Netinst of Etch and I have no sound

blackdragonblood · 06-29-2008, 07:57 PM

I installed Etch and I have no sound. I have checked to make sure that the user is in the audio group. I have installed gnome-audio and I get sound using Fedora 9 Live. I used alsaconf to select the correct sound card and alsamixer to unmute and turn up the different channels. Thanks for the help.

I'm using the SB Audigy. The AC'97 is on onboard chipset.

lspci:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 755 Host (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] RAID bus controller 180 SATA/PATA  [SiS] (rev 01)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 15)

lsmod| grep snd:

Code:

snd_ca0106             28708  0
snd_seq_dummy           3972  0
snd_seq_oss            27648  0
snd_seq_midi            8352  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6784  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                42192  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_rawmidi            22048  2 snd_ca0106,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device          7820  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_intel8x0           29852  1
snd_ac97_codec         82848  2 snd_ca0106,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            38048  1
snd_mixer_oss          15232  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                65928  4 snd_ca0106,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19972  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    45412  11 snd_ca0106,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_ac97_bus            2432  1 snd_ac97_codec
soundcore               8928  2 snd
snd_page_alloc         10248  3 snd_ca0106,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

aplay /usr/share/sounds/error.wav:

Code:

ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
aplay: main:550: audio open error: Device or resource busy

stress_junkie · 06-29-2008, 08:06 PM

Is that lsmod for the Debian or the Fedora Live?

Since sound works in Fedora Live I would boot that and run lsmod. Compare that to the lsmod output of the Debian system.

Otherwise it looks like you already did what I would have recommended. (alsaconf and alsamixer unmute channels)

blackdragonblood · 06-30-2008, 06:59 PM

Sorry. The above info was from Etch. The following is from Fedora Live.

lsmod | grep snd:

Code:

snd_intel8x0           30492  2 
snd_ca0106             32260  2 
snd_rawmidi            22400  1 snd_ca0106
snd_ac97_codec         94368  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ca0106
snd_seq_dummy           6660  0 
snd_seq_oss            30364  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      9600  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48448  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         10124  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42496  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16768  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                67076  4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21640  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    48312  20 snd_intel8x0,snd_ca0106,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9288  1 snd
ac97_bus                5504  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_page_alloc         11400  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ca0106,snd_pcm

stress_junkie · 06-30-2008, 07:23 PM

You didn't actually have to post the modules from Debian. My suggestion was for you to compare the lists. Nevertheless they both appear to be the same. That suggests that it may be Alsa or something else in the sound system.

When you ran alsamixer did you move the volume control up to maximum for all of the channels?

Have you tried putting the speakers into the connectors for the on board audio? Maybe they are working in Debian.

I would remove the Audigy board and use the on board audio. In fact I just recently pulled out the last Audigy board in use on my systems. I think that the on board audio is as good or better than the Audigy, but I don't play games or anything special with the audio. If I wanted to use the Audigy then I would run the motherboard BIOS setup utility and disable the on board audio.

blackdragonblood · 06-30-2008, 09:28 PM

I plugged into the onboard sound as suggested and it works! I installed the Audigy because I had compatibility issues with another distro. I can't believe it was that simple. Thanks for the help!

stress_junkie · 07-01-2008, 07:36 AM

I had a similar experience with SuSE. That's what made me think of it.

clint1986 · 07-07-2008, 03:07 AM

I'm confused. You said you were trying to get the Audigy running, but in the lsmod feedback you have posted, I am not seeing the snd_emu10k1 driver in there anywhere, but I can see the Intel driver and such. Did you disable the on-board audio before trying to get the Audigy running?

blackdragonblood · 07-07-2008, 05:28 PM

I did not disable the card like I should have. I wasn't worried about the emu_10k1 module because I have read that I need the ca0106 module, unless I missed something. I didn't realize that the on board sound worked out of the box with Etch. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle. I do not require the Audigy. It was purchased because I had sound compatibility issues with another distro.

clint1986 · 07-08-2008, 09:23 PM

Oh I see. Sorry dude, I couldn't get my head around what you were trying to do. Good to hear you're happy with your solution though.

Peace out. :)