[SOLVED] Problem with sound in Slackware

Ryan10 · 09-17-2010, 11:37 AM

I need help on setting up the sound in slackware 13.1 i have tried a few things such as alsaconf but when i try alsamixer nothing comes up its showing i have no device.

Ryan10 · 09-17-2010, 11:50 AM

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem

EricTRA · 09-17-2010, 12:19 PM

Hi,

Double or cross posting in two different forums will not help solve your problem any faster. It'll only confuse you and us. Stick to this thread instead please. Also exercise a little patience, bumping your own thread will not get more attention. I reported the other thread as duplicate.

In the meantime you could try and see if this site helps you out.

Kind regards,

Eric

SalmonEater · 09-17-2010, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan10

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem

No, but if yours is a fresh install, all I can say is all my sound ran on first boot with the new Salix 13.1.1 XFCE version. 'Nuff said.

Ryan10 · 09-17-2010, 12:24 PM

Already tried that site..that was the first thing i tried but it didnt work

Ryan10 · 09-17-2010, 12:30 PM

This is what it said after i did the alsaconf

Code:

Loading driver...
Loading ALSA mixer settings:  /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1610: No soundcards found...
Setting default volumes...
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device

EricTRA · 09-17-2010, 12:35 PM

Hi,

Ok, that's a start already. You see why it's very important to point out what you have tried already, in as much detail as possible. Also it's very helpfull if you include any errors verbatim as you encounter them and check logs when trying something.

What hardware are you using? Type and make of soundcard, onboard or not? If onboard then what motherboard do you have? What desktop environment are you using? KDE, XFCE, ...? Those are some of the most relevant informational things you can provide in a first post when trying to get accurate help. The more information you provide, the better LQ users can get an idea of what might be wrong and help you to solve it.

Also put the output of the next command in your next post, between code tags. That's a good point to start and see if your soundcard gets detected.

Code:

lspci

Kind regards,

Eric

EricTRA · 09-17-2010, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan10

This is what it said after i did the alsaconf

Code:

Loading driver...
Loading ALSA mixer settings:  /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1610: No soundcards found...
Setting default volumes...
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device

Hi,

Are you running commands as root or as regular user? If regular user, did you make him member of the audio group?

Kind regards,

Eric

Ryan10 · 09-17-2010, 01:12 PM

LSPCI

Code:

root@Ryan:/# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
02:07.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev a9)
02:07.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev a9)
02:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:09.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

EricTRA · 09-17-2010, 01:27 PM

Hi,

OK, so this is your audio device:

Code:

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

Now please post output of following commands:

Code:

lsmod | grep snd

and see if

Code:

aplay -l

tells you anything.

Also, are you running as root or as user (asked before but not answered I think).

Kind regards,

Eric

Ryan10 · 09-17-2010, 01:41 PM

Im under root@Ryan

lsmod |grep snd

Code:

root@Ryan:/# lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_dummy           1107  0 
snd_seq_oss            25580  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      4620  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42857  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4543  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            33917  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13399  3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0           22387  2 
snd_ac97_codec         89467  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                 822  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                57736  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              15699  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    43107  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               4815  3 snd
snd_page_alloc          5849  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

I used aplay -l and it said no soundcards found...

EricTRA · 09-17-2010, 02:14 PM

Hi,

Sorry I didn't even noticed that in your previous posts (getting late after long day at work)

Try the following:

Code:

modprobe -r snd-intel8x0
modprobe snd-index8x0 ac97_quirk=1 xbox=1

and check if you got sound.

Also check if alsaconf detects your card after this.

Kind regards,

Eric

Ryan10 · 09-17-2010, 11:21 PM

Code:

root@Ryan:/# modprobe -r snd-intel8x0
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/sound, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use.

Code:

root@Ryan:/# modprobe snd-index8x0 ac97_quirk=1 xbox=1
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/sound, it will be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Module snd_index8x0 not found.

Ryan10 · 09-21-2010, 10:53 AM

anyone?

Ryan10 · 09-21-2010, 11:42 AM

Well i rebooted the system and ran alsaconf and it found the card and then ran alsamixer and it came up. Last time i tried it didnt come up so now i have sound. If anyone had the same problem i guess do a reboot like i had to. SOLVED