flight_master Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Hey guys, It's me again, :P Well, I have my video, modem, ethernet, and joystick working, now i just can't seem to get my sound to work. I have a Intel onboard audio chip on a D865PERL board. It's an AC`97 codec. I've tried downloading the driver from Intel's site, but they don't work. Any help would be appreciated Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Open a console. su to root, like this: (assuming you are using a 2.6.* kernel....the command uname -r tells you. If you are using a 2.4.* kernel, replace the file name modprobe.conf with modules.conf) su <<hit enter>> <<type root password....you won't see output...hit enter>> kwrite /etc/modprobe.conf Edit the line that has sound-slot-0 in it to read alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 Whatever you replace with snd-intel8x0, make sure you replace all occurences of it with snd-intel8x0 in the file. Save the file, close it and type: service alsa restart Making sure that nothing that uses sound is running. Note: you may have to reboot to get good results, but I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight_master Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Ah, Thank you very much! I'll try that as soon as I have access to the computer again (currently working ) still, Christian [copy of preceding post removed by spinynorman - please use 'add reply' button] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight_master Posted September 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Hi again, I check that file, this is what I had in it, so I didn't edit anything: alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 alias eth0 e1000 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe imm; /sbin/modprobe ppa; /bin/true install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; } install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true remove snd-intel8x0 { /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 When I restart Alsa, I get this: Doing alsactl to store mixer settings...Mutex destroy failure: Device or resource busy [ OK ] Shutting down ALSA sound driver (version 1.0.2c): [ OK ] Starting ALSA version 1.0.2c: intel8x0. [ OK ] Doing alsactl to restore mixer settings... [ OK ] [root@localhost christian]# ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 2785, errno = 0 ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 2792, errno = 0 I am really confused here.... B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 As your regular user, run aumix If it is not installed, you have to install it as root. Make sure the volumes are correct. If the volumes aren't too low or muted and you still have no sound, add yourself to the audio group. As root, run userdrake, highlight your regular username and click Edit. Click the Groups tab and add audio over to the proper side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight_master Posted September 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Again, thanks for your reply; I ran aumix, didn't have it installed, so when to mcc and installed it. All my volumes are at 100, except for Rec which is muted. I then ran userdrake, and added myself to the audio group, still no go. Even after a restart. Oh, and just a fyi I'm running Mdk 10.0 Community edition (I know I should upgrade, and will once 10.1 is released.) Thanks! Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 (edited) No, I don't think you should upgrade. If you are using KDE, as root in a console, type (If not using KDE, skip to my other suggestion): kcontrol Look for Sound in there somewhere. Uncheck the box that says "Enable" , click Apply then OK. Trust me, I know that sounds backwards, but KDE uses its own sound server which sometimes (read 'often') intereferes with alsa. You may have to log out of KDE and back in to get sound to come back. You may even have to reboot, but I doubt it. If that doesn't work, as root in a console, type: chmod 0777 /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer* /dev/sequencer* See if you then get sound. Edited September 6, 2004 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight_master Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 No, I don't think you should upgrade. If you are using KDE, as root in a console, type (If not using KDE, skip to my other suggestion): kcontrol Look for Sound in there somewhere. Uncheck the box that says "Enable" , click Apply then OK. Trust me, I know that sounds backwards, but KDE uses its own sound server which sometimes (read 'often') intereferes with alsa. You may have to log out of KDE and back in to get sound to come back. You may even have to reboot, but I doubt it. If that doesn't work, as root in a console, type: chmod 0777 /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer* /dev/sequencer* See if you then get sound. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for you help! I'll try that this weekend, as I don't have the time right now :unsure: I'll let you know how it goes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight_master Posted September 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Hey, it's me again, I tried what you said, still no go. When I went into draksound, and changed my audio driver, it still didn't work, i couldn't even launch freeciv anymore v. weird... anyway, i was wondering if it could be due to the fact that Mandrake 10 comes with alsa 1.0.2, while the intel drivers are 1.0.1 if so, would it be a good idea to upgrade to 1.0.6? and how would i go about this? Here is the output of the recommended troubleshooter: [christian@localhost christian]$ lspcidrake -v |fgrep AUDIO snd-intel8x0 : Intel Corp.|82801EB AC'97 Audio [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:8086 device:24d5 subv:8086 subd:a000) [christian@localhost christian]$ grep sound-slot /etc/modules.conf alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 [christian@localhost christian]$ /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by snd-seq-oss 33568 0 snd-seq-midi-event 8704 1 snd-seq-oss snd-seq 55696 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-pcm-oss 53316 0 snd-mixer-oss 19008 1 snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 34440 0 snd-ac97-codec 59588 1 snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm 97440 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-intel8x0 snd-timer 26660 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm gameport 5664 1 snd-intel8x0 snd-page-alloc 12996 2 snd-intel8x0,snd-pcm snd-mpu401-uart 8320 1 snd-intel8x0 snd-rawmidi 25248 1 snd-mpu401-uart snd-seq-device 9032 3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi snd 55492 12 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device soundcore 10560 1 snd ppp_deflate 7104 0 zlib_deflate 23896 1 ppp_deflate zlib_inflate 23648 1 ppp_deflate bsd_comp 6944 0 ppp_async 13280 1 ppp_generic 32720 7 ppp_deflate,bsd_comp,ppp_async slhc 8192 1 ppp_generic ac97_codec 18828 0 appletalk 40272 2 ax25 66020 2 ipx 33220 2 sg 40028 0 sr_mod 18148 0 fglrx 201932 189 autofs4 17120 2 nfsd 175840 0 exportfs 7552 1 nfsd md5 4864 1 ipv6 251392 14 ip_vs 103872 0 hid 55360 0 raw 8640 1 ide-floppy 19776 0 ide-tape 36752 0 ide-cd 41764 0 cdrom 38272 2 sr_mod,ide-cd floppy 61620 0 e1000 83684 0 ohci1394 35684 0 ieee1394 290480 1 ohci1394 reiserfs 254356 1 nls_iso8859-1 4896 2 ntfs 87532 2 supermount 39856 2 lirc_atiusb 11012 0 lirc_dev 14592 2 lirc_atiusb intel-agp 18364 1 agpgart 32460 1 intel-agp ppa 13448 0 parport_pc 34304 0 imm 13608 0 scsi_mod 117808 4 sg,sr_mod,ppa,imm parport 41032 3 ppa,parport_pc,imm usblp 13664 0 ehci-hcd 25572 0 uhci-hcd 31856 0 usbcore 103228 7 hid,lirc_atiusb,usblp,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd rtc 13640 0 ext3 114216 1 jbd 61976 1 ext3 [christian@localhost christian]$ /sbin/chkconfig -list sound -list: unknown option [christian@localhost christian]$ /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa alsa 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off [christian@localhost christian]$ /sbin/chkconfig --list sound sound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off [christian@localhost christian]$ aumix -q bash: aumix: command not found [christian@localhost christian]$ /sbin/fuser v /dev/dsp v: No such file or directory /dev/dsp: No such file or directory [christian@localhost christian]$ /sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp /dev/dsp: No such file or directory [christian@localhost christian]$ Also, when i change a driver, i get this in the konsole window: ERROR: Module snd-intel8x0 does not exist in /proc/modules sorry if i sound like a n00b, but I am one :woops: Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ara Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 I'm expiriencing the same problem, but I'm still using MDK 9.2. Some of my freinds have moved on to MDK 10.0; still they also have the same problem of having no sound. /dev/dsp , /dev/mixer/ ... do not exist. I tried to look at the /dev directory on a Debian machine, and everthing is there. I still have about 9.2 GB of space, so I can install Red Had---I think I'm gonna have to move to Red Hat if no help comes through in the next two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Disclaimer: I'm not completely sure about this. If they use alsa they won't have /dev/dsp etc etc but dev/sound/dsp etc etc. The /dev/dsp is a device created by oss. However when you have alsa-oss emulation the /dev/dsp is created as a link to /dev/sound/dsp. KDE should autodetect if you're using alsa or oss so you should always have sound. However, you can force it to use alsa or oss in the kde control center. When you have configured everything correctly, and don't get any errors, the reason why you don't have sound is almost always because something is muted. So open a mixer (if you use alsa preferable alsamixergui) and check what channels are muted. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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