[alsa-devel] unable to get alsa configured on Acer Aspire 1640Z

[Jiang zhe]

On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 01:18 +0800, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I hope this is the right place to report this.
> 
> Computer: laptop Acer Aspire 1640Z
> 
> distro: Debian etch
> kernel: 2.6.17
> 
> lspci
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
> 
> lspci -nv
> 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:2668 (rev 04)
>         Subsystem: 1025:009e
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 177
>         Memory at d000c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>         Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>         Capabilities: [60] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
> Queue=0/0 Enable-
>         Capabilities: [70] Express Unknown type IRQ 0
>         Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
>         Capabilities: [130] Unknown (5)
> 
> I've tried model=acer and acer-aspire to no avail.
> 
> I notice in dmesg after trying 'modprobe snd-hda-intel model=acer'
> this:
>     hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC882, trying auto-probe from
> BIOS...
> 
> but alsamixer shows:
>     Card: HDA Intel
>     Chip: Realtek ALC883
> at the top.
> 
> There seems to be uncertainty about which model number, 882 or 883.

Your kernel is 2.6.17. Its alsa driver is too older.
It didn't provide patch_alc883 for ALC883 codec, but used the
patch_alc882 for it.  AND there is no "model acer" in it.

I suggest that you try latest alsa driver.
Does model=acer or acer-aspire work?


> I wonder if this is the source of the difficulty.
> 
> HTH
> 
> --
> richard Lyons
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