no sound in slackware 12

Hi,

I had contributed to this thread here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=568066

I am still wondering what exactly is going on with my sound issue.

I have a Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS pci card. I am using a fresh install of
Slackware 12 using the default installation kernel.

I had made mention of doing another fresh install to just confirm this. It's been
a day and I am thinking that I am just going to go ahead and do it.

I posted a lspci and a lsmod of my current system in the thread above. I am posting this for anyone else that may have this problem knowing that I could just compile 2.6.22 and most likely things would work, however my ATI drivers installed perfectly and anyone that has an ATI card, this experience is almost unprecedented...lol.

I will post my results later.

I haven't checked, but I have seen 3 threads where people recompiled the kernel and alsa started working. I have read that alsa is compiled into this kernel and am curious if a kernel recompile fixes yours.


Think i'm gonna check the make menuconfig here inna min to be sure.

After a re-install...

During install...
I used the default installation kernel.

All selections are default except
I am using ReiserFS.
I am not using lilo on my MBR. I installed it to the boot partition. (root)

That's really about it.
The first thing I ran when I logged in was alsa config, selected my sound card and then I ran alsamixer. I ran the xserver and checked Kmix.
Everything is peachy keen there.

Normally I should get sound during the login process to kde. currently
I am testing sound in the Control Center/Sound and Multimedia/Sound System
and I use the Test Sound button at the bottom.

lsmod:

snd_seq_midi 10272 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 10112 0
snd_emux_synth 35840 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 9216 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 9984 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_dummy 6788 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10112 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50640 9 snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi _event
snd_pcm_oss 42784 0
snd_mixer_oss 18048 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 254496 14
pcmcia 34988 0
pcmcia_core 36500 1 pcmcia
capability 7304 0
commoncap 9344 1 capability
lp 13736 0
parport_pc 27812 1
parport 34760 2 lp,parport_pc
pcspkr 6528 0
psmouse 39048 0
snd_emu10k1 131904 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 22560 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 98980 1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus 6016 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 72068 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 10508 8 snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawm idi
snd_timer 22532 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 7552 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 10628 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
serio_raw 9220 0
emu10k1_gp 6912 0
snd 47204 13 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi ,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 9824 1 snd
e1000 122560 0
gameport 15112 2 emu10k1_gp
intel_agp 25116 1
agpgart 31432 1 intel_agp
sg 30364 0
ata_generic 9220 0
evdev 11904 1
iTCO_wdt 12964 0
iTCO_vendor_support 7172 1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_i801 11408 0
shpchp 33172 0

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P Processor to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Processor to PCI to CSA Bridge (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
03:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
03:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
03:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
03:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)

Was hoping you wouldn't have to re-install... but glad to hear you got it working

Originally Posted by Hern_28 Was hoping you wouldn't have to re-install... but glad to hear you got it working

oops...maybe I wasn't clear that I still don't have sound.

I haven't checked, but I have seen 3 threads where people recompiled the kernel and alsa started working. I have read that alsa is compiled into this kernel and am curious if a kernel recompile fixes yours.

hmm. I ran a make menuconfig, and alsa is a module and my sound driver is a module...which is what it should be. If this is the .config that was used to make this kernel...which it should be...then it should work, and when I do a compile I should have the same results.

I will try this...I'll post results later.

Any resolution to this? I seem to be having the same problem as you, but I am using an Intel onboard HD Audio on my DG965ot board.

I am not as linux savy as thou, so all this recompiling the kernel talk has me scared.

Originally Posted by dfxdeimos Any resolution to this? I seem to be having the same problem as you, but I am using an Intel onboard HD Audio on my DG965ot board. I am not as linux savy as thou, so all this recompiling the kernel talk has me scared.

Hi, yes I am in the middle of resolving it. I did a clean re-compile of 2.6.21.5 (default for slack) and I am getting a kernel panic for the root fs...it'll be a day before I can work on it, but it will be done.

I think there should be a sticky on how to re-compile, unless you have alot of important docs on the install you are using, don't fear. The only way to be a little more savvy than the others is without fear, don't be afraid to screw things up because then you'll know how to fix them when they happen again :-)

im just throwing this possibility in, as my soundblaster card has a funny little quirk, that when its set to '00' in alsamixer it MUTES the card, but toggling to 'MM' actually gives sound. not sure wether you have tried this. a good way of testing this is to have your media player play an mp3 while toggling.

The Audigy cards are set to DIGITAL output by default. Scroll all the way to the right and find the channel/setting for the digital output. Hit SPACEBAR or M to change the setting to analog output. Exit alsamixer and then 'alsactl save' to save the configuration. That will enable analog output. My roommate had this problem a few weeks ago.

I thought I had the same problem, but after changing the PCM output settings in alsamixer from MM to 00 (by hitting M, thank you jeenam), there was sound again.

@jeenam: I think you made a typo, it's 'alsactl store' to save the settings of alsamixer, not 'alsactl save'.

My old pc had a weird problem that it would disble the irq that the sound card was using unless I put acpi=off on the kernel cmd line. You dont seem to have that problem. check the kde mixer under swithes,audigy,analog/dig your card may be set to digital output.

Originally Posted by jeenam The Audigy cards are set to DIGITAL output by default. Scroll all the way to the right and find the channel/setting for the digital output. Hit SPACEBAR or M to change the setting to analog output. Exit alsamixer and then 'alsactl save' to save the configuration. That will enable analog output. My roommate had this problem a few weeks ago.

Originally Posted by Boow My old pc had a weird problem that it would disble the irq that the sound card was using unless I put acpi=off on the kernel cmd line. You dont seem to have that problem. check the kde mixer under swithes,audigy,analog/dig your card may be set to digital output.

Good job you guys, I have sound now. There is a lil toggle in kmix under switches that has Audigy Analog/Digital. I am guessing that I thought pressed in (yellow) was digital? That dialog is a little deceiving. At any rate, I am not even done re-compiling, now I wont have to. Thank you two both !

Originally Posted by mobilemonkey im just throwing this possibility in, as my soundblaster card has a funny little quirk, that when its set to '00' in alsamixer it MUTES the card, but toggling to 'MM' actually gives sound. not sure wether you have tried this. a good way of testing this is to have your media player play an mp3 while toggling.

FYI Changing MM to 00 worked for me

Originally Posted by galgant I thought I had the same problem, but after changing the PCM output settings in alsamixer from MM to 00 (by hitting M, thank you jeenam), there was sound again. @jeenam: I think you made a typo, it's 'alsactl store' to save the settings of alsamixer, not 'alsactl save'.

You're correct, the proper command is 'alsactl store'. Rust...=)

Hey,

I just installed Slackware 12.0 and I am getting these same sound issues but the tips in here aren't wokring. i have an onboard sound card plus a separate Audigy sound card. I've done the following:

-Disabled the onboard sound card in the bios
-Ran alsaconf and selected the Audigy card.

now when I run alsamixer it defaults to the onboard card. If it's disabled why would it come up? Anyways, I ran alsamixer -c 1 instead to get the audigy card. I unmuted everything and pumped up the volume. Exited then ran alsactl store.

Still no sound. I plug my speakers into my onboard card and get sound but not from audigy.

any hints or advice?

Nick