almost everything seems normal with my sound configuration, except that I have no sound.

here's what's not normal first-
if I try to modprobe snd-cs4281 (compiled in the kernel) or if I try to modprobe cs4281 (compiled as module) I fail. A message says that the module cannot be found

If its configured into the kernel, then I don't understand what I'm missing here.

I've got a Crystal SoundFusion CS4281 WDM audio that requires the cs4281 module.
I have ALSA and cs4281 configured in the kernel (not as modules for the moment)
running alsamixer shows that sound is unmuted and volume levels are at max
I do not get any error messages while booting up

thanks

If you have the alsa module compiled into the kernel, then you don't need to do 'modprobe whatever'. There isn't a module to load, and if linux is running then the driver is running. (Thus modprobe snd-cs4281 will give an error, as there is no such module.)

Also, I would assume that loading the OSS module (modprobe cs4281) when you have the ALSA driver compiled into the kernel may cause some concerns.

If you can start the alsamixer, then I think that means that Linux knows you have a soundcard and it can control it.

I trust that your speakers are plugged in, and you testing something nice and safe like playing a wav file? You can easily test you soundcard by running 'dmesg > /dev/dsp' which should make a lot of noise if your soundcard is working.

Daniel

thanks.
I tried dmesg > /dev/dsp, but still no sound.

yeah, everything looks right. Still, there is no sound.

hi there,

is this a kernel 2.6.11 ???
try muting the JACK output in alsamixer.

regards

slackie1000