On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 12:21:09PM -0400, [KS] 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 That looks good to me. Obvious question first. Have you used alsamixer (or a GUI equivalent) to unmute the output? -- PJR :-)
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