Re: problem with sound card from a newbie
Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
i have been using windows for quite some time now and am contemplating
to shift to linux. so i am a 'newbie' to linux - in short. i recently
installed debian 3.0 on my compaq making it a dual boot machine. it is
a piii 766mhz machine with on board sound card.
while installing, in the section of device driver modules, i have
included i810. it also selected some yamaha ac97 and reported it to be
a success.
now, my system boots up and as a user i can log into it. however, none
of the sound files can play. kde's control panel shows that there is
no sound card.
i do not know what to do now. stuck - in a way. looking forward to
some help. something that will be step by step and simple for even a
layman like me.
thanx in advance
sandip
I would suggest reducing your system to a simpler configuration by
killing X for testing purposes, because KDE and Gnome have sound daemons
which can "get in the way". Just logging out of X should be sufficient,
although you could also kill your session-manager if you have one
running (something like "/etc/init.d/kdm stop").
Then make sure you have a console-mode sound player (apt-get install splay).
Now try playing an ogg (or if you must, .mp3) file like so: splay
myrockingtune.ogg
What are the results?
You might need to run a mixer (like alsamixer or amixer) to unmute the
audio or to up the volume.
Also, you'll need to be in the audio group (just type "groups" to see
what groups you're in; to add yourself to audio, as root type "addgroup
your_user_name audio").
You can also check out the results of "lspci" to make sure Linux agrees
with you as to what sound card you have.
Also "lsmod" will show you the loaded modules.
Hopefully these tidbits will help get you a little further along.
Kent
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