[Ruediger]

I was using an old SB Live! and brought a Chaintec AV 710, the problem is I can't get this card to work under Linux (it works fine in Windows).

I've tried several guides and did a lot of searching but no luck. I did a dmesg and found only 1 message related to the card:

Code:

[left]ice1724: Invalid EEPROM version 1[/left]

lsmod output
Code:

[left] Module Size Used by proc_intf 3908 0 freq_table 4004 0 cpufreq_userspace 4348 0 cpufreq_ondemand 6140 0 cpufreq_powersave 1632 0 ipv6 257888 8 video 15972 0 sony_acpi 5928 0 pcc_acpi 11008 0 button 6480 0 battery 9988 0 container 4320 0 ac 4676 0 tsdev 7520 0 usblp 12672 0 shpchp 99172 0 usbhid 31936 0 pci_hotplug 33488 1 shpchp forcedeth 17344 0 ehci_hcd 32708 0 ohci_hcd 21512 0 usbcore 119000 5 usblp,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd i2c_nforce2 6368 0 i2c_core 22320 1 i2c_nforce2 nvidia_agp 7612 1 agpgart 33608 1 nvidia_agp floppy 58864 0 pcspkr 3496 0 rtc 12472 0 evdev 9344 0 ntfs 110512 2 nls_iso8859_1 3936 1 nls_cp437 5600 3 vfat 13824 1 fat 41760 1 vfat md 47440 0 dm_mod 59420 1 capability 4648 0 commoncap 7712 1 capability snd_ice1724 70468 0 snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 4032 1 snd_ice1724 snd_ac97_codec 86268 1 snd_ice1724 snd_ak4114 9344 1 snd_ice1724 snd_ak4xxx_adda 6432 2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx snd_mpu401_uart 8000 1 snd_ice1724 snd_rawmidi 26144 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 8940 1 snd_rawmidi snd_pcm_oss 53952 0 snd_pcm 94600 4 snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 26116 1 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 9988 1 snd_pcm snd_mixer_oss 20288 1 snd_pcm_oss snd 57380 11 snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_ak4114,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss soundcore 10016 1 snd parport_pc 37252 0 lp 11144 0 parport 36744 2 parport_pc,lp ide_cd 41700 1 cdrom 40220 1 ide_cd mousedev 11288 1 psmouse 21320 0 ext3 137256 1 jbd 60536 1 ext3 mbcache 8356 1 ext3 ide_generic 1312 0 ide_disk 20416 7 amd74xx 13980 1 ide_core 129356 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx unix 28276 374 thermal 13320 0 processor 22452 1 thermal fan 4388 0 fbcon 37504 0 font 8192 1 fbcon bitblit 5472 1 fbcon vesafb 6724 0 cfbcopyarea 3808 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 2912 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 3488 1 vesafb[/left]

I've tried versions 1.08, 1.09RC1 and 1.09 of Alsa drivers, but none of them work. I am using Ubuntu 5.04, kernel 2.6.10-5.

Hardware: Epox 8RDA+ (nForce2, onboard sound disabled in BIOS), Athlon Mobile 2400+, 1 GB RAM and Radeon 8500.

Can anyone help me???

 

[momerath]

I cant help you yet, but I'm about to purchase a chaintech and I have loads of experience getting sound cards working in linux (I've even hacked the alsa drivers a couple times). So, if you're still stuck in a week or so, I'll try to help you out.

 

[klappar]

The error message about "incorrect rom version" is harmless.

Wdym by "not working"? Have you used the asound.state referenced in AV710 setup instructions thread? AV710 has really a lot of mixer options and it can by quite a PITA to get them togeter by hand.

Btw, it's best to use alsa 1.0.9 because it includes support for wolfson codec initialization.

 

[Ruediger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by klappar The error message about "incorrect rom version" is harmless. Wdym by "not working"? Have you used the asound.state referenced in AV710 setup instructions thread? AV710 has really a lot of mixer options and it can by quite a PITA to get them togeter by hand. Btw, it's best to use alsa 1.0.9 because it includes support for wolfson codec initialization.

By not working I mean I don't get any sound and the mixer icon from KDE disappeared (no big deal I guess).

I am using the latest 1.0.9 drivers. I downloaded an asound.state that I found on these forums, removed my old asound.state, copied the new one on /etc/, then used alsactl store and then alsactl restore.

 

[Ruediger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by momerath I cant help you yet, but I'm about to purchase a chaintech and I have loads of experience getting sound cards working in linux (I've even hacked the alsa drivers a couple times). So, if you're still stuck in a week or so, I'll try to help you out.

If you have any suggestion please post it here, cause I am trying to make this card work under linux for over a month.

 

[ADS]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruediger If you have any suggestion please post it here, cause I am trying to make this card work under linux for over a month.

I posted that asound.state for alsa 1.0.6. It won't work for 1.0.9. Remove your asound.state , reboot (or unload/reload modules), then see what happens. Stock alsa 1.0.9 has a bug where alsamixer will crash on an AV-710 for some control values. Use the newest 1.0.9b to get around this problem. Let me know if you have any luck.

 

[Ruediger]

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Originally Posted by ADS I posted that asound.state for alsa 1.0.6. It won't work for 1.0.9. Remove your asound.state , reboot (or unload/reload modules), then see what happens. Stock alsa 1.0.9 has a bug where alsamixer will crash on an AV-710 for some control values. Use the newest 1.0.9b to get around this problem. Let me know if you have any luck.

I am already using 1.0.9b. I've done what you described above but still don't get any sound.

 

[momerath]

I'm still wating for the card, and I dont think its shipped yet

 

[momerath]

So my GF just called and the card is here

I'll be getting it to work tonight and/or tommorow, and I'll try to keep detailed notes of what it takes and post them here.

~Michael

 

[Ruediger]

Quote:

Originally Posted by momerath So my GF just called and the card is here I'll be getting it to work tonight and/or tommorow, and I'll try to keep detailed notes of what it takes and post them here. ~Michael

Thank you for your interest Michael. In the meantime I will keep trying to make this card work.

 

[momerath]

Holy crap! I've never had this many problems with a card in linux

I'm using alsa driver 1.09b (the package rather than in-kernel support) along with current vers of all the other alsa packages and it wont even save its own mixer state

Anyway, I'm going to keep trying- if anyone has the card working at all with 1.09b let me know and plz post your asound.state

 

[momerath]

OK, briefly, what I've learned is that the original poster and I have a slightly different revision of the av-710 than most other people. Alsa misidentifies it. You must add "options model=av710 srate=44100" to your alsa configuration file (/etc/modules.d/alsa in gentoo). From there I've gotten spdif working, but not yet analog- As I brought my dAck in today, I havent tried real hard to get it working (I did yesterday, but hadnt added that option line). I will definitely be trying soon, though, as the whole point of this card was to sell my dAck and get something cheap that I can stand listening to.

BTW- the setup on my desk right now is the best sound I think I've ever heard (at least long enough to enjoy)
av710->toslink->monarchy superdip->nice bnc coax->dAck!->Pimeta->oelbach cabled hd580

I'll give detailed info after I've got the high quality analog working

 

[Ruediger]

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Originally Posted by momerath OK, briefly, what I've learned is that the original poster and I have a slightly different revision of the av-710 than most other people. Alsa misidentifies it. You must add "options model=av710 srate=44100" to your alsa configuration file (/etc/modules.d/alsa in gentoo). From there I've gotten spdif working, but not yet analog- As I brought my dAck in today, I havent tried real hard to get it working (I did yesterday, but hadnt added that option line). I will definitely be trying soon, though, as the whole point of this card was to sell my dAck and get something cheap that I can stand listening to. BTW- the setup on my desk right now is the best sound I think I've ever heard (at least long enough to enjoy) av710->toslink->monarchy superdip->nice bnc coax->dAck!->Pimeta->oelbach cabled hd580 I'll give detailed info after I've got the high quality analog working

Nice you got it working, I was having some stability issues with my previous distro (Kubuntu) and decided to give Gentoo a shot. I finished installing it yesterday. I'll try what you described, thanks.

Edit: What options should I use in the kernel?

I am using these, but I haven't installed ALSA yet (ALSA site seems to be down and portage only has version 1.0.8):




Edit 2: I had to recompile the kernel without the alsa modules to install alsa (I found out how to use 1.0.9 with portage). My /etc/module.d/alsa is listed below, but I still don't have any sound

Code:

[left]# Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file. # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsa-modules.conf-rc,v 1.4 2004/11/16 01:31:22 eradicator Exp $ # ALSA portion # OSS/Free portion ## ## IMPORTANT: ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s) ## and then run `update-modules' command. ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info. ## ## ALSA portion ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 ## OSS/Free portion ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 ## # OSS/Free portion - card #1 ## OSS/Free portion - card #2 ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss # Set this to the correct number of cards. options model=av710 options srate=4410 # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.9a --- alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1724 alias sound-slot-0 snd-ice1724 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---[/left]

 

[Ruediger]

momerath, would you mind posting how you configure the card under Gentoo? (USE FLAGS and etc)

 

[momerath]

Sorry I havent gotten back to you. I still havent tried to get the analog working and wanted to do that before I wrote a big howto. The only thing I see that you did differently with your config is that I put my options on one line (options model=av710, srate=44100) but I dont know if that matters. I also applied a patch to the amp.h and amp.c files in the ice1712 dir of the alsa source, but I'm not sure if that was necessary. I still intend to get the analog working, and figure out if the patch was necessary. I'll post a detailed howto when I do (I just moved and started a new job, so I've been busy).

Edit: if you want to strike out on your own, I got the patch from: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/al...iew.php?id=986