Re: Problem getting sound to work
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 09:16:36 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote:
>Hello
>
>Mark Healey (<deblist@healeyonline.com>) wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> [...]
>> 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)
>>
>>>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.
>
>It is not included in Woody. If you use Gnome in Woody, try gmix
>instead. It is in the gnome-media package.
Well I managed to fix roots gnome. Is there another mixer that is
installed by default that I might try?
>
>Other reasons could be interrupt problems. Type
>
>cat /proc/interrupts on both the Debian and the Knoppix systems. See if
>maybe one of the systems uses another interrupt for your card, and if
>maybe one of the systems uses APIC, while the other doesn't.
Did that. Both are using 9 and I saw no conflicts.
>Also try the acpi=off and pci=aoacpi boot parameters.
How do I do that. When I power up I am not given any options for
parameters. It just boots right up.
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