Tobin Davis tdavis@dsl-only.net:
Interesting that you would post a link to one of my responses on linuxquestions.org.
Ah, you must be GrueMaster, then.
I still have my DP965LT, and I usually update my audio driver whenever there is a significant change to the tip for my specific audio codec. Couple of things to check. First, is the audio disabled in bios?
No. I checked, audio is enabled.
Doesaudio work if you use the latest daily snapshot of alsa-driver from ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/alsa/snapshot/driver/ ?
No. Installing these changes the problem; the "no codecs" message goes away, but snd_hda_intel no longer appears in the output of lsmod. Grepping the dmesg output yields these messages:
[ 37.951029] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_add [ 37.951033] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_add [ 37.951070] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_new [ 37.951073] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_new [ 37.951110] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_limit_hw_rates [ 37.951113] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_limit_hw_rates [ 37.951146] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_register [ 37.951148] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_register [ 37.951187] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_free [ 37.951188] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_free [ 37.951209] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all [ 37.951211] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all [ 37.951234] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_proc_new [ 37.951235] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_proc_new [ 37.951315] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_find_id [ 37.951317] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_find_id [ 37.951375] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_new1 [ 37.951376] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_new1 [ 37.951424] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_component_add [ 37.951426] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_component_add [ 37.951452] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_new [ 37.951454] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_new [ 37.951500] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages [ 37.951502] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages [ 37.951530] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl [ 37.951532] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_ioctl [ 37.951555] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_free_pages [ 37.951557] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_free_pages [ 37.951591] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_elem_read [ 37.951622] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_elem_write [ 37.951641] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_set_ops [ 37.951643] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_set_ops [ 37.951669] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list [ 37.951671] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list [ 37.951700] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_device_new [ 37.951702] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_device_new [ 37.951735] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_suspend_all [ 37.951736] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_suspend_all [ 37.951767] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_disconnect [ 37.951769] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_disconnect [ 37.951789] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer [ 37.951791] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_integer [ 37.951897] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed [ 37.951898] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_period_elapsed [ 37.951917] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_step [ 37.951919] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraint_step
This may just mean I fluffed the installation, but there is nothing in the install file to clue me in about how.
Also, if this doesn't fix the problem, can you send a link generated from running http://bulletproof.servebeer.com/alsa/scripts/alsa-info.sh It has a lot of detailed information about your audio configuration.
I looked at the driver code, and your specific system is listed (I should know - I added it 8/2006).
If it would help, I'd be willing to create a guest account on the machine for you and work with you in real-time to resolve the problem. You can't hear my speakers, of course, but I strongly suspect that if we could get the driver and its codecs to load properly the rest would just be a matter of making sure they're plugged in.