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Re: sound card not detected



[ I am putting this back on the list. ]

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:46:58 -0500, Tamas Hegedus wrote:
> 
> Dear Florian,
>
> I uninstalled alsa* (were compiled for hda) and  recompiled alsa*

I would reinstall the Debian alsa-* packages and the package for your
kernel.

> After boot-up I have the soundcore (and snd) modules loaded.
>
> modprobe -v snd-hda-intel
> install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-hda-intel  &&  
> /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-hda-intel
> FATAL: Module snd_hda_intel not found.
> FATAL: Error running install command for snd_hda_intel
>
> modprobe -v snd-intel8x0
> <nothing>

That means it was already loaded, which is a good sign.

> lsmod | grep snd
> snd_intel8x0           26364  0
> snd_ac97_codec         91844  1 snd_intel8x0
> ac97_bus                1728  1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss            32576  0
> snd_mixer_oss          12800  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                63236  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              17832  1 snd_pcm
> snd                    46776  6  
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore               6368  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc          7848  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>
> aplay example.wav
> I hear the speakers being activated but only noise no sound.

Run "alsamixer" and check the volume levels. Make sure that Master, PCM,
and Headphones (if applicable) are not muted. Also, try muting some of
the other controls, for example SPDIF-related ones (if you have them).

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          Florian   |


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