no sound in linux
I am currently running Debian with a 2.4 kernel. My computer is a 3.0GHz P4 with an asus p5p800 motherboard with integrated sound.
I did exactly as it said to do in this article under the 'configuring sound' heading. linuxtimes.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=457&page=2 From this, I was able to get my soundcard type: debian:/mnt# lspci | grep audio 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) debian:/mnt# i did everything else exactly as it said to do, but my soundcard wasnt listed when i went to run modconf, so i tried a few of them but nothing worked. Anybody have any thoughts as to what I might try next? |
Hi, and welcome to LQ!
Do you find any referneces to the audio device in the output of dmesg? What do you see when you do lsmod ? Cheers, Tink |
I didn't see anything in the output of dmesg related to audio or sound.
here's what i see when i did lsmod: Module Size Used by Not tainted input 3040 0 (autoclean) apm 8364 1 (autoclean) parport_pc 19432 1 (autoclean) lp 5540 0 parport 21608 1 [parport_pc lp] af_packet 11048 1 (autoclean) hw_random 2456 0 (unused) i810_rng 2368 0 (unused) printer 6912 0 ehci-hcd 14796 0 (unused) usb-uhci 19504 0 (unused) usbcore 52268 1 [printer ehci-hcd usb-uhci] ide-scsi 8272 0 scsi_mod 86020 1 [ide-scsi] sk98lin 123880 1 soundcore 3268 0 ide-cd 27040 1 cdrom 26212 0 [ide-cd] rtc 5768 0 (autoclean) ext3 65388 2 (autoclean) jbd 34628 2 (autoclean) [ext3] ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused) ide-disk 12416 3 (autoclean) piix 7784 2 (autoclean) ide-core 91800 4 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect ide-disk piix] unix 12720 173 (autoclean) |
Try a manual
modprobe i810_audio modprobe ac97_codec and see what happens ... Cheers, Tink |
not sure what you mean, tinkster. i typed those commands in and nothing happened
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Tried a lsmod afterwards?
If they are listed now then they're loaded ... a little fiddle with the mixer may well prove that sound is working. Cheers, Tink |
Module Size Used by Not tainted
nls_cp437 4284 1 (autoclean) ntfs 45024 1 (autoclean) input 3040 0 (autoclean) apm 8364 1 (autoclean) parport_pc 19432 1 (autoclean) lp 5540 0 parport 21608 1 [parport_pc lp] af_packet 11048 1 (autoclean) hw_random 2456 0 (unused) i810_rng 2368 0 (unused) printer 6912 0 ehci-hcd 14796 0 (unused) usb-uhci 19504 0 (unused) usbcore 52268 1 [printer ehci-hcd usb-uhci] ide-scsi 8272 0 scsi_mod 86020 1 [ide-scsi] sk98lin 123880 1 soundcore 3268 0 ide-cd 27040 1 cdrom 26212 0 [ide-cd] rtc 5768 0 (autoclean) ext3 65388 2 (autoclean) jbd 34628 2 (autoclean) [ext3] ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused) ide-disk 12416 4 (autoclean) piix 7784 2 (autoclean) ide-core 91800 5 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect ide-di sk piix] unix 12720 201 (autoclean) this is my lsmod after typing those commands you mentioned. i dont' think they're listed and probably still not loaded. Any ideas? |
please check the volume level to make sure that it's not zero (by default). Use Kmix or something else ...
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how do you "fiddle with the mixer"? I typed in the commands again and then lsmod, but i don't think it's loaded. very confused ...
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tried kmix, but all there is is a blank screen. what does that mean?
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I am having the exact same problem with the exact same sound card.
I can't load the modules either, and I think they are installed since when I did modprobe on them, there wasn't any output. I had the sound working for a little while when I first installed my system, but now there isn't any sound and I can't open any mixers. |
go to http://www.alsa-project.org/ and check if your sound card is supported. If that use alsa-1.0.8.
best regards |
asus had tried there best to not support linux. They even had a lawsute put agenest them here not to long ago. If i was you i would go and buy and Sound Blaster Live. They don't take a-lot of money out of your wallet, and it fixed the problems on the asus motherbord i had. Hope that gives you a idea of what probley wrong.
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exactly, what sound card are you using ???
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I am using an intergrated sound card, namely the Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02).
I have used several distros and this has worked in every single one of them, including Fedora Core 2 and 3, Ubuntu (which is debian based), Gentoo, and Knoppix. I have been using it with ALSA on all of those systems, running through the eSound Daemon (although with debian, now I'm using KDE so it would be aRts). From what I used, it seems like ALSA's drivers for this card are already pretty sophisticated - the sound quality is indistinguishable from the Windows drivers written by Intel themselves. Anyway, I'm sure it's a pretty simple problem - but it's also a problem I've never run into before and I have no idea how to fix it. Help! |
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