Re: sound not working

[Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net>]

On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 02:14:41AM +0900, Tomoki Taniguchi wrote:

> I need help getting my sound card working on my laptop.
> the sound card was working under windows prior to installing etch,
> so i know the hardware works.
> 
> "aplay -l" gives me
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel
> 82801DB-ICH4]
>   Subdevices: 0/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH -
> IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 1: Modem [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem], device 0: Intel ICH - Modem
> [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem - Modem]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> so it seems the sound card is recognized.
> 
> i've checked alsamixer to make sure all the settings are unmuted.
> 
> but i still get no sound when i play an mp3 or a video file.
> 
> is there anything else i can try?

I don't want to be negative, but I have been trying for a year to solve
the same problem on an Intel 82801 chipset -- in mine it is ICH6 series.
So far nobody has been able to help, except suggesting using an external
usb soundcard...

I hope someone can find a better solution.

-- 
richard