Re: Sound stopped working in Sid
Florian Kulzer wrote:
> 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
>
This is probably because alsaconf is broken [1]. What version are you using? It
is slated to be fixed in version 1.0.14-2 [2].
[1]
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux#Some_applications_.28OSS_applications.29_produce_no_sound_in_ALSA[2]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/09/msg01370.html
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Chris.
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