No sound on 10.2

bigwheel · 05-26-2006, 03:29 PM

I have not been able to get any sound to work after a 10.2 install. I went through alsaconf, alsamixer and alsactl store with no problems, but no sound.

I am a noob so it could be something simple? What is a good way to test sound? I don't have any sound files that i know of. I have tried video on Google Video and got no sound.

Code:

root@slacker:/home/paul# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
appletalk              20036   1  (autoclean)
ipx                    16580   1  (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss            36736   0  (unused)
snd-mixer-oss          12376   1  [snd-pcm-oss]
parport_pc             15044   0
parport                22824   0  [parport_pc]
uhci                   24284   0  (unused)
usbcore                59148   1  [uhci]
snd-via82xx            13376   2
gameport                1420   0  [snd-via82xx]
snd-ac97-codec         58556   0  [snd-via82xx]
snd-pcm                54344   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer              13764   0  [snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart         3136   0  [snd-via82xx]
snd-rawmidi            12480   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          3812   0  [snd-rawmidi]
snd                    32772   1  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
snd-page-alloc          4712   0  [snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]
soundcore               3396   3  [snd]
tulip                  40896   1
crc32                   2880   0  [tulip]
pcmcia_core            39172   0
ide-scsi                9392   0
apm                     9452   2

alunduil · 05-26-2006, 03:53 PM

Did you unmute the sound in alsamixer? Alsa is used by Slackware, and by default has all the channels muted.

Regards,

Alunduil

masonm · 05-26-2006, 04:18 PM

You in the audio group?

bigwheel · 05-26-2006, 04:18 PM

Yes, all the columns are unmuted and are showing OO.

Alien Bob · 05-26-2006, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigwheel

What is a good way to test sound? I don't have any sound files that i know of.

Try this (assuming you installed KDE) - and try it before you start X:

Code:

play /opt/kde/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav

You should hear something if your sound settings are allright. If this works and sounds are absent in X, it is your Desktop Environment that plays tricks on you.

Eric

bigwheel · 05-26-2006, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masonm

You in the audio group?

That did it, thank you!