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VeeDubb
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Just like the title says. should be linux compatible, but there's no sound.

 

i just got a new mobo today, and despite my own best advice, I DIDN'T get a soyo motherboard, instead i got an ASRock K7S8XE+ because it was $50.00

 

i can use programs like xmms to play a song,a nd it apears to play, but nothing comes out.

 

Here is the output from lsmod

 

Module                  Size  Used by
md5                     3872  1
ipv6                  232352  6
ppp_deflate             6112  0
zlib_deflate           22904  1 ppp_deflate
zlib_inflate           22656  1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp                5952  0
ppp_async              11744  1
ppp_generic            29552  7 ppp_deflate,bsd_comp,ppp_async
slhc                    7200  1 ppp_generic
sg                     38044  0
sr_mod                 17028  0
nvidia               2068232  12
lp                     12200  0
snd-seq-oss            31232  0
snd-seq-midi-event      7552  1 snd-seq-oss
snd-seq                51024  4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-intel8x0           32776  1
snd-ac97-codec         58148  1 snd-intel8x0
snd-pcm                93156  1 snd-intel8x0
snd-timer              24484  2 snd-seq,snd-pcm
gameport                4480  1 snd-intel8x0
snd-page-alloc         11972  2 snd-intel8x0,snd-pcm
snd-mpu401-uart         7072  1 snd-intel8x0
snd-rawmidi            23616  1 snd-mpu401-uart
snd-seq-device          8008  3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi
snd                    52484  12 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec,
snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device
soundcore               9248  1 snd
af_packet              20520  0
hid                    53312  0
raw                     7616  1
ide-floppy             18752  0
ide-tape               34864  0
ide-cd                 40548  0
cdrom                  37184  2 sr_mod,ide-cd
floppy                 59444  0
sis900                 19268  0
supermount             37876  1
sis-agp                 5568  1
agpgart                31016  2 sis-agp
ppa                    12296  0
parport_pc             32832  1
imm                    12360  0
scsi_mod              114648  4 sg,sr_mod,ppa,imm
parport                38952  4 lp,ppa,parport_pc,imm
usblp                  12288  1
ehci-hcd               24196  0
ohci-hcd               18692  0
usbcore                99132  7 hid,usblp,ehci-hcd,ohci-hcd
rtc                    11576  0
ext3                  110408  4
jbd                    54328  1 ext3

 

 

i would REALY prefer to use alsa, and NOT OSS, but I'l use oss if I have to.

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First try to run XMMS from the console. If you get an error, post it here, I will try to help. If not, go to Kmixer, or gnome's sound widget, and make sure that the sound is not muted. (I had a similar problem, and it was because the sound was off by default)

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I ran xmms through the console and it loaded without errors.

 

Once it loaded, I opened an mp3 and hit play. The clock started running as though it were playing, and the litle bars that move with the sound bounced up and down as though it were playing.

 

Still no sound.

 

I verified that sound was not muted through xmms. still no sound.

 

Then I checked that the sound was up in kmix, aumix and alsamixer in the console, and after each, I rebooted, and still no sound.

 

Of course, i made sure it was enabled in the bios, and that my speakers were properly connected, and tested the speakers with another computer, to make sure they were functional, all good, still no sound.

 

Also, i tried updating the bios to a newer version, and still no sound.

 

Lastly, here is the output from lspci if it helps at all:

 

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 746 Host (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0964 (rev 36)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet (rev 90)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)

 

i would REALY appreciate any further help. If i can't get this fixed, i'm going to have to return it RMA and pay 15% restocking fee.

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You should have turned it up and not rebooted. The reboot was not needed. Anyway, the fact that there are no errors makes me think one of two things. Either the board has a bad jack, or the sound settings are wrong. Check the PCM channel and make sure it is turned all the way up

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One more thing, I know it can produce sound, because when the mic is not muted, I get constant feedback.

 

It's not normal feedback however, as it continues even when there is no mic plugged in. When the mic volume is low, it is a high pitched wine. As I turn up the mic volume, the pitch drops and it becomes a percusive sound.

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I think PCM is the problem.

 

In kmix, there is no slider for pcm, just a checkbox.

 

In alsamixer and alsamixergui, pcm is there, but I can't move the slider at all, and it apears to be at zero. In aumix, it apears to be at 100, and i can move it around, but as soon as I take my mouse away, it snaps back to 100.

 

 

Any more ideas?

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Also, I have googled this for hours upon hours. I have seen many people who said they had similar problems, and a many who said they fixed it, but not one stinking person who said HOW they fixed it.

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Like the jitter-bug, so simple it plumb evaded me....

 

 

If anyone else has this problem, you need to do two things to fix it.

 

1. Open up mcc/hardware/hardware and click on the sound card. Then click "Configure Module" and in the box for "Enable" put a 1

 

2. Open up your favorite mixer and disable "IEC958 Capture Monitor" That's it, you should have sound.

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:wall: I have a similar problem!!!

I have an Asus Motherboard P4S533-MX with ADI AD1980 6-channel CODEC and I´m using Mandrake Community 10 and I have no sound. I tried alsa snd-intel8x0 and snd-via82xx.

I readed somewhere:

 

"I've got an Asus A7V600, VIA KT600 chipset which has an ADI,

AD1980 onboard sound chip. It uses alsa, AC97 compliant on Mdk

10.0, kernel 2.6.4, without the need for aumix, alsaconf.

Works surprisingly well! ;)

 

snd-via82xx : VIA Technologies|VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller]

[MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO]

 

Run 'draksound' as root in a term, follow all the steps under

trouble shooting if needed. Your driver with that i865 chipset

board could likely be different. Actually i8xxx chipset is more

a cause for possible concern. Particularly since that board is a

i8xx chipset, VIA controllers mix. I suspect the ADI chip needs

the VIA driver, so try both the Intel and VIA drivers. You probly

don't need to get one, they're already available on your **system"

 

but I have no sound yet.

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