How does one get sound working under a fresh Debian 3.0 install?

[NextWish]

Hi Guys,

I've recently constructed a PVR/HTPC and I'm trying to get myth on there.

Unfortunatley I cannot use KnoppMyth so I'm looking at using plain debian 3.0 with a 2.6 Kernel. (Support for my DVB-t Capture Card).

How the hell do you get sound installed and working on a vanilla net-inst install of debian with a nforce2?

I've downloaded the drivers from http://www.nvidia.com/linux and installed them.

I've tried MPG123 but it produces no audio, where to from here?

Do I need alsa or anything else installed?

Where have I gone wrong, what have I forgotton?

Remember I'm using a stock 3.0 install with a 2.6 kernel, nothing more and nothing less installed.

mythtv:/etc# lsmod
Module Size Used by
sound 84332 0
agpgart 34696 0
nvidia 4821108 12
ipv6 264612 12
capability 4520 0
commoncap 7232 1 capability
nvsound 1538184 0
soundcore 10336 2 sound,nvsound
nvnet 70180 0
psmouse 20360 0
mousedev 10476 3
usbmouse 5664 0
usbkbd 7424 0
usbcore 119012 2 usbmouse,usbkbd
genrtc 9588 0
ext3 127240 1
jbd 62616 1 ext3
mbcache 9348 1 ext3
ide_generic 1408 0
ide_disk 19296 3
amd74xx 14620 1
ide_core 139940 3 ide_generic,ide_disk,amd74xx
sd_mod 21696 0
ata_piix 8164 0
libata 41604 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod 125068 2 sd_mod,libata
unix 28692 28
font 8320 0
vesafb 6656 0
cfbcopyarea 3840 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb

If I'm to run mpg123 on a mp3, it reports that it's playing but I get no audio out.

mythtv:~# mpg123 FrogsLoud.mp3
Playing MPEG stream from FrogsLoud.mp3 ...
MPEG 1.0 layer III, 160 kbit/s, 44100 Hz stereo

[1:51] Decoding of FrogsLoud.mp3 finished.
mythtv:~#

From DMESG:

nvnet: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:04.0 to 64
Nvsound: Nvidia Audio Init Module, 05:36:35 Aug 26 2004 version 1.0-0
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:05.0 to 64
Nvsound: NVIDIA nForce2 Controller found at Mem 0xe7000000 and IRQ 3
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:06.0 to 64
Nvsound: NVIDIA nForce2 Audio found at IO 0xd800 and 0xd400, IRQ b
Nvsound: Aci_device dfbca000 Apu_device dfbca400
Nvsound: DEV MIXER 0 DEV AUDIO 3

Any help would be greatly apprieciated.

[prego]

Hi,

i got the same problem.

I've also tried to build OSS-Support in Kernel as module. Read here something about to activate OSS but not to build a driver-module. At the moment nvsound uses soundcore module, as lsmod said.

I'm using a ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe. I had to upgrade the BIOS so that I don't run into the APIC Bug. I have ACPI and APIC support on.
I turned off the "enable apic"-option in bios. I got the same results.

At the moment I'm at the same point as you.
When I try to play something systemlog says: (mp123, xmms)

Aug 24 22:43:52 trinity kernel: Nvsound: Set format as 10
Aug 24 22:43:52 trinity kernel: Nvsound: Value 7fff000d
Aug 24 22:43:52 trinity kernel: Nvsound: fragment size 7fff fragnum d
Aug 24 22:43:52 trinity kernel: Nvsound: Nvaudio_release

The nxmixer App runs nice, only some faults when activating Digital output.
Beside that my digital amplifier tells me it has signal on digital input. When I remove nvsound the signal is gone.

Hope somebody could help on this problem. Running in circles at the moment

thnx prego
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Actual configuration:
Debian Unstable
Kernel 2.6.8.1 (selfmade)
A7N8X-Deluxe

Heres my dmesg-output:

Nvsound: Nvidia Audio Init Module, 22:36:47 Aug 24 2004 version 1.0-0
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:05.0 to 64
Nvsound: NVIDIA nForce2 Controller found at Mem 0xe6000000 and IRQ b
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:06.0[A] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:06.0 to 64
Nvsound: NVIDIA nForce2 Audio found at IO 0xc400 and 0xc000, IRQ 5
Nvsound: Aci_device dff3cc00 Apu_device dff3b000
Nvsound: DEV MIXER 0 DEV AUDIO 3

[rsd369]

somewhat similiar problems as you guys; set up debian last night and installed a new kernel with nvsound and nvnet. except i started a new thread before i saw this :[ (nvsound produces no sound...)

-Rohan