Re: Sound - none happening.......
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:14:25 +0100 Florian Kulzer
<florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> shared this with us all:
>On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 22:55:51 +1100, Charlie wrote:
>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:23:01 +0100 Florian Kulzer shared this with
>> us all:
>> >On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 15:04:10 +1100, Charlie wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Always had trouble getting sound to work with Debian, never had it
>> >> working with Squeeze, though I might see if I could get it going
>> >> again:
>> >>
>> >> Acer 3614WLCi laptop
>> >>
>> >> $ lspci | grep -i audio
>> >> 00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation
>> >> 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev
>> >> 03)
>> >
>> >[ snip: it seems that your system has loaded the relevant modules ]
>> >
>> >> $ cat /proc/asound/cards
>> >> 0 [ICH6 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH6
>> >> Intel ICH6 with ALC655 at irq 21
>> >> 1 [pcsp ]: PC-Speaker - pcsp
>> >> Internal PC-Speaker at port 0x61
>> >> 2 [Modem ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel ICH6 Modem
>> >> Intel ICH6 Modem at irq 21
>
>[...]
>
>> speaker-test -t sine -c 2
>>
>> speaker-test 1.0.21
>>
>> Playback device is default
>> Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
>> Sine wave rate is 440.0000Hz
>> Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
>> Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192
>> Period size range from 1024 to 1024
>> Using max buffer size 8192
>> Periods = 4
>> was set period_size = 1024
>> was set buffer_size = 8192
>> 0 - Front Left
>> 1 - Front Right
>> Time per period = 5.822096
>>
>> This goes on until I kill it but no sound.
>
>The system acts as if everything is alright, so you do not have a
>problem with some daemon blocking access to the device.
>
>Time to look at the mixer settings; please post the output of:
>
>aplay -lL
>
>amixer
Thanks Florian,
Here it is:
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aplay -lL
default:CARD=ICH6
Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
iec958:CARD=ICH6,DEV=0
Intel ICH6, Intel ICH6 - IEC958
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=pcsp
pcsp, pcsp
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=pcsp,DEV=0
pcsp, pcsp
Front speakers
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 -
IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: pcsp [pcsp], device 0: pcspeaker [pcsp]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Modem [Intel ICH6 Modem], device 0: Intel ICH - Modem [Intel
ICH6 Modem - Modem] Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Shared' 'Independent'
Item0: 'Shared'
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 15 [48%] [-24.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch
cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off]
Front Left: Capture [on]
Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
Item0: 'Mic1'
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch
cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off]
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 3
Mono: 2 [67%]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'PCM' 'Analog In' 'IEC958 In'
Item0: 'PCM'
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
Mono: Playback 7 [47%] [-24.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [-12.00dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Mix' 'Mic'
Item0: 'Mix'
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 7 [47%] [10.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 7 [47%] [10.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch'
Item0: '2ch'
Simple mixer control 'Duplicate Front',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
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Don't know what it all means. :-(
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