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Old 12-03-2004, 10:58 PM   #1
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ALSA not working


I am using an onboard soundcard using the i810_audio driver. The sound dosen't work. the alsa utilities program just gives me a long list of things that can't be found. Could someone help?
 
Old 12-04-2004, 05:14 AM   #2
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Please be a little more specific about what is not found. Copy and paste the output and post it using the [ code] ... [/code] tags so that it is not formatted. Also include the output of a command such as:

cat /var/log/dmesg | egrep -i 'alsa'

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Old 12-04-2004, 05:40 AM   #3
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First set your URPM sources as per:

http://www.zebulon.org.uk/urpmi_en.html

Then

urpmi alsa

Also you might want some of the mixers and gui's.

Next edit /etc/modules.conf and REMOVE any line which says anything about Alsa, OSS, and your i8x0 sound stuff.

Reboot into non-FB mode and Linux will redetect your audio hardware at boot.

Once back in the gui use the alsamixer to set the volume levels as the defaults have them almost muted.
 
Old 12-06-2004, 06:29 PM   #4
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alsa is installed, and so is the mixer gui(not that I know how to run the mixer). I am running in nonfb mode, and the sound still dosen't work. I ran the command /sbin/chkconfig --list alsa to see if my alsa sound services where running on the proper run level, and it gave me:

Code:
alsa                    0 : off    1 : off    2 : off     3 : off    4 : off    5 : off    6 : off
how do I turn the off's into on's?

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Old 12-06-2004, 07:34 PM   #5
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now the device dev/dsp is gone! How do I get ot back?!?
 
Old 12-06-2004, 07:45 PM   #6
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It's still there, but it's forbidden. I tried to chmod it as root, but when I log back in, it dosen't work at all!
 
Old 12-07-2004, 08:40 AM   #7
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/dev/dsp is created by the module load.

First check to see if any sound modules are being loaded via lsmod

next

urpmi aumix

and then as root edit

/etc/modules.conf

Make sure that you have lines which read

alias sound-slot-0 snd-snd-intel8x0
above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss

(note if the above doen't work also try changing it to sound-slot-1, which works for me...)

I also have the following line in /etc/modprobe.conf

install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }

Reboot and run aumix from the multimedia/sound menu to unmute your devices.

Save the settings then also save them in KDE.
 
Old 12-07-2004, 05:45 PM   #8
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did that, and now it says that there is no sound card!
 
Old 12-08-2004, 08:23 AM   #9
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lsmod to make sure you modules are remaining in memory..

dmesg to see the output of the module loads. It sounds like they are erroring out and unloading if the sound card disappears.

This in turn may mean that something else is amiss, such as the chipset drivers.

Post DETAILED specs on your system please, particularly your motherboard.

BTW: Also consider obtaining a 23.00 USD SBLive sound card as these work very well and put very little load on your system unlike the 8x0 audio.
 
Old 12-08-2004, 05:54 PM   #10
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The drivers are still there, but it syasy that it can't detect any soundcard
 
Old 12-08-2004, 07:31 PM   #11
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Quote:
Originally posted by bcf2
The drivers are still there, but it syasy that it can't detect any soundcard
What is syasy?
 
Old 12-08-2004, 08:19 PM   #12
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Old 12-09-2004, 07:16 AM   #13
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Sorry...

what is "it"?

Where do you see that "it" does not detect any sound card?
 
Old 12-09-2004, 10:32 AM   #14
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Try setting up the sound card in MCC

Open the system menu / System / Configuration / Configure Your Computer.
Click 'Hardware' in the menu list at the left, then click the 'Hardware' icon in the main pane. Your sound card should be listed. Highlight it, then click the 'Run Config Tool' bar at the bottom. This should permit you to select from the compatable drivers for your sound card.
 
  


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