Hi.

I have and AMD64bit, running:
Linux century4 2.6.18-6-amd64 #1 SMP Thu May 8 06:49:39 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux.

I always keep the updates current, but since last reboot, I have no more sound. Re-installing alsa and gstreamer0.10 did not help at all.

When I click on the volume applet, I get the following two messages:
No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found.

AND:

The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.

The LSPCI command gives:
century4:~$ lspci | grep audio
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)

I need help...

Thanks

Hi, I don't know about your specific hardware, maybe the support in the kernel as been removed ? (but i seriously doubt it). You should start by running alsaconf with root privileges and see if there's any sound card detected.

Hi. Have you tried running alsaconf as root?

Hello, and thanks for the quick reply.
I tried alsaconf, it detected the hardware, and loaded the modules, but no sound.
I did hear sort of beep/click on the speakers, but no mixers, volume button still has a RED "X".

What else can I try?
Thanks!!

Output from alsaconf follows:

century4:~$ su -
Password:
century4:~# alsaconf
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-via82xx snd-mpu401-uart snd-seq-dummy snd-seq-oss snd-via82xx-modem snd-ac97-codec snd-ac97-bus snd-seq-midi snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-pcm snd-timer snd-page-alloc.
Building card database...


Running update-modules...
Loading driver...
Setting default volumes...


===============================================================================

Now ALSA is ready to use.
For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.

Have a lot of fun!

Can you adjust the volume levels with alsamixer?

My general procedure for setting up sound on my iBook G3 is to run as root:

alsaconf
alsamixer (adjust default sound levels)
alsactl store (save default sound levels)

Then reboot. However, on my iBook even though alsaconf says it finds the sound card and "update-modules" the sound module I need doesn't seem to get loaded. So, I have to add 'snd_powermac' to /etc/modules and then run through the alsaconf stuff, reboot and all is well.

You may have to figure out what sound module you need and specify it in /etc/modules.

Cheers,
/Bob

YES!!
Alsamixer works, I can adjust the volume, no problem.
what next?

This is getting good.

After alsactl store, and a reboot...
Houston, we still have a problem, no sound yet.

I ran alsaconf, no errors.
Then, amixer, and alsamixer, both ok.

You mentioned sound module in /etc/modules.
century4:~# more /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

loop

;-(

Could this be the module?

century4:~# modinfo soundcore
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-amd64/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
description: Core sound module
author: Alan Cox
license: GPL
alias: char-major-14-*
vermagic: 2.6.18-6-amd64 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1
depends:

Another informational post, the command lsmod gives....
century4:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd 65256 11 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart, snd_seq_oss, \ snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device

I am sorry. here is the real "grep" output from lsmod.
century4:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_via82xx 34344 0
gameport 21264 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 106456 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus 7296 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 48672 0
snd_mixer_oss 21888 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89096 3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 15504 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 13568 1 snd_via82xx
snd_seq_dummy 8580 0
snd_seq_oss 37248 0
snd_seq_midi 13632 0
snd_seq_midi_event 12544 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 59520 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_m idi_event
snd_timer 29192 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_rawmidi 31392 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 13204 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,s nd_rawmidi
snd 65256 11 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixe r_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_ device
soundcore 15392 1 snd

Sorry, I'm too much of a newbie here. Maybe someone with more knowledge will chime in.

But I "assume" that it would be good to specifically add the "correct" module to /etc/modules (especially since it is basically empty). To me it looks like it would be 'snd_via82xx'. I don't think it hurts to add as many as you think would apply. Beyond that I have no idea how to fix the sound issue. Sorry.

Cheers,
/Bob

lost the link, but remember the change.
Edit the file: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.
The last line, I changed the following;
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
changed the "-2" to "0"


century4:~# tail /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
install snd-vx222 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-vx222 $CMDLINE_OPTS && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-vx222
install snd-vxpocket /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-vxpocket $CMDLINE_OPTS && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-vxpocket
install snd-wavefront /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-wavefront $CMDLINE_OPTS && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-wavefront
install snd-ymfpci /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-ymfpci $CMDLINE_OPTS && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-ymfpci
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options snd-bt87x index=-2
options snd-cx88_alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=0
century4:~#