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Intel D201GLY2 MB with SiS audio controller - no sound

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LÉVAI Dániel

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Apr 19, 2008, 4:20:06 PM4/19/08
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Hi!

I can not use my audio device on this motherboard. This is a kind of MB
which has integrated everything :) (including cpu).

It works almost nicely. I have this problem with the audio controller:

It seems that I need the snd-intel8x0 module from alsa, since alsaconfig
recognized the device like this:

intel8x0 Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev
a0)

So when trying to load the modules, I get this error:

Apr 19 21:31:00 leva kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:02.7 (0000 ->
0001)
Apr 19 21:31:00 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI
18 (level, low) -> IRQ 233
Apr 19 21:31:00 leva kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready
[0xff][0xffffffff]
Apr 19 21:31:01 leva last message repeated 554 times
Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: AC'97 0 does not respond - RESET
Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready
[0xff][0xffffffff]
Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready
[0xff][0xffffffff]
Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: AC'97 0 access is not valid [0xffffffff],
removing mixer.
Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: Unable to initialize codec #0
Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:02.7
disabled
Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed
with error -5

I noticed the IRQ number in the second line -> IRQ 233. Isn't this
weird?

I am using Debian stable with linux kernel 2.6.18-6-686.

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Unknown device
0662 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port
(virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL
Media IO] (rev 36)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev
01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI
Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SATA (rev 01)
00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:1f.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 04)

Anyone can help me with this?

Thanks!

Daniel

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LÉVAI Dániel

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Apr 19, 2008, 4:20:11 PM4/19/08
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Florian Kulzer

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Apr 19, 2008, 5:50:05 PM4/19/08
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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 22:01:20 +0200, LÉVAI Dániel wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I can not use my audio device on this motherboard. This is a kind of MB
> which has integrated everything :) (including cpu).
>
> It works almost nicely. I have this problem with the audio controller:
>
> It seems that I need the snd-intel8x0 module from alsa, since alsaconfig
> recognized the device like this:
>
> intel8x0 Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
>
> So when trying to load the modules, I get this error:
>
> Apr 19 21:31:00 leva kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:02.7 (0000 -> 0001)
> Apr 19 21:31:00 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 233
> Apr 19 21:31:00 leva kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0xff][0xffffffff]
> Apr 19 21:31:01 leva last message repeated 554 times
> Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: AC'97 0 does not respond - RESET
> Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0xff][0xffffffff]
> Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready > [0xff][0xffffffff]
> Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: AC'97 0 access is not valid [0xffffffff], removing mixer.
> Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: Unable to initialize codec #0
> Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:02.7 disabled
> Apr 19 21:31:01 leva kernel: Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed with error -5
>
> I noticed the IRQ number in the second line -> IRQ 233. Isn't this
> weird?

Not necessarily; what is your output for "cat /proc/interrupts"?

> I am using Debian stable with linux kernel 2.6.18-6-686.
>
> $ lspci

[...]

> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)

Make sure that the module is unloaded (run "modprobe -r snd-intel8x0" if
necessary), then load it again and activate the buggy_semaphore
workaround:

modprobe snd-intel8x0 buggy_semaphore=1

Does that eliminate "semaphore is not ready" messages?

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LÉVAI Dániel

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Apr 20, 2008, 3:10:07 AM4/20/08
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:31:42 you wrote:
> > I noticed the IRQ number in the second line -> IRQ 233. Isn't this
> > weird?
>
> Not necessarily; what is your output for "cat /proc/interrupts"?
$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 26228 IO-APIC-edge timer
8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
9: 0 IO-APIC-level acpi
14: 4377 IO-APIC-edge ide0
185: 34 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1
193: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb2
201: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb3
209: 2 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb4
217: 139 IO-APIC-level eth0
225: 210 IO-APIC-level libata, eth1
NMI: 0
LOC: 26185
ERR: 0
MIS: 0

>
> > I am using Debian stable with linux kernel 2.6.18-6-686.
> >
> > $ lspci
>
> [...]
>
> > 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
> > [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
>
> Make sure that the module is unloaded (run "modprobe -r snd-intel8x0"
> if necessary), then load it again and activate the buggy_semaphore
> workaround:
>
> modprobe snd-intel8x0 buggy_semaphore=1
>
> Does that eliminate "semaphore is not ready" messages?

Yes, this eliminates them.
Now I get these error messages:

Apr 20 08:49:26 leva kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:02.7 (0000 ->
0001)
Apr 20 08:49:26 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI

18 (level, low) -> IRQ 233

Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: AC'97 0 does not respond - RESET
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: AC'97 0 access is not valid [0xffffffff],
removing mixer.
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: Unable to initialize codec #0
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:02.7
disabled
Apr 20 08:49:27 leva kernel: Intel ICH: probe of 0000:00:02.7 failed
with error -5

Thanks!

LÉVAI Dániel

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Apr 20, 2008, 6:50:16 AM4/20/08
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It was a bad BIOS, after updating it works ok. Sorry for the noise.

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