Comments on: A Cry for Help http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help ^_^ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:09:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ace Telekinesis http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13506 Ace Telekinesis Wed, 14 May 2008 00:10:23 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13506 Hi I have an ECS G732 laptop with a SIS7012 sound card and im bashing my ******* brains out trying to solve this. Ive downloaded about 10 different distros and no avail. From what ive gathered on web sites it seems to be related to maybe a kernel problem or an irq conflict. Now I tried noacpi and irqpoll etc and they didnt work, infact they just made my pc hang. I was told on one site to try ubuntu 5.04 because it has a unique kernel revision that corrects the bug, i tried but it just hangs and freezes just before the desktop loads. On the latest versions of ubuntu (7.10 & 8.04) if i select oss the test sound sounds garbled at a fast rate, if i select alsa it sounds garbled at a slower rate. The sound is very simular to when i used to have a SBpro 8bit and games would sometimes choose the wrong irq. Incidently i completly removed the modem in the mini pci port and left it empty and also reset the resource information in the bios. I looked into flashing the bios but another site covered it and it didnt work either. I know i can just use windows but hey come on, i wanna use linux i just wish linux wanted to use my si7012 dammit. A few ppl have said use an external sound card but thats hopeless really considering the extra setup, power drain and that id be forced to use separate speakers/earbuds because i cannot loopback into the internal laptop amp. If anyone can solve this problem and get the sound working then il paypal them the cost of a crate of beer coz im tired of reading unanswered posts of up to 3 years about this chipset. Oh one more thing apparently you can force the i810 driver in the place of the 7012 and it works but after many attempts I could never get it to initialise but im not an expert. thanks for reading this pls pls pls pls pls someone pls help us all. we really need sound on our pcs. thanks :) Hi I have an ECS G732 laptop with a SIS7012 sound card and im bashing my ******* brains out trying to solve this. Ive downloaded about 10 different distros and no avail. From what ive gathered on web sites it seems to be related to maybe a kernel problem or an irq conflict. Now I tried noacpi and irqpoll etc and they didnt work, infact they just made my pc hang. I was told on one site to try ubuntu 5.04 because it has a unique kernel revision that corrects the bug, i tried but it just hangs and freezes just before the desktop loads. On the latest versions of ubuntu (7.10 & 8.04) if i select oss the test sound sounds garbled at a fast rate, if i select alsa it sounds garbled at a slower rate. The sound is very simular to when i used to have a SBpro 8bit and games would sometimes choose the wrong irq. Incidently i completly removed the modem in the mini pci port and left it empty and also reset the resource information in the bios. I looked into flashing the bios but another site covered it and it didnt work either. I know i can just use windows but hey come on, i wanna use linux i just wish linux wanted to use my si7012 dammit. A few ppl have said use an external sound card but thats hopeless really considering the extra setup, power drain and that id be forced to use separate speakers/earbuds because i cannot loopback into the internal laptop amp. If anyone can solve this problem and get the sound working then il paypal them the cost of a crate of beer coz im tired of reading unanswered posts of up to 3 years about this chipset.

Oh one more thing apparently you can force the i810 driver in the place of the 7012 and it works but after many attempts I could never get it to initialise but im not an expert.

thanks for reading this pls pls pls pls pls someone pls help us all. we really need sound on our pcs. thanks :)

]]> By: Lasse Havelund http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13483 Lasse Havelund Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:40:18 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13483 Nope. I haven't used my USB sound card in ages. :/ Nope. I haven’t used my USB sound card in ages. :/

]]> By: inoxllor http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13482 inoxllor Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:31:01 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13482 Hello. Same problem with 8.04. Did you find the solution? Hello.
Same problem with 8.04. Did you find the solution?

]]> By: Sound Cards http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13078 Sound Cards Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:08:09 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13078 I couldn’t have said it better myself! Thanks a lot!!! I couldn’t have said it better myself! Thanks a lot!!!

]]> By: Lasse Havelund http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13024 Lasse Havelund Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:53:24 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13024 After playing a bit with my mpd config, at least now that works with my USB headset. Also, I'm interested in trying out Gutsy soon; some people seem to be successful with their SI7012 chipsets on Feisty at least. One can only hope it's improved in Gutsy. >_>. After playing a bit with my mpd config, at least now that works with my USB headset. Also, I’m interested in trying out Gutsy soon; some people seem to be successful with their SI7012 chipsets on Feisty at least. One can only hope it’s improved in Gutsy. >_>.

]]> By: Jeremy http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13023 Jeremy Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:05:56 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13023 It wasn't a laptop. It was a hp pavilion <em>[sic]</em> something-or-other with mostly SiS-based stuff on the motherboard. Everything worked beautifully (except for the SiS graphics, which didn't matter, since I used an NVIDIA AGP card instead). It wasn’t a laptop. It was a hp pavilion [sic] something-or-other with mostly SiS-based stuff on the motherboard.

Everything worked beautifully (except for the SiS graphics, which didn’t matter, since I used an NVIDIA AGP card instead).

]]> By: Lasse Havelund http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13021 Lasse Havelund Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:38:31 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13021 A kernel update? I'm already running 2.6.20-16-generic... That's weird. Which laptop do you have? A kernel update? I’m already running 2.6.20-16-generic… That’s weird. Which laptop do you have?

]]> By: Jeremy http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13019 Jeremy Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:22:22 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13019 That's odd that you even need to use a USB sound card. I had exactly the same sound chipset (SiS SI7012) and it worked beautifully in Ubuntu Dapper and above (including Feisty; and it didn't work in Breezy). The only problem I had was that it didn't work out of the box in <a href="http://www.gobolinux.org/" rel="nofollow">GoboLinux 013</a>, but a kernel upgrade to 2.6.20 (I think!) fixed it. That’s odd that you even need to use a USB sound card. I had exactly the same sound chipset (SiS SI7012) and it worked beautifully in Ubuntu Dapper and above (including Feisty; and it didn’t work in Breezy). The only problem I had was that it didn’t work out of the box in GoboLinux 013, but a kernel upgrade to 2.6.20 (I think!) fixed it.

]]> By: Lasse Havelund http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13017 Lasse Havelund Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:56:42 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13017 If I recall correctly, I tried that, but my BIOS doesn't support that. >:/ If I recall correctly, I tried that, but my BIOS doesn’t support that. >:/

]]> By: lpsavoie http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13016 lpsavoie Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:35:53 +0000 http://menza.org/2007/09/a-cry-for-help#comment-13016 You might want to disable the SiS chipset in your BIOS. It would probably help out. At least, that's how my computer was configured until my sound card blew ... You might want to disable the SiS chipset in your BIOS. It would probably help out. At least, that’s how my computer was configured until my sound card blew …

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