HD Install :: i810 audio works with a nudge



Rather new to DSL but I like what I see. Congrats to all involved.

I've done a Grub-Frugal-Install of DSL 2.2rc1.  It all worked well.  After playing around with it for a day or so I noticed I didn't have any sound. Honestly, I didn't have the speakers powered on so I didn't think much about it.  

Then I tried playing an mp3 file with xmms. I could see the slider bar marking time and the graphic bars jumping up and down but no sound came out.  The volume knob was in the middle so I thought I should hear something. Yes... the speakers were on.

Bottom line... As soon as I move the volume knob, just a hair. I have sound. Xmms plays fine. If I close xmms and reopen it, I have sound right from the start. If I reboot the system, I have to go through the process of starting xmms and nudging the volume knob.  

I've tried moving the dMix volume knobs to see if they do the same as xmms but they don't.  I've tried running mpg123 at startup but that doesn't make any sound.

It's really more of an annoyance then a problem but if someone knows a solution, I'd be happier.

Here's some info from the System Stats:
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i810                   64036   1
agpgart                42660   7 (autoclean)
apm                     9768   1 (autoclean)
mousedev                3832   0 (unused)
hid                    22372   0 (unused)
input                   3168   0 [mousedev hid]
af_packet              13544   0 (autoclean)
efs                     7436   0 (autoclean)
hfs                    76960   0 (autoclean)
minix                  19848   0 (autoclean)
ntfs                   50944   0 (autoclean)
xfs                   493220   0 (autoclean)
reiserfs              169616   0 (autoclean)
ext3                   64452   1 (autoclean)
jbd                    46516   1 (autoclean) [ext3]
nls_iso8859-1           2844   1 (autoclean)
nls_cp437               4348   0 (autoclean)
i810_audio             25208   0
ac97_codec             11916   0 [i810_audio]
soundcore               3428   2 [i810_audio]
pcnet32                14948   1
mii                     2240   0 [pcnet32]
crc32                   2816   0 [pcnet32]
i810_rng                2660   0 (unused)
serial                 52100   0 (autoclean)
ov511                  68576   0
videodev                5600   1 [ov511]
pcmcia_core            39840   0
rtc                     7036   0 (autoclean)
cloop                   8740   2
ieee1394              183076   0
usb-storage            61696   0 (unused)
usb-uhci               21644   0 (unused)
usbcore                57600   1 [hid ov511 usb-storage usb-uhci]
ataraid                 6180   0
ide-cd                 28512   0
ide-scsi                8816   0
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
0000:01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 16)
0000:01:0e.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem (rev 01)
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Linux version 2.4.26 (root@Knoppix) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 SMP Sa Apr 17 19:33:42 CEST 2004
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Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 quiet vga=normal noacpi noapm noscsi frugal dma mydsl=hda5 restore=hda5 home=hda5 opt=hda5 host=DSL22rc1
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Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 0.24, 19:47:54 Apr 17 2004
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:1f.5
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.5 to 64
i810: Intel ICH 82801AA found at IO 0x1840 and 0x2000, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ 11
i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 2 channels.
i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 channel mode.
i810_audio: Resetting connection 0
ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: CRY52 (Cirrus Logic CS4299 rev D)
i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 supports AMAP, total channels = 2
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
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LANG="C"
COUNTRY="us"
LANGUAGE="us"
CHARSET="iso8859-1"
KEYTABLE="us"
XKEYBOARD="us"
NETCARD_FULLNAME="Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]|79c970 [PCnet LANCE]"
NETCARD_DRIVER="pcnet32"
MOUSE_FULLNAME="Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse"
MOUSE_DEVICE="/dev/psaux"
SOUND_FULLNAME="Intel Corporation|82801AA AC97 Audio"
SOUND_DRIVER="i810_audio"
XSERVER="XFree86"
XMODULE="i810"
XDESC="82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (i810)"
FLOPPY_FULLNAME='3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive'
FLOPPY_DEVICE="/dev/fd0"
FLOPPY_DRIVER="unknown"



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