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Distribution: Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon), Xubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04
Posts: 49
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No volume control elements and/or devices found
Yet another newbie trying to get some sound on his Linux.
I've been reading about this for a while and still couldn't find the answer. Might be because I'm a complete newbie, trying his way in the Linux family.
I have installed a GNOME desktop Fedora 4 on a PC. Coulnd't get sound at all.
I've upgraded all stuff with the up2date ustility (so windowish of me, I know)
managed to update ALSA so that my sound card is now detected (and very proud of myself for managing that)
The sound card itself is an VIA Tech on board AC97 sound (Via82xx)
But still, when I boot or just try the volume control, I get the annoying No volume control elements and/or devices found error and trying to run Totem returns Alsa device "default" does not exist. When I try the 'Play test sound' in the Soundcard Detection utility I just hear no sound.
lspci output is:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 44)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AG P]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40 )
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/ C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40 )
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:13.0 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2898 Modem (rev 03)
00:14.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139 C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] ( rev 11)
Any more info I can give you? Please help a newbie.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Class 0600: PCI device 1106:0691 (rev 68).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd3ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 1106:8598 (rev 0).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=12.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
Class 0601: PCI device 1106:0686 (rev 64).
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
Class 0101: PCI device 1106:0571 (rev 6).
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd00f].
Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
Class 0c03: PCI device 1106:3038 (rev 22).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f].
Bus 0, device 7, function 3:
Class 0c03: PCI device 1106:3038 (rev 22).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd81f].
Bus 0, device 7, function 4:
Class 0600: PCI device 1106:3057 (rev 64).
Bus 0, device 7, function 5:
Class 0401: PCI device 1106:3058 (rev 80).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdcff].
I/O at 0xe000 [0xe003].
I/O at 0xe400 [0xe403].
Bus 0, device 19, function 0:
Class 0780: PCI device 125d:2898 (rev 3).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe807].
Bus 0, device 20, function 0:
Class 0200: PCI device 10ec:8139 (rev 16).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xec00 [0xecff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000 [0xd80000ff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Class 0300: PCI device 10de:0028 (rev 17).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd6000000 [0xd6ffffff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd4000000 [0xd5ffffff].
You could try running 'alsaconf' to configure up the card. It may be that you have just not configured it yet, therefore Linux doesn't have any configuration information:
run alsaconf to configure
run alsamixer to adjust sound
I see that you have an ESS modem according to your lspci output. Do you need a driver for it? I have recently built one for 2.6 series kernels and am looking for beta testers.
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