needs "howto's" on enabling sound card

Allanitto Newbee · 10-20-2007, 07:42 PM

Hi All,

I need a simple step by step on how to enable/install my sound card. I just don't want to do it in GUI coz I really don't feel comfortable doing it that way and I don't trust auto enable/install, plus I want to learn how to do it manually or linux/slackware way hehehe.... please help me do it in the console terminal.

I'm running Slackware 12.0

I do have :

HP desktop
1g processor and an integrated/built-in sound card.

Thanks
Allanitto Newbee

raskin · 10-21-2007, 04:23 AM

Run

Code:

lspci -vvv; lspci -n; lsmod

commands and post the output. Install alsamixer. Maybe it will just run OK - that would mean that sound is already enabled. Enabling sound consists nowadays just of loading ALSA modules into kernel. This creates corresponding devices (more exactly, registers device numbers - /dev/ device files aer created by udev from the data that is put in /sys). Then application can access them.

onebuck · 10-21-2007, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allanitto Newbee

Hi All,

I need a simple step by step on how to enable/install my sound card. I just don't want to do it in GUI coz I really don't feel comfortable doing it that way and I don't trust auto enable/install, plus I want to learn how to do it manually or linux/slackware way hehehe.... please help me do it in the console terminal.

I'm running Slackware 12.0

I do have :

HP desktop
1g processor and an integrated/built-in sound card.

Thanks
Allanitto Newbee

Hi,

If you did a full Slackware 12 install then alsa was installed. The alsa is configured in the kernel. Make sure your sound driver is installed. You can get the system information via the 'lspci -vv' and 'lsmod' from the cli.

From the cli you can do a alsamixer and enable your sound. If not you can do a 'alsaconf' to setup your sound card/system. You will need to do a 'alsamixer' to setup then do a 'alsactl store'. Just reboot and your sound should be there.

You can 'man alsactl', 'man alsamixer' and 'man alsaconf' to get the command information. Man is your friend!

Allanitto Newbee · 10-21-2007, 05:03 PM

Hey guys,

Guess what?!? hehehe.... I did it.... of course with all of your help I managed to install it.

Thanks a lot Long Live LQ

This forum is great. I love it.

Get Slack yehhhaaaa!!!!

onebuck · 10-22-2007, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Allanitto Newbee

Hey guys,

Guess what?!? hehehe.... I did it.... of course with all of your help I managed to install it.

Thanks a lot Long Live LQ

This forum is great. I love it.

Get Slack yehhhaaaa!!!!

Hi,

Too help others, please tell us how you solved the problem. That way someone else will be helped by closing the post.

Allanitto Newbee · 10-22-2007, 05:25 PM

Of course... hehe..

actually alsaconf almost did everything but before I ran it I did make sure first that the module is there. So I ran the procedure that you guys gave... the lspci and lsmod that really helped a lot. That's also one thing I was really asking you know... to see whats really happening everytime you enable/install anything. So I just did scan the lines and see whats loaded and whats not. I did alsaconf, follow the instructions, ran alsamixer after and adjusted whats necessary.

Reboot...

ran cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
noise....noise....noise....

ctrl-c to kill it...

I was happy... very happy.

startx , Enjoy

Bruce Hill · 10-24-2007, 10:38 PM

Nicer sound for testing your speakers:

Code:

To test your speakers:
(for 5.1 speakers)
speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -t wav
(for 2.1 speakers)
speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -t wav

She has such a pleasant voice. ;-)