Re: Sound problem
On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:57:48 +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 08.01.2010, 18:37 -0500 schrieb S. Fishpaste:
>> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:32:09 +0100 (CET), Peter Ulrich Kruppa in
>> gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
>> > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Stephen Powell wrote:
>>
>> >> Have you checked the volume levels in the mixer application
>> >> (e.g. alsamixer)? That's the first thing I would check.
>> >> I use GNOME, not KDE, and have no experience with KDE; so
>> >> if it's a KDE-related problem, I can't be of much help.
>> >>
>> >> I installed Lenny on an old laptop too (an IBM ThinkPad 600),
>> >> and here's a link to my web page that shows how I got sound
>> >> working (as well as a bunch of other stuff). I realize that
>> >> you are using a different sound chip, but you may be able to
>> >> glean some tidbits that are useful in your situation.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm
>> > Thanks a lot,
>> >
>> > but that doesn't seem to help :-(
>>
>> As root run 'alsaconf' and follow the prompts. See if that helps.
> No good at all, now even KDE's startup tunes don't work anymore
> and /dev/audio ist gone :-(
Did ALSA throw any errors when running alsaconf? What does your the
log entries show at that time? Have you checked the mixer settings to
ensure that volume isn't simply muted?
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