Re: Problem getting sound to work
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 09:18:24 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>Mark Healey wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:21:09 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Mark Healey (<deblist@healeyonline.com>) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have no sound.
>>>>
>>>>When I boot knoppix it uses via82cxxx_audio and works. I have that
>>>>module installed so I added the line to my "via82cxxx_audio" to my
>>>>/etc/modules. Still no sound.
>>>>
>>>>What do I check next?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Check if you are in the audio group, and if the channels are unmuted.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>How do I do those? It also doesn't work as root. And, another bit of
>>information. When I try system sounds there is nothing. When I try
>>xmms it hangs (xmms, not the system).
>>
>>
>>
>In a terminal logged in as yourself, type "groups" to see what groups
>you're in.
>
>What kernel are you using ("uname -a")?
2.4.18-bf2.4
>What modules do you have loaded ("lsmod")?
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
via82cxxx_audio 18144 1
ac97_codec 9568 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
soundcore 3236 2 [via82cxxx_audio]
bcm4400 29180 1
hpfs 61408 0 (unused)
keybdev 1664 0 (unused)
input 3072 0 [keybdev]
usb-uhci 20708 0 (unused)
usbcore 48032 0 [usb-uhci]
>What's the output of "lspci" in regard to your sound card?
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3189
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device b168
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: BROADCOM Corporation: Unknown device 4401 (rev 01)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3104 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3177
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio Controller (rev
50)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4e44
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4e64
>Use a mixer program (kmix, amix, aumix, GnomeMixer, etc) to make sure
>your volume is not muted/too low.
I couldn't find any of these instlled. I tried
"apt-get install GnomeMixer" and was told it doesn't exist.
>Configure xmms to use the proper output in preferences (OSS, esound,
>alsa, etc).
The problem exist with system sounds as well. I juste used xmmx as a
double checker.
If it doesn't work after I get system sounds then I'll look into it's
settings.
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