Hello!
I get no sound after installing Linux OS. I have tried the tips from different sites but to no help. The sound works on the Windows OS but not on the Linux OS What should i do? Thanks in advance. The error message is:

"The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.

You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove From Panel" from the menu."

Albert

Welcome to LQ. Looks like you may have an unsupported soundcard - we need to know what it is.
Open a terminal and enter

lspci

there should be a reference to a soundcard there, copy just that line over to your reply.

There are many Linux's - please let us know which one you are using - that way you're more likely to get replies fitted to your actual situation.

Hi!
am using ubuntu 8.04 on a Pentuim 2 desktop.
here is the output for the "lspci"
albert@albert-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)

Sure enough - you don't have a soundcard at all. Sound is handled through that fancy video card methinks...
See: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...349/cat/myprod

... which means that you need special configuration to get it going.
Do you plug the speakers into the agp card?

No, i have no sound card installed.
I have checked and thinks i get my sound from the motherboard where i plug my speakers to.

Is your AGP video card integral to the mobo or a plug-in?
Please follow the link - is that your video card?

Your easiest approach to get sound is to buy a cheap pci card for it.

Yes, the AGP card is integrated on the motherboard.