Re: Problem getting ALSA working on Dell Inspiron 4150
I had the same problem some days ago...
Solved in this way:
dpkg-reconfigure alsa-utils
chmod -R a+rwx /dev/snd (or other folder, i don't remember, sorry!)
alsaconf
The problem was linked to the permissions on the devices!
I hope you succeed!
enZACcio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Emenaker" <joe@emenaker.com>
To: "Debian Laptop" <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 1:45 PM
Subject: Problem getting ALSA working on Dell Inspiron 4150
> Here are the quick facts:
>
> 1 - ALSA used to work. I don't know when it stopped working... if it
> was after a kernel upgrade or an upgrade in some of the alsa-tools or
> what. But now, I get no sound. I don't get any *errors*... I just don't
> get any sound.
>
> 2 - Typical problem in this case is that the volumes are all muted.
> However, in this case, if I run "alsamixer", I get "function
> snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device".
>
> 3 - /proc/alsa/cards contains "--- no soundcards ---".
>
> 4 - OSS *does* work. (No, I don't want to use it because I can't get
> KDE and XMMS to use it at the same time)
>
> 5 - 'lsmod' shows that the intel8x0 *is* loaded... as well as
> soundcore, and a lot of other things that lsmod claims intel8x0 uses.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> - Joe
>
>
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