hda
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
ALSA hda_intel.c:2518: chipset global capabilities = 0x770
ALSA hda_intel.c:909: codec_mask = 0xff
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:712: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
mode: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #0 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #2 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1447: no codecs initialized

//probe_mask=6
nuckin:~$ dmesg | grep hda
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
ALSA hda_intel.c:2518: chipset global capabilities = 0x770
ALSA hda_intel.c:909: codec_mask = 0xff
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x100f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x100f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:712: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
mode: last cmd=0x100f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #1 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #2 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1447: no codecs initialized

//probe_mask=7
nuckin:~$ dmesg | grep hda
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
ALSA hda_intel.c:2518: chipset global capabilities = 0x770
ALSA hda_intel.c:909: codec_mask = 0xff
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:712: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
mode: last cmd=0x000f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #0 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #1 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #2 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1447: no codecs initialized

//probe_mask=8
nuckin:~$ dmesg | grep hda
hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
ALSA hda_intel.c:2518: chipset global capabilities = 0x770
ALSA hda_intel.c:909: codec_mask = 0xff
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x300f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
once: last cmd=0x300f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:712: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
mode: last cmd=0x300f0000
ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #3 probe error; disabling it...
ALSA hda_intel.c:1447: no codecs initialized


On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> At Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:47:04 -0400,
> Gregory T Flynn wrote:
>>
>> No dice, configured with '--with-debug=verbose':
>>
>> nuckin:~$ dmesg | grep hda
>> hda_intel: Disable MSI for Nvidia chipset
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:2518: chipset global capabilities = 0x770
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:909: codec_mask = 0xff
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
>> once: last cmd=0x000f0000
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:702: azx_get_response timeout, polling the codec
>> once: last cmd=0x000f0000
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:712: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
>> mode: last cmd=0x000f0000
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #0 probe error; disabling it...
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #1 probe error; disabling it...
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #2 probe error; disabling it...
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #3 probe error; disabling it...
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #4 probe error; disabling it...
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #5 probe error; disabling it...
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #6 probe error; disabling it...
>> ALSA hda_intel.c:1420: Codec #7 probe error; disabling it...
>
> Is the onboard sound enabled on BIOS?
>
> Also, try to add probe_mask=1 option to snd-hda-intel module.
> If this still doesn't work, try probe_mask=2, then probe_mask=4, and
> probe_mask=8.  If none of them works, then it's likely a hardware
> issue.
>
>
> Takashi
>



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- Greg Flynn