Toshiba Tecra - no sound

Forum: Laptops
Topic: Toshiba Tecra - no sound
started by: Phinger

Posted by Phinger on Dec. 13 2005,03:34

I've got a Tecra 730cdt that DSL runs great on ....... except for having no sound. I downloaded the Alsa.dsl for DSL 2.0, and put it into my /home/dsl. I saw a mydsl option in my start-menu that had an alsa setup script, so I tried it. Nothing. I then tried an idea someone had...............boot to cd, load "dsl mydsl-load alsa.dsl". Nothing. When I try to use xmms, I get a "couldnt open audio. check 1you have the correct output plugin selected 2> no other programs are blocking the soundcard 3. your soundcard is configured properly" error. The chipset is a soundblaster pro something or other......I'll find the spec tonight.

Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 13 2005,17:59

Do you have the other extensions loaded as specified in the alsa.info file?

Also, make sure that you use alsa.dsl and NOT alsadebs.dsl

Posted by doobit on Dec. 13 2005,20:37

A lot of the Toshibas use the Yamaha OPL3 chipset. Maybe yours does, and you can get it started with the information in this link:

< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=3056 >

Posted by Phinger on Dec. 13 2005,22:01

Found the sound info: Crystal semiconductor CS4232, Yamaha OPL3 (YMF262), Yamaha D/A converter (YAC512).

and yes it was the alsa.dsl

Posted by Phinger on Dec. 13 2005,22:21

MY bois gives this:
wss i/o address=534h
sbpro i/o/address=220h
synthesizer i/o address=388h
wss+sbpro irq level=irq9
wss+sbpro dma
playback=channel 0
record=same as playback
control i/o address=120h

Soo......
modprobe opl3sa2 io=0x120 mss_io=0x534 [[no info-should i try this here? "mpu_io=0x330"]] irq=9 dma=0 dma2=0

if so, how do I set this to work every time? I assume I'll need this somewhere for the OS to see it at boot? I've never "made" a driver before. Its a hdd install.

Posted by clacker on Dec. 14 2005,00:10

Phinger, Did you try booting from a dsl 2.0 liveCD using the "dsl alsa" boot command, then loading gnu-utils.dsl, then loading alsa.dsl, then running "alsa setup" from the right click menu? I'm curious why that failed.

Posted by Phinger on Dec. 14 2005,02:41

Yea, I tried booting from the cd, but was given a different command "mydsl-load Alsa.dsl" by another forum member. didnt work.

Well, prior to that,the order of events was as follows:
Install to HDD, load gnu-utils.dsl, load alsa.dsl, then run "alsa setup" from the right click menu. I didnt see much.....command line box opened.....gave a bunch of lines(too fast to follow), and the box closed. I tried xmms, and though it didn't give the "couldnt open audio" error, I have no sound. Also no volume adj/mixer/whatever you want to call it.

Posted by Phinger on Dec. 14 2005,03:14

just tried cd boot with dsl alsa.........nothing.fragging sound worked in windows. :angry:

Posted by doobit on Dec. 14 2005,16:20

You put that whole line in /opt/bootlocal.sh to make it load everytime.

Posted by Phinger on Dec. 20 2005,21:52

didnt work anyway.......got a "no-such device" and "incorrect parameters".......bleh bleh bleh. I feel like wiping this thing, and starting over.

Posted by noobuser on Jan. 12 2006,02:59

i have a tecra 730xcdt and though i can't get sound to automatically start using the bootlocal.sh i can get it working by opening aTerminal and typing
sudo modprobe cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0
and hitting return.

i can then listen to mp3s using xmms

next time you can up-arrow in aTerminal to retrieve this modprobe line.