Re: no sound..
On Sun February 18 2007 09:28, Mikael Backman wrote:
> sön 2007-02-18 klockan 16:40 +0100 skrev Nigel Henry:
> > On Saturday 17 February 2007 21:31, Mikael Backman wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 17 February 2007 18:00, Mikael Backman wrote:
> > > > > I use Debian Stable. Everything seems ok.. The sound card is
> > > > > detected.. I've rune alsaconf.. Used alsamixer to adjust the
> > > > > voloume.. It's just that there is no sound. Not a beep :(
> > >
> > > mb@debian:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
> > > 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
> > > Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at 0xcfdffe00, irq
> > > 11
> > > 1 [Modem ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem
> > > Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem at 0xba00, irq 11
> > >
> > > This irq 11 hangs the cumputer whwn I boot sometimes..
> >
> > Sorry for the delay in replying. I booted up Sarge to see how I had the
> > sound set up, and got distracted.
> >
> > Your lsmod looks ok, but I see on my Sarge install I have 2 OSS modules
> > in /etc/hotplug/blacklist. Some older kernels still had the OSS modules
> > "audio" , and "usb_midi" in them, and it was necessary to blacklist them
> > to prevent them being loaded. If you run.
> > cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat you should see 2 lines saying something
> > like.
> >
> > Installed drivers:
> > Type 10: ALSA emulation
> >
> > If there are no such lines, OSS is being used.
> >
> > Also run lsmod to see if "audio" , and "usb_midi" are on the list. If
> > they are, su to root on the CLI, and with a text editor add both those
> > modules on separate lines to /etc/hotplug/blacklist without the quotes.
> >
> > I must say I'm a bit short on ideas when it comes to laptops, as many of
> > them have really cheapo soundcards, and some of which just don't seem to
> > want to work on Linux.
> >
> > Anyway have a look for those 2 OSS modules. At least will eliminate
> > something else.
> >
> > Nigel.
>
> I tried yesterday to change the kernel to 2.6.8-3 as I had no clue..
> It worked in a way. The sound system is functional now.. Sort of. I get
> the sound effects in gnome.. But alas no sound in the java online game
> I love to play ( www.runescape.com) I tried to play mp3-files in XMMS
> but it hang... But these are maybe entirely differnet issues?
Sounds like they may be. When I run gnome I install libesd-alsa0. I'm not sure
why but I have better luck that way.
Also when I run xmms on gnome I change the output plugin to alsa and it seems
to work better. When running kde I use the arts output plugin.
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