Re: no sound with 2.6.3, nForce2, and ALSA
"Tom Schutter" <t.schutter@att.net> wrote in message
news:1IzuD-c4-5@gated-at.bofh.it...
> I am having no luck getting sound to work. I have a ASUS A7N8X
> motherboard with the NVIDIA nForce2 chipset. I am running the 2.6.3
> kernel on sarge.
>
> I am getting no sound at all. If I play a .wav file using aplay, it
> pauses for a few seconds and then returns to a command prompt.
>
> I have tried different cables and speakers with no luck.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux pixel 2.6.3-1-k7 #2 Tue Feb 24 20:39:50 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> $ dmesg | grep intel8x0
> intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 49228 usecs
> intel8x0: clocking to 47417
>
> $ cat /proc/asound/cards
> 0 [nForce2 ]: NFORCE - NVidia nForce2
> NVidia nForce2 at 0xe9000000, irq 21
>
> $ cat /proc/asound/modules
> 0 snd_intel8x0
>
> $ cat /proc/asound/card0/intel8x0
> Intel8x0
>
> Global control : 0x00000002
> Global status : 0x00300100
> AC'97 codecs ready : primary
>
> $ cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.2c (Thu Feb 05
> 15:41:49 2004 UTC).
> Compiled on Feb 21 2004 for kernel 2.6.3-1-k7.
>
> $ lsmod | grep snd
> snd_seq_oss 34624 0
> snd_seq_midi_event 7936 1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq 55312 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_pcm_oss 53732 0
> snd_mixer_oss 19840 2 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_intel8x0 34088 2
> snd_ac97_codec 62724 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_pcm 100196 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
> snd_timer 25924 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> gameport 4736 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_page_alloc 12164 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> snd_mpu401_uart 7872 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_rawmidi 25120 1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device 8136 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> snd 55780 13
>
snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x
0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_devic
e
> soundcore 10272 2 snd
>
> $ amixer sget Line
> Simple mixer control 'Line',0
> Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
> cswitch-exclusive
> Capture exclusive group: 0
> Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
> Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
> Limits: Playback 0 - 31
> Front Left: Playback 29 [94%] [on] Capture [off]
> Front Right: Playback 30 [97%] [on] Capture [off]
>
> $ ls -l /dev/audio0 /dev/dsp0 /dev/mixer0
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Jul 26 2003 /dev/audio0
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jul 26 2003 /dev/dsp0
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Jul 26 2003 /dev/mixer0
>
> $ groups
> tom tape audio users
>
>
Can u get sounds when logged on as root? If so, then it is most likely a
'permissions' problem.
Otherwise I suggest you run xmms in a terminal and try to play something.
Look at the error written in the terminal.
Good luck!
>
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