Sound Card

Raiwan · 10-31-2005, 05:31 PM

Hey, I'm currently using Kubuntu and I'm not getting ANY sound (no music, no sound from videos, and no system sounds).

This is what I get when I type in "lspci" in the console:

Code:

fabian@kubuntu:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Inter
face (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (re
v 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (re
v 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (re
v 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (re                                                                           v 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Contr                                                                           oller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 St                                                                           orage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) Serial ATA 150 Storage Co                                                                           ntroller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02                                                                           )
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC                                                                           '97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 00f1                                                                            (rev a2)
0000:02:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Control                                                                           ler (Link)
0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless                                                                            LAN Controller (rev 03)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller                                                                            (rev 02)
fabian@kubuntu:~$

I've got a Dell Dimension 4600, so I think I have an Intel 658G motherboard, although I'm not sure where I can see this for sure.

I've already unmuted everything, so it's not that. This is really annoying; I've searched all over the internet, and still haven't found a solution to my problem

Thanks

Bruce Hill · 10-31-2005, 05:44 PM

Welcome to LQ!

What is your output for "lsmod" ?

Raiwan · 10-31-2005, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chinaman
Welcome to LQ!

Thanks

Quote:

What is your output for "lsmod" ?

Here it is:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 38460  0
l2cap                  24740  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              48356  4 rfcomm,l2cap
speedstep_lib           4228  0
cpufreq_userspace       4316  0
cpufreq_stats           5252  0
freq_table              4388  1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave       1696  0
cpufreq_ondemand        6044  0
cpufreq_conservative     6948  0
video                  15748  0
tc1100_wmi              6692  0
sony_acpi               5324  0
pcc_acpi               11104  0
hotkey                  9284  0
dev_acpi               11108  0
i2c_acpi_ec             5472  0
i2c_core               21200  1 i2c_acpi_ec
button                  6480  0
battery                 9348  0
container               4384  0
ac                      4708  0
ipv6                  251200  6
floppy                 59124  0
rtc                    12344  0
pcspkr                  3396  0
ohci1394               34356  0
snd_intel8x0           33248  1
snd_ac97_codec         83932  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            52704  0
snd_mixer_oss          19296  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                88840  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              24164  1 snd_pcm
snd                    54884  8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixe
r_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9600  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10600  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
tpm_atmel               5536  0
tpm_nsc                 6656  0
tpm                     9888  2 tpm_atmel,tpm_nsc
hw_random               5172  0
pci_hotplug            27508  0
intel_agp              23164  1
ntfs                  108144  1
nls_utf8                2016  2
nls_cp437               5664  1
vfat                   13440  1
fat                    52668  1 vfat
dm_mod                 57692  1
tsdev                   7776  0
evdev                   9664  0
nvidia               3710980  12
agpgart                34792  2 intel_agp,nvidia
sr_mod                 17028  0
sbp2                   22952  0
ieee1394              100792  2 ohci1394,sbp2
psmouse                30116  0
mousedev               11616  1
parport_pc             35236  1
lp                     12292  0
parport                35912  2 parport_pc,lp
md                     45584  0
ext3                  136264  1
jbd                    54776  1 ext3
mbcache                 9252  1 ext3
thermal                13000  0
processor              22812  1 thermal
fan                     4484  0
e100                   34976  0
mii                     5696  1 e100
ehci_hcd               34248  0
uhci_hcd               31184  0
usbcore               117884  3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
sd_mod                 19120  4
ide_cd                 41572  0
cdrom                  39616  2 sr_mod,ide_cd
ide_disk               18464  2
ide_generic             1376  0
ata_piix               10052  6
libata                 53764  1 ata_piix
scsi_mod              135688  4 sr_mod,sbp2,sd_mod,libata
piix                   10372  1
ide_core              138772  4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,piix
unix                   26896  333
vesafb                  7992  0
capability              4712  0
commoncap               6816  1 capability
vga16fb                12584  1
vgastate                9664  1 vga16fb
softcursor              2272  2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbimgblt               2944  2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbfillrect             3872  2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbcopyarea             4608  2 vesafb,vga16fb
fbcon                  38496  72
tileblit                2368  1 fbcon
font                    8224  1 fbcon
bitblit                 5632  1 fbcon

Bruce Hill · 10-31-2005, 06:12 PM

Your modules look correct. What happens if you issue
cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
in a terminal. Be ready to hit Ctrl+C to stop it, as this
will send random sound to your speakers. Very nasty
noise, but you will know if your hardware works.

Are you using the KDE desktop environment? If so,
press Atl+F2 and then enter kcontrol and in there
select > Sound and Multimedia > Sound System.
Then you should have a check mark in "Enable the
sound system" under General and under Hardware
you should have Autodetect.

I've tried to setup KDE on a couple of my boxen, and
on other's comps, but have had sound problems. I
run Fluxbox and don't have these issues with it.

Raiwan · 11-01-2005, 04:39 AM

When I type in "cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp", nothing happens; no sound comes out of my speakers.

And yes, I'm using KDE and I've got "Autodetect" and "Enable Sound System" checked.

SiriusAB · 11-02-2005, 09:56 AM

Following this thread, as I have a similar problem. When I try to make any change in KDE Sound System, it hangs:

Error =
Window with title "Sound System - Control Center" is not responding. This window belongs to application kcontrol (PID=5889, hostname=[ ]).
Do you wish to terminate this application? (All unsaved data in this application will be lost.)

Also, # cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp doesn't ever even finish in my console. The cursor sits there frozen until I kill the window.

SiriusAB · 11-02-2005, 10:03 AM

Ran # cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp again. This time, returned:

-bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy

gtludwig · 11-02-2005, 10:17 AM

I'm having sound issues too.

My lspci output is:

Code:

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) 
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)
#

and my lsmod output is:

Code:

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
via_rhine              19500  -
nvidia               3705928  -
agpgart                28968  -
#

Yes, I've noticed no sound modules loaded. How do I solve it?

Thanks!

Bruce Hill · 11-02-2005, 10:39 AM

Please, SiriusAB and gustaveiras ... do not hijack this member's thread
with your own problems. Just follow it, or start a new one for your own
problem.

Raiwan,

If "When I type in "cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp", nothing happens;
no sound comes out of my speakers" -- then you might have a hardware
problem.

I believe you can find the answer if you search Google <Linux> diligently,
and probably even searching LinuxQuestions.

johndoe080 · 11-19-2005, 03:55 PM

I've installed the Kubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger and I went on this forum because I had
the same problems with the sound card. My sound card is Intel ICH5 and it is integrated
on the motherboard (My motherboard is an Asus P4P800-X)

I tried to editing modprobe.conf, reinstalling alsa driver, ... but I get still no sound.

Today I read the manual of my motherboard and I discovered that the motherboard
has two audio output, one is on the rear side of the case and one is located on
the motherboard.

On my motherboard there are 9 pin (10-1) nearly the rear mic-linein-lineout
jack connector and they are called on the manual "10-1 pin FP_AUDIO".

This second line out is used if you have a case with a front panel audio connectors
but this motherboard doesn't support two line out at the same time, so If you would
like to use the front panel audio connectors no sound can be produced by the
rear line out.

If you would like to activate the rear jack line out of the motherboard you have to
connect with jumper caps the LINE OUT_R (pin n'7 in the example below) with
BLINE_OUT_R (pin n'3 in the example below) and the LINE OUT_L (pin n'9 in the example below) with
BLINE_OUT_L (pin n'4 in the example below)

Code:

 _________
|1|2|3| |4|
|-|-|-|-|-|
|5|6|7|8|9|
-----------

1=AGND
2=+5VA
3=BLINE_OUT_R
4=BLINE_OUT_L
5=MIC2
6=MICPWR
7=Line out_R
8=NC
9=Line out_L

Now I can hear 5.1 dolby surround music with my multimedia sound system
and my new distribution Kubuntu 5.10.
I hope this post can help you.