--> Hi,
-->
--> I've recently upgraded from Sarge to Etch. Most things went smoothly...
--> But, I just realized I have no sound anymore.
-->
--> I noticed that alsa was not installed anymore (I'm pretty sure it was
--> installed with Sarge), so I installed alsa, alsa-utils, alsa-tools,
--> alsa-oss. Ran alsaconf, alsamixer, alsactl strore. But I get no sound,
--> when running KDE.
-->
--> * I get no error message and all seems like is playing, except there is
no --> sound. (It's like the volume is down. But kmixer and alsamixer
show that --> it is not.)
-->
--> * I can play sounds *before* I start KDE.
-->
--> * If I kill KDE, I still get no sound (not even from a terminal), unless
I --> do "/etc/init.d/alsa unload && alsaconf".
-->
--> * If I start fluxbox instead of KDE, or play sound from a terminal,
sound --> works (if I haven't started KDE yet). If I start KDE, it stops.
-->
--> * I checked the mixer, and volumes are still up (before and after KDE
--> starts).
-->
--> * /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop/start does not bring the sound back...
But --> rebooting does (before KDE is started.)
-->
--> * Within KDE (or while running it, or after running it), no user gets
any --> sound (not even root).
-->
--> * I've tried ogg123, aplay, xmms...
-->
--> * Killing artsd has no effect (so I assume it is not its fault).
-->
--> * The suggestion from
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/01/msg03099.html --> does not
work.
-->
--> * In kcontrol -> Sound & Multimedia -> Sound System, I have "Enable the
--> sound system checked." (Clicking on "Test sound" produces no output.)
In --> "Hardware" I tried the default "Auto Detect" in "select the audio
device", --> but have also tried ALSA and OSS, with no success. Nothing
else is --> checked. (I tried "Full duplex", but doesn't help either.)
-->
--> If this helps, here is more info about the system:
-->
--> debian[~]$ cat /proc/asound/cards
--> 0 [CS46xx ]: CS46xx - Sound Fusion CS46xx
--> Sound Fusion CS46xx at 0xe2105000/0xe2000000, irq
201 -->
--> debian[~]$ lsmod | grep snd
--> snd_cs46xx 76680 2
--> snd_ac97_codec 82976 1 snd_cs46xx
--> snd_ac97_bus 2624 1 snd_ac97_codec
--> snd_pcm_oss 36768 0
--> snd_mixer_oss 16192 2 snd_pcm_oss
--> snd_pcm 74948 3 snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
--> snd_seq_dummy 4100 0
--> snd_seq_oss 28928 0
--> snd_seq_midi 8416 0
--> snd_rawmidi 23200 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_seq_midi
--> snd_seq_midi_event 7424 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
--> snd_seq 46736 6
--> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
--> snd_timer 21124 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
--> snd_seq_device 8012 5
--> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
--> snd 48548 12
-->
snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd
_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device --> soundcore 9440
2 snd
--> snd_page_alloc 9800 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm
--> gameport 14600 5 snd_cs46xx,analog,ns558
-->
--> debian[~]$ lspci | grep audio
--> 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24
--> [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
-->
--> debian[~]$ uname -a
--> Linux debian 2.6.17-2-k7 #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 17:18:46 UTC 2006 i686
GNU/Linux -->
--> debian[~]$ wajig list-installed alsa
--> alsa-base
--> alsa-oss
--> alsaplayer
--> alsaplayer-common
--> alsaplayer-gtk
--> alsaplayer-oss
--> alsa-tools
--> alsa-utils
--> gstreamer0.10-alsa
--> xmms2-plugin-alsa
-->
--> Any suggestions... I ran out of ideas and I couldn't find anything
(else) --> with google...
-->
--> Best to all,
-->
--> Luis
-->