Re: Sound stopped working in Sid
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:55:36 +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I've just discovered that my sound has disappeared following a recent
> upgrade in Sid, after working flawlessly for months/years.
>
> I suspected this was due to a problem with udev, which has recently
> replaced hotplug here (not necessarily an improvement, I think).
>
> However, "lsmod | grep snd" seems to show that the modules are loaded:
>
> lsmod | grep snd
> snd_ens1371 24736 0
> snd_rawmidi 23072 1 snd_ens1371
> snd_seq_device 7884 1 snd_rawmidi
> snd_ac97_codec 92708 1 snd_ens1371
> gameport 15304 2 snd_ens1371,analog
> ac97_bus 2560 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm 72388 2 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec
> snd_timer 21188 1 snd_pcm
> snd 48612 6 snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore 7712 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 9800 1 snd_pcm
You are missing OSS legacy support.
> But aumix says there is an error opening mixer and saytime says:
>
> arcadia:~:$ saytime
> sox raw: '/usr/share/saytime/the_time_is.au': sample rate not specified; trying 8kHz
> sox stio: Can't open output file '/dev/audio': Permission denied
> child process returned a non-zero status 2
>
> So I tried running sayitme as root, and got:
>
> sudo saytime
> sox raw: '/usr/share/saytime/the_time_is.au': sample rate not specified; trying 8kHz
> sox stio: Failed writing /dev/audio: Unable to reset OSS driver. Possibly accessing an invalid file/device
> child process returned a non-zero status 2
>
> Alsaconf detects my sound card (Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI rev 02) and
> appears to configure things correctly. Alsamixer seems to show things
> correctly as well and there is even a click from the speakers as I
> finish.
>
> So I'm not sure what to try next or where to report a bug.
modprobe snd_pcm_oss
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