Porteus

Hi there,

i have installes Porteus Kiosk on a Trekstore MiniPC W2. This is a new device released in 2015 and its based on tablet hardware (Intel Atom CPU).

Details: http://www.trekstor.de/detail-minipc-de ... pc-w2.html

My problem ist, that porteus does not recognize the soundcard.

ALSA device list:
No soundcards found.

Even the performance for video playback is very poor. when i try to watch videos from youtube or other platforms, the picture is lacking. Is it possible to fix this by choosing another driver?

if you need any additional infos for helping me, please inform me.

many thanks

Hello drweb,

Latest kernel (4.4.x) should resolve GPU issues. For the soundcard you could use preconfigured Alsa settings:
https://github.com/AdamWill/baytrail-m/ ... 00_B.state
More info:
https://www.happyassassin.net/fedlet-a- ... l-tablets/

It worked for following tablets:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/4374 ... et_-_Black
http://www.microcenter.com/product/4397 ... et_-_Black

but i had no luck with:
http://azulletech.com/product/quantum-byte/
where i could not get the soundcard to work no matter what i did.

If you are willing to buy a custom kiosk build with latest kernel and soundcard tweak then please contact me through customized builds:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/builds.html

Thank you.

thanx for your reply.

when the soundcard is not detectet in general, then the alsa state file should not have any effect. Or i'am wrong with that? I only have to copy the file to asound.state in /var/lib/alsa/?

The Porteus Kiosk Version with Kernel 4.4.x will be released in a few weeks?

best regards

"when the soundcard is not detectet in general, then the alsa state file should not have any effect. Or i'am wrong with that?"
The kernel message you quoted is meaningless as alsa drivers are compiled as modules and loaded later by udev.
Please run 'aplay -l' command and check if any soundcards are listed - if yes then there is a hope.

"I only have to copy the file to asound.state in /var/lib/alsa/?"
You need to add 'alsactl' utility to kiosk ISO and run following command during startup:
'alsactl -f /etc/t100_B.state restore'
alsa config file is placed in /etc.

More info:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/faq.html#9

alsactl: load_state:1729: No soundcards found...

so that means there is no hope :/

Please generate debug report in the wizard and send to me on support@porteus-kiosk.org.
We will be sure then.

fanthom wrote: ↑

17 Feb 2016, 08:30

"when the soundcard is not detectet in general, then the alsa state file should not have any effect. Or i'am wrong with that?"
The kernel message you quoted is meaningless as alsa drivers are compiled as modules and loaded later by udev.
Please run 'aplay -l' command and check if any soundcards are listed - if yes then there is a hope.

"I only have to copy the file to asound.state in /var/lib/alsa/?"
You need to add 'alsactl' utility to kiosk ISO and run following command during startup:
'alsactl -f /etc/t100_B.state restore'
alsa config file is placed in /etc.

More info:
http://porteus-kiosk.org/faq.html#9

I know this is an old post but I'm running into similar issues and have a couple of questions about the above direction.
Running latest PK 4.7 iso
How can I save default alsamixer values for my soundcard?
I've looked for the file /var/lib/alsa/asound.state and also /etc/asound.state (as per other linux versions) but the file seems to be nowhere. I'd like to save the default values for the alsamixer components in a module and recompile so that I can dictate what they are by default.
Is there a better way? run command?

How can I add 'alsactl" utility as a module?
I'm fairly new to customizing and am not quite sure what folders should be added to the module to add alsactl

thanks

Chardho