ALSA: no sound, no error!
run alsamixer and turn your volume back up?
Cameron Matheson
On 6/23/05, [KS] <lists04@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My system is an unstable Debian box and was running sound (with ALSA)
> under KDE(and sometimes GNOME) without any problem till a few weeks ago.
> But now I get no sound what soever. There is no sound if I do $cat
> /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp Also, when I try to play audio (audio CD or
> mp3s) with XMMS everything seems to be running fine but there is no
> sound! XMMS, xine, or other multimedia applications do not complain
> about anything regarding sound system.
>
> Could someone help or give tips on how to go about debugging the sound
> problem?
>
> Below are some details about the system:
> arts is set to release the sound device after 2 seconds, and it looks
> that its working. Testing sound from the Control Center>Sound and
> Multimedia doesn't give any error either.
>
> ~$ lspci | grep Multimedia
> 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
>
> ~$ lsmod | grep snd
> snd_intel8x0 33216 0
> snd_ac97_codec 78360 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_pcm_oss 53344 0
> snd_mixer_oss 19872 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 92712 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer 24644 1 snd_pcm
> snd 55300 6
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore 9664 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 10020 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>
> ~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
> 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
> Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981A at 0xfebff800, irq 201
>
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