Re: Audio Problem

[robin <robin@rektau.ukfsn.org>]

Sergio Basurto wrote:

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:07:04 +0200, Andrea Vettorello
wrote:

  

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:43:42 -0700 (PDT), Sergio
    

Basurto
  

<basurto@canada.com> wrote:
    

Hello,

Debian: Sarge
Kernel: 2.4.27-1-386

I have a problem with and audio card, I already
      

install
    

the needed modules in my case:

#lspci
(...)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia Audio Controller: Intel Corp
82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC97 Audio Controller (rev
      

02)
  

(...)

#lsmod
Module        Size   Used by  Not taited
(...)
i810_audio    21372   2
ac97_codec    11252   0       [i810_audio]
soundcore      3268   2       [i810_audio]
(...)

now the question is, if I have the correct modules
      

for
  

my sound card

1. why I can not hear any sound?.
2  How can I configure the sound card once the
      

modules
  

are loaded?
3. There is a command to do this?, which one?

I already try sndconf

I will appreciate any help or point to a source.

      

If you don't have any error messages, like devices
unavailable or like
that, and your user is in the audio group, maybe you
only need to
raise the volume, so you can try it installing a mixer
package...
(this is only a guess)

To pass some configuring options to your soundcard
(what options
depends on your brand or model) IIRC you can add them
on your
/etc/modutils file.


Andrea

    

Thanks for the feedback, I already have a mixer, and it
does not work, I think may be I have the wrong driver
installed. Is posible load a driver even if this one is
not the correct?

I am trying other thing right now I did this
#cat file.wav >/dev/audio 
Device or resource busy



any idea.

Thanks again.

--
Sergio Basurto J.

If I have seen further it is by standing on the 
shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton)
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The modules you have loaded are OSS (Open Sound System?) modules which are installed for compatibilty. You may find you need the alsa modules loaded. Alsa (advanced linux sound architecture) modules all start with snd-.
lsmod | grep snd on my pc gives:

snd-seq-oss            31104   0  (autoclean) (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event      3712   0  (autoclean) [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq                41744   2  (autoclean) [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-intel8x0           21004   1
snd-ac97-codec         56368   0  [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm-oss            38408   0  (unused)
snd-mixer-oss          13816   1  [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-pcm                64416   0  [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss]
snd-timer              16900   0  [snd-seq snd-pcm]
gameport                1436   0  [snd-intel8x0]
snd-mpu401-uart         4064   0  [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi            14976   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          4308   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd                    37380   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
snd-page-alloc          5324   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-intel8x0 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]
soundcore               3876   6  [snd]


Try modprobe  (the above to suit what you want)
Alternatively install alsaconf.
Check out http://alsa.opensrc.org and http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/index.php

Robin