Sound

ssslackw · 03-06-2008, 09:09 AM

Hi,
I have slackware 12.0 installed both in my desktop and laptop. But when I tried to play CDs with KSCD, there was no sound from both systems.

I did "alsaconf, and alsactl store."

Any help would be appreciated.

Dukeman

hitest · 03-06-2008, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssslackw

Hi,
I have slackware 12.0 installed both in my desktop and laptop. But when I tried to play CDs with KSCD, there was no sound from both systems.

I did "alsaconf, and alsactl store."

Any help would be appreciated.

Dukeman

Also run:

#alsamixer

un-mute your sound card.

ssslackw · 03-06-2008, 09:40 AM

Hi,
I have done alsamixer too. I press "m" to make sure "MM" is displayed. But there is still no sounds.

Dukeman

hitest · 03-06-2008, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssslackw

Hi,
I have done alsamixer too. I press "m" to make sure "MM" is displayed. But there is still no sounds.

Dukeman

Try going into your sound controls from within KDE and bring up your sound mixer controls and volume. KDE will sometimes mute the sound on boot-up.
Un-mute the volume.

p.s. Also make sure your regular user is in these groups:
cdrom, audio, video, and plugdev.

em21701 · 03-06-2008, 09:53 AM

MM in alsamixer is muted 00 is un-muted. I also had to download and compile the newest version of alsa to get the sound working on my laptop.

Stéphane Ascoët · 03-06-2008, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssslackw

Hi,
I have slackware 12.0 installed both in my desktop and laptop. But when I tried to play CDs with KSCD, there was no sound from both systems.

Is the audio out of the driver plugged in the soundcard CD-IN?

ssslackw · 03-06-2008, 10:35 AM

Hi,
I have used KMixer and un-muted the alsamixer "00", and still there is no sounds from KsCD.

What else can I try?

Dukeman

ssslackw · 03-06-2008, 10:36 AM

Is the audio out of the driver plugged in the soundcard CD-IN?

How can I find it out?

Dukeman

Stéphane Ascoët · 03-06-2008, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssslackw

Is the audio out of the driver plugged in the soundcard CD-IN?

How can I find it out?

Dukeman

Opening the computer case!

JMJ_coder · 03-06-2008, 12:31 PM

Hello,

I had this problem, too. If my memory serves (it has been a year or two since I have used KDE), you need to change to DAE - digital audio extraction. This is because most modern computers don't include the analog audio cable any longer (though you can put it in yourself). This option should be in the KsCD options/preferences area. I cannot remember exactly where it is located, though. It should be in the same area that you select which audio driver to use (alsa, arts, etc.).

ssslackw · 03-06-2008, 02:39 PM

Hi,
I have spend all this morning to solve this sound problem, but without any success. I give it up at least for now. I have another desktop at home with the slackware 11.0 verson and it works just fine.

Thanks for all the helps that I have recieved.

Dukeman

jukebox55 · 03-07-2008, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by em21701

MM in alsamixer is muted 00 is un-muted

this isnt always the case.

with some sound cards (mine included), '00' actually mutes the card, while 'MM' gives sound.

the best way of trying to unmute a card while in alsa mixer is to have an mp3 playing in xmms, and then toggle mute with the 'M' key.

mcnalu · 03-07-2008, 07:15 AM

From memory, in alsamixer, I had to un-mute the sound and increase the volume for the various "sliders" (using
the up cursor key). I think this was true on my slack 11 laptop and slack 12 desktop.

Also, on slack 11 on my laptop I had to download a newer alsa and compile and install to get sound working.

Chaves · 03-07-2008, 08:24 AM

I just installed Slackware 12 a week ago and I have this problem with ALSA Mixer.

The sound is muted everytime I start my computer. running alsamixer and unmuting "MM" and editing the correct sliders helps, however after each restart these new settings are gone.

alsactl store does not help.

Tried running it as root and as user - no difference.

Any ideas how to solve this problem? It's really annoying to set hte sound up again and again =\

also tried alsaconf - didn't help at all =\

Thanks

Roman

ssslackw · 03-07-2008, 12:19 PM

Well, I just wanted everybody know that the sound problem in my laptop was fixed. Basically, I ran through the steps one more time, but this time I cranked everything in the alsamixer to the max. It seems to me that if you don't do that you might not hear any sound even if it is playing in KSCD.
Oh by the way, I also needed to unmute the sound by "00" not "MM" in alsamixer.

Dukeman