USB Speakers wont work!!!

soulrebel1283 · 03-17-2008, 04:13 AM

Hello all,

I just installed Slackware 12 on my computer last night.
Im on a dual boot with Windows XP SP2 as well.

After installing linux, my speakers (on usb) wont work anymore.
Im basically a newbie with linux so pls help me out...

How do I setup usb devices in linux?
Good thing my mouse was on PS/2 so it worked right away.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Doods

samac · 03-17-2008, 04:43 AM

Hi

WELCOME to Slackware.

As root

Code:

lsmod

and look for snd-usb-audio.

If it is not present then

Code:

modprobe snd-usb-audio

if this works then add the above command to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local

You may have to set up the device to be your default audio device, this can be done with alsamixer.

Code:

alsamixer -c 1

followed by unmuting the device and adjusting the volume. Then

Code:

alsactl store

Hopefully that will work.

samac

soulrebel1283 · 03-23-2008, 09:53 PM

ei nice one Samac it worked!!
although i had problems with this

Code:

alsamixer -c 1

so i changed it to

Code:

alsamixer 2

coz my speaker was plugged in to the 2nd port i guess...
i have like 6 usb ports on my computer.
and then i got on with unmuting it :P

now i have another question,
the wheel on my mouse wont work....
can anybody help with that?

thanks in advance
hehehe

tommcd · 03-23-2008, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soulrebel1283

now i have another question,
the wheel on my mouse wont work....
can anybody help with that?
thanks in advance
hehehe

Add this to the mouse section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if it is not there already:

Code:

Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

See this thread, and many others like it:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ng+wheel+mouse