Sound problems (alsaconf cannot find sound modules.)

vmlinuz.gz · 03-25-2006, 01:28 AM

Please note that I'm not very experienced at all with dealing with sound on Linux, this is the first time I've attempted to get sound working.

When I try to play a sound file in amaroK (running on Fluxbox) it outputs the error message:

Quote:

[GStreamer error] Device "dev/dsp" does not exist.

even though it does appear to exist (as a symbolic link):

Code:

$ ls -l /dev/dsp
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 9 2006-03-24 22:32 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0

Similarly, XMMS outputs

Quote:

Please check that:

Your sound card is configured properly
You have the correct output plugin selected
No other program is blocking the sound care

When I try to run alsaconf, it outputs:

Code:

modinfo: could not find module snd
modinfo: could not find module snd
modinfo: could not find module snd
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded).
Building card database...
modinfo: could not find module snd-opl3sa2
modinfo: could not find module snd-cs4236
modinfo: could not find module snd-cs4232
modinfo: could not find module snd-cs4231
modinfo: could not find module snd-es18xx
modinfo: could not find module snd-es1688
modinfo: could not find module snd-sb16
modinfo: could not find module snd-sb8

I will post my lspci. Perhaps it will help.

Code:

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. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) US
B UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI 
Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Bridge (rev 0
2)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) UltraATA-100 I
DE Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Contr
oller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4
-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200
] (rev a1)
0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT86C100A [Rhine] (rev
06)

Also, I am running Debian 3.1 with version 2.6.16 of the kernel. It was compiled with (modularized) sound support.

rickh · 03-25-2006, 01:45 AM

Try # modprobe -a

...and see if alsaconf does anything different.

If it still doesn't work, post the output of lsmod | grep snd

vmlinuz.gz · 03-25-2006, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickh

Try # modprobe -a

...and see if alsaconf does anything different.

If it still doesn't work, post the output of lsmod | grep snd

I don't know if modprobe -a is a valid command:

Code:

$ sudo modprobe -a
Usage: modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-o <modname>] <modname> [parameters...]
modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ...
modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...]

It seems like you have to specify a module name.

[ lsmod | grep snd ] produces no output.

rickh · 03-25-2006, 02:18 AM

Sorry ... I meant depmod -a
Then modprobe snd

vmlinuz.gz · 03-25-2006, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickh

Sorry ... I meant depmod -a
Then modprobe snd

Code:

$ sudo depmod -a
$ sudo modprobe snd
FATAL: Module snd not found.

Alsaconf still acts the same afterwards.

rickh · 03-25-2006, 02:34 AM

Well ... your sound module is not being loaded. I would assume it is related to the kernel build. Did you install Sarge originally with the 2.6 kernel. If the original install had 2.4, it handled module insertion a lot different, and there could still be some residual issues related to that.

Maybe someone who knows more than me about it will come along.

vmlinuz.gz · 03-25-2006, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickh

Well ... your sound module is not being loaded. I would assume it is related to the kernel build. Did you install Sarge originally with the 2.6 kernel. If the original install had 2.4, it handled module insertion a lot different, and there could still be some residual issues related to that.

Maybe someone who knows more than me about it will come along.

Thanks anyways, I do appreciate your attempt to help. My Debian netinst originally came with version 2.4.27 of the kernel.

ager-wick · 06-14-2008, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vmlinuz.gz

Code:

$ sudo depmod -a
$ sudo modprobe snd
FATAL: Module snd not found.

Alsaconf still acts the same afterwards.

I have the exact same problem now with (K)ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy).
This was after I tried to install the ALSO driver for the integrated sound card on the motherboard, a Realtek ALC888, which I found here: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...Audio%20Codecs
(you have to accept an agreement and scroll down the the linux driver)

markisthejob · 11-12-2008, 03:36 AM

I know this was over a year ago but for anyone else , I was having exactly the same problem and depmod -a worked for me.