Re: Lost sound

[Justin Guerin <justin_guerin@yahoo.com>]

Rob Brenart (TT) wrote:

> I've totally lost sound, and I can't figure out where to even begin
> looking.
> 
> I recently upgraded to the 2.6.11 kernel, but had sound after that for a
> couple of days, I've checked the mixer settings to be certain nothing is
> muted.
> 
> I've rebooted, restarted the X server.
> 
> Is there something/somewhere I should check for messages?
> 
> I'm running gnome with ESD
> 
> System still makes sound when I boot to windows... haven't checked older
> kernels yet.

Check dmesg after you boot to see if your card was detected and initialized
properly.  If your card is a PCI sound card, lspci may reveal if your card
has been properly configured by your sound driver.

Failing that, use a command line utility to play a sound, and post the
output.

By the way, you indicate you're using esd.  I take it the daemon still
starts OK?  If so, that's good, as it found the sound device node.

Justin Guerin