Re: no sound on lenny
On Friday 17 April 2009 19:03, Don Raikes wrote:
> Hello,
> I installed lenny yesterday on a desktop system I have. I installed it
> without a graphical desktop since I am not currently interested in anything
> other than console-based applications, and it is an experimental
> environment.
>
> After teh install, I ran:
> apt-get update
> then
> apt-get install alsa-oss alsa-utils alsa-tools
> I then ran
> $ alsaconf
> to setup my sound card (an onboard intel hda ich6 audio chipset).
> I looked at /etc/modprobe.d/sound, and the sound card is listed.
> I ran
>
> $ modprobe snd_pcm_oss
>
> I then tried running:
> $ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav
> It says it ran, but I hear nothing out of the speakers.
> I then ran
> alsamixer and turned the volume up to 100% on everything, and reran the
> aplay command but still nothing.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
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> Donald Raikes | Accessibility Specialist
Hi Don.
Will you post the output from the following.
cat /proc/asound/cards
lsmod | grep snd
Are you as user a member of the audio group in /etc/group ?
Do you have any audio related device plugged into the USB. The USB comes up
early in the boot process, and oftentimes will be set as card0, not allowing
the actual soundcard to use the slot for card0, hence no sounds. Devices like
usb midi keyboards, webcams, with mikes, usb headphones, etc, can cause such
problems.
Have a look in alsamixer for audio loopback sliders/switches. I have seen that
when these are unmuted on some soundcards, there is no sound output. If they
exist for you, try muting them (the M key does the mute/unmute). Just a
thought.
Which make/model of PC?
Nigel.
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