Debian 7 sound problem

Newzslack · 03-08-2014, 06:43 PM

hello,

i've installed Debian 7.4 stable on my Dell inspiron 530 desktop, but I am having trouble getting the sound to work.

on alsamixer, the main and pcm don't have any option to unmute or mute, everything that can be set to 00 is.

lspci | grep audio gives:

01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 3400 Series]
02:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs SB X-Fi

any advice on packages I need or configurations to do?

thanks in advance

jdkaye · 03-09-2014, 04:36 AM

You can move the mixer levels up or down with your arrow keys with alsamixer. Have you tried that?
jdk

Newzslack · 03-09-2014, 03:03 PM

no they are all already maxed out at 100

jdkaye · 03-10-2014, 12:00 AM

And you've tried using F6 with alsamixer to make sure the right card is being configured?
jdk

Newzslack · 03-10-2014, 06:46 PM

yep I did, and it is the default one also

TheCobra · 03-22-2014, 11:42 AM

Have you checked to make sure the connections between the device and your speakers is sound?

To make sure alsa is set up correctly do:

Code:

"alsamixer"
"F6" and select Creative Labs SB X-Fi
Navigate to Master
"m" to unmute
And use the up and down arrows to change volume

Check to make sure alsa is using the correct sound device drivers by cating /proc/asound/modules. You should be using snd-ctxfi.