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Thanks in advance if you can help. I've looked everywhere else.
I have installed FC4 x86_64 (Kernel 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
) on my Athlon 64 system, and it works great apart from one weird problem with the sound. I've already double checked the card is working, because I dual boot with Windows XP and it works fine
My card is a Creative SB Live! 5.1, so there shouldn't be a problem with driver support. When I run /usr/bin/system-config-soundcard it detects the card as SB Live! EMU10k1, module snd-emu10k1. So far so good, but no sound when I press "play test sound"
XMMS reports this error message when attempting to use the alsa output plugin: ** WARNING **: alsa_get_mixer(): Attaching to mixer hw:0 failed: No such file or directory
Kmixer doesn't list any sound devices.
Gnome mixer seems to work, but since I'm getting up sound output, I can't be sure.
alsamixer reports: alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory
Mplayer reports the following error messages: [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or director y
alsa-init: 2 soundcard found, using: default
ALSA lib confmisc.c:560:(snd_determine_driver) could not open control for card 0
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver return ed error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned er ror: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:955:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned err or: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3946:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directo ry
ALSA lib pcm.c:2090:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
alsa-init: playback open error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:560:(snd_determine_driver) could not open control for card 0
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver return ed error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned er ror: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:955:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned err or: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3946:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directo ry
ALSA lib pcm.c:2090:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
[AO ESD] esd_open_sound failed: Connection refused
[AO SDL] Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le
ALSA lib confmisc.c:560:(snd_determine_driver) could not open control for card 0
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver return ed error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned er ror: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:955:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3477:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned err or: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3946:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directo ry
ALSA lib pcm.c:2090:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
AO: [sdl] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
try the modprobe command and if it shows anything related to sound.. maybe the driver is installed properly but maybe the driver files are not pointed properly.
The command "/sbin/modprobe snd-emu10k1" returned no error messages, and from what I understand that means that the module was already loaded or wasn't loaded but had just been sucessfully loaded right?
When I do a "/sbin/modprobe -l" it lists these sound modules
sorry i meant on board sound card because this happens when you actually have two modules loaded and only one might actually work. Then we have to disable the other one. so does your motherboard has on board sound....
Yes, it does. I had two sound devices when I installed FC4; the SB Live and the onboard Nvidia/Realtek. I was getting no sound when I had their modules loaded, so I took out the SB Live and tried to use only the onboard sound. That didn't work, so I disabled the onboard sound in the BIOS and put the SB Live back in, but it's the same situation with either card.
I should point that that both are recognised in system-config-soundcard, and both generate the same problem and error messages.
I am facing similar problem on SuSE 9.3 professional
Hi,
I have an application that runs on x-windows. When I run this application on SuSE 9.3 i get following error messages (although the application runs fine)
ALSA lib confmisc.c:560snd_determine_driver) could not open control for card 0
ALSA lib conf.c:3477_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3477_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib confmisc.c:955snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3477_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: Permission denied
ALSA lib conf.c:3946snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: Permission denied
ALSA lib pcm.c:2070snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
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