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

[Takashi Iwai]

At Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:22:01 +0100,
Richard Lyons wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:51:05AM +0800, Jiang zhe wrote:
> 
> > 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
> [...]
> > >     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 have tried with the latest kernel in debian etch (2.6.18) This gives
> same error but with correct model number, ie
>    hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
> when trying to load either model=acer or acer-aspire
> 
> It looks as though I have to wait to try kernel 2.6.24 as in debian
> unstable.  When I have a fast internet connection one day, I shall try
> this. It is not practical or affordable to upgrade over GPRS.

You can build alsa-driver modules externally.  It's more standard
procedure for debugging sound problems.  Just configure and
install as usual.  See alsa-driver/INSTALL for details.

In your case, maybe better to try alsa-driver daily snapshot tarball
than 1.0.16.  See alsa-driver.project web page.


Takashi