Bugzilla – Bug 187976
NVIDIA Installer wont compile and install onboard sound and network chip
Last modified: 2007-02-16 14:47:01 UTC
Hi ! I am trying to make onboard sound to work with SuSE linux v. 10.1 x86_68. I downloaded the nvidia installer and tried to install the sound driver. But it keeps crashing, and telling the driver (module) could not be installed. Enclosed is the log file /var/log/nvidia-nforce-installer.log. any advice ? Thanks
Created attachment 91459 [details] nvidia-nforce-installer.log
Kernel = 2.6.16.13-4-default
Created attachment 91460 [details] output of #hwinfo --sound
Any reason to install Nvidia's sound driver? It is never supported...
(In reply to comment #4) > Any reason to install Nvidia's sound driver? It is never supported... > yes I need a sound driver ! every other driver could not worksince I have tried some of them. Thnx
As mentioned, the nvidia driver will be never supported by us. Hence, if you need _that_ driver, I'll simply close this bug as WONTFIX. However, the real problem is that the sound doesn't work as is. It's to be fixed. Please elaborate your sound problem to diagnose.
Sorry this bug was specifically aimed at NVIDIA people reading this bugzilla. I thought they will give me some advice on how to go further. The sound is integrated on the plattform. Since I have only 3 PCI slots these are already occupied. I tried a CREATIVE LABS sound card and it work partially. but I have to free the PCI slot for another device. I thought i can get this onboard sound chip working and free a PCI slot. Thanks for your Help
The onboard sound should work. What did you try? Can you find the device via lspci output? Note that the onboard sound is disabled often by BIOS when another sound board is put on PCI slots. If you'd like to play with onboard sound, make sure that you have no other PCI sound cards on your machine.
(In reply to comment #8) > The onboard sound should work. What did you try? Can you find the device via > lspci output? > > Note that the onboard sound is disabled often by BIOS when another sound board > is put on PCI slots. If you'd like to play with onboard sound, make sure that > you have no other PCI sound cards on your machine. > I tried to install the onboard sound with yast but no driver was installed successfully wether snd-intel nor ALSA nor OSS. so i tried to compile a new driver according to NVIDIA www site. I can't compile the driver as you can see in the log file nvidia-nforce-installer.log (Attached above) . lspci doesn't show me my onboard sound chip .
It means that BIOS disables the onboard sound device.
(In reply to comment #10) > It means that BIOS disables the onboard sound device. > ok I will try to solve this problem by removing the PCI sound Card and try to compile the nVidia driver. need a few days for that . I'll report as soon as i have done it thnx
Once after you remove the PCI cards, the onboard card should be able to be activated via YaST, too. You don't need to compile nvidia driver. If you have any problems with nvidia driver at the next time, report nvidia instead of here (except for graphic stuff).
(In reply to comment #12) > Once after you remove the PCI cards, the onboard card should be able to be > activated via YaST, too. You don't need to compile nvidia driver. Well I have tried this for a few time it did not work. As I sad before i tried ALSA, OSS, intel and many others . i tried a list of drivers in order to make the sound work but without success . this is why i installed an extra PCI sound Card for testing. but I can give it a try once more. > > If you have any problems with nvidia driver at the next time, report nvidia > instead of here (except for graphic stuff). Ok >
In case your sound card is not working, and it would need a driver like snd-intel8x0 (needed with motherbords with the NForce4 chip) then double check if the correct alsa version is installed: 1.0.11. In case you have 1.0.10-0.pm.1 installed the soundcard is not working and cannot be configured with YAST nor with alsaconf. This wrong alsa version is missing a correct udev entrie (40-alsa-rules). Lots of SUSE 10.1 customers do experience problems with sound and therefore try the nvidia driver, but with the correct alsa version all is okay. Add http://download.opensuse.org.distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source as installation source.
Please elaborate "didn't work" in the case without other PCI sound cards. I bet nvidia driver won't work if both ALSA and OSS driver didn't work.
No reaction on this bug for a long time. Closing as CANTFIX.