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Old 12-14-2006, 06:00 PM   #1
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No sound on Fedora Core 6


Hi,
I've suddenly lost my sound on Fedora Core 6. Some applications, like Real Player, have sound sometimes, but not always. Mplayer does not have sound. Don't know if Beryl-manager has anything to do with it, but I don't think it does, because the last time sound was working, Beryl-manager was enabled.
When I run alsa mixer I get this error:

Alsamixer:function snd_ctl_open failed for default:No such device

My audio controller is a nVidia Nforce3 250 Gb AC'97
Module snd-Intel8x0

Can anyone please tell me how to fix this problem?
Thanks in advance.
 
Old 12-14-2006, 09:29 PM   #2
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Have you tried reconfiguring the sound card by doing system-config-soundcard as root?
 
Old 12-15-2006, 12:55 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by reddazz
Have you tried reconfiguring the sound card by doing system-config-soundcard as root?
Thanks reddazz,
I just tried that and it did not work. Still no sound.
What puzzles me is the fact that sound works sometimes. I don't know why.
 
Old 12-17-2006, 03:18 PM   #4
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Intel 8x0 is for the AC 97 on board audio PCI card (?), or so it would seem (as in my case). If the alsamixer fails to load, then it would seem than alsa mixer isn't working. If some players work some of the time, they are using OSS, and some daemon (aRts, esd) is blocing the audio I/O ports the rest of the time. What you need to do is to get the proprietery drivers from the manufacturer's website (NVidia, in your case) and install them, and then disable the daemons, if any (from the KDE control panel, for example).
 
Old 12-18-2006, 11:58 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by DJ Shaji
Intel 8x0 is for the AC 97 on board audio PCI card (?), or so it would seem (as in my case). If the alsamixer fails to load, then it would seem than alsa mixer isn't working. If some players work some of the time, they are using OSS, and some daemon (aRts, esd) is blocing the audio I/O ports the rest of the time. What you need to do is to get the proprietery drivers from the manufacturer's website (NVidia, in your case) and install them, and then disable the daemons, if any (from the KDE control panel, for example).
Thanks Shaji,
This thing is driving me crazy. Yesterday sound was working, today is it not. I have not installed or removed anything from my computer. Well, now that I think about it, I did indeed delete something. When I updated the system, there was a kernel update available for installation, which I did, then rebooted and noticed that the system failed to load the Nvidia driver. Looking for the possible causes I noticed that I had THREE (3) different kernels installed on my PC!! I deleted the two kernels for which there was no nvidia driver available, rebooted and the sound was working again.
Not sure if the sound has anything to do with the kernel, but this is what I did. And as I said, today I don't have sound again, and the module seem to be installed.
How do I check for installed devices and drivers on my PC?
Thanks for your help.
 
Old 12-23-2006, 11:05 AM   #6
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Whenever I attempt to execute the command 'modprobe' to load the module manually I always get this error:

bash: modprobe: command not found

Why is this happening? Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
 
Old 12-23-2006, 05:20 PM   #7
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try
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Old 12-24-2006, 12:18 PM   #8
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/sbin/modprobe
Thanks. It worked now. I just found out that I could have used "su -". It also works
Thanks and merry christmas to you and everyone else.
 
Old 02-20-2007, 06:01 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by reddazz
Have you tried reconfiguring the sound card by doing system-config-soundcard as root?
Hi readdazz. I have a similar problem as Maxorata does. Following your suggestion I have run system-config-soundcard and below are the information I have got:

Vendor: Intel corporation
Model: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
Module: snd intel8x0
PCM Device: ICH5

When I click on the test sound button everything goes fine, but nothing happens when I use, for example, DjPlay to listen an audio CD. No sound at all!!! On the KMix interface the output slide controls are all up and not mute.

For a better understanding, here is the output of the /sbin/lsmod | grep snd command,...

[paulo@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0 37084 1
snd_ac97_codec 99813 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 6593 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 8133 0
snd_seq_oss 37057 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11841 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 57009 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 12365 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 46433 0
snd_mixer_oss 20545 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 80965 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 26693 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 58181 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
soundcore 12193 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14281 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

... here is the output of dmesg | grep ICH command,

[paulo@localhost ~]$ dmesg | grep ICH
PCI quirk: region 0400-047f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
PCI quirk: region 0500-053f claimed by ICH4 GPIO
ICH5: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
ICH5: chipset revision 2
ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later <--- Could it be a problem???
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH5 or ICH5R TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x0460)

... here is the output of rpm -qa | grep alsa command,...

paulo@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep alsa
alsa-lib-1.0.13-1.fc6
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.13-1.fc6
alsa-utils-1.0.13-1.fc6
[paulo@localhost ~]$

... here is the output of su -c "yum list | grep alsa" root command

[paulo@localhost ~]$ su -c "yum list | grep alsa" root
Senha:
alsa-lib.i386 1.0.13-1.fc6 installed
alsa-lib-devel.i386 1.0.13-1.fc6 installed
alsa-utils.i386 1.0.13-1.fc6 installed
alsa-oss.i386 1.0.12-3.fc6 extras
alsa-oss-devel.i386 1.0.12-3.fc6 extras
alsa-tools.i386 1.0.12-4.fc6 extras
alsamixergui.i386 0.9.0-0.3.rc1.fc6 extras
balsa.i386 2.3.14-1.fc6 extras
kadu-alsa_sound.i386 0.5.0-1.fc6 extras
openpbx-alsa.i386 1.2-3.rc2.svn2282.fc6 extras
python-alsaaudio.i386 0.2-1.fc6 extras
[paulo@localhost ~]$

... and here is the output of su -c "cat /proc/modules | grep snd" root command

[paulo@localhost ~]$ su -c "cat /proc/modules | grep snd" root
Senha:
snd_intel8x0 37084 3 - Live 0xf8a08000
snd_ac97_codec 99813 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xf8a76000
snd_ac97_bus 6593 1 snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xf8989000
snd_seq_dummy 8133 0 - Live 0xf895d000
snd_seq_oss 37057 0 - Live 0xf8996000
snd_seq_midi_event 11841 1 snd_seq_oss, Live 0xf8959000
snd_seq 57009 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xf89b7000
snd_seq_device 12365 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq, Live 0xf893f000
snd_pcm_oss 46433 0 - Live 0xf8970000
snd_mixer_oss 20545 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf8922000
snd_pcm 80965 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf89a2000
snd_timer 26693 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm, Live 0xf894e000
snd 58181 13 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer, Live 0xf8960000
soundcore 12193 1 snd, Live 0xf891e000
snd_page_alloc 14281 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm, Live 0xf8910000

I haven't tried another Media player because I think the problem is related to configuration issues, but I can't figure out how I can fixed it since all the outputs seem to be ok. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
Paulo Góes

Last edited by Paulo Góes; 02-21-2007 at 08:41 AM.
 
Old 02-21-2007, 02:53 PM   #10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulo Góes
Hi readdazz. I have a similar problem as Maxorata does. Following your suggestion I have run system-config-soundcard and below are the information I have got:

Vendor: Intel corporation
Model: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
Module: snd intel8x0
PCM Device: ICH5

When I click on the test sound button everything goes fine, but nothing happens when I use, for example, DjPlay to listen an audio CD. No sound at all!!! On the KMix interface the output slide controls are all up and not mute.

For a better understanding, here is the output of the /sbin/lsmod | grep snd command,...

[paulo@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0 37084 1
snd_ac97_codec 99813 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 6593 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 8133 0
snd_seq_oss 37057 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11841 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 57009 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 12365 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 46433 0
snd_mixer_oss 20545 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 80965 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 26693 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 58181 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
soundcore 12193 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14281 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

... here is the output of dmesg | grep ICH command,

[paulo@localhost ~]$ dmesg | grep ICH
PCI quirk: region 0400-047f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
PCI quirk: region 0500-053f claimed by ICH4 GPIO
ICH5: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
ICH5: chipset revision 2
ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later <--- Could it be a problem???
iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH5 or ICH5R TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x0460)

... here is the output of rpm -qa | grep alsa command,...

paulo@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep alsa
alsa-lib-1.0.13-1.fc6
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.13-1.fc6
alsa-utils-1.0.13-1.fc6
[paulo@localhost ~]$

... here is the output of su -c "yum list | grep alsa" root command

[paulo@localhost ~]$ su -c "yum list | grep alsa" root
Senha:
alsa-lib.i386 1.0.13-1.fc6 installed
alsa-lib-devel.i386 1.0.13-1.fc6 installed
alsa-utils.i386 1.0.13-1.fc6 installed
alsa-oss.i386 1.0.12-3.fc6 extras
alsa-oss-devel.i386 1.0.12-3.fc6 extras
alsa-tools.i386 1.0.12-4.fc6 extras
alsamixergui.i386 0.9.0-0.3.rc1.fc6 extras
balsa.i386 2.3.14-1.fc6 extras
kadu-alsa_sound.i386 0.5.0-1.fc6 extras
openpbx-alsa.i386 1.2-3.rc2.svn2282.fc6 extras
python-alsaaudio.i386 0.2-1.fc6 extras
[paulo@localhost ~]$

... and here is the output of su -c "cat /proc/modules | grep snd" root command

[paulo@localhost ~]$ su -c "cat /proc/modules | grep snd" root
Senha:
snd_intel8x0 37084 3 - Live 0xf8a08000
snd_ac97_codec 99813 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xf8a76000
snd_ac97_bus 6593 1 snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xf8989000
snd_seq_dummy 8133 0 - Live 0xf895d000
snd_seq_oss 37057 0 - Live 0xf8996000
snd_seq_midi_event 11841 1 snd_seq_oss, Live 0xf8959000
snd_seq 57009 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xf89b7000
snd_seq_device 12365 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq, Live 0xf893f000
snd_pcm_oss 46433 0 - Live 0xf8970000
snd_mixer_oss 20545 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf8922000
snd_pcm 80965 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf89a2000
snd_timer 26693 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm, Live 0xf894e000
snd 58181 13 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer, Live 0xf8960000
soundcore 12193 1 snd, Live 0xf891e000
snd_page_alloc 14281 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm, Live 0xf8910000

I haven't tried another Media player because I think the problem is related to configuration issues, but I can't figure out how I can fixed it since all the outputs seem to be ok. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
Paulo Góes
I have found the solution. I was wrong when supposing that the problem is not related to Media player program. I have installed Kaffeine and its checks for depencies detected the need of some components. They are: gstreamer08, gstreamer08-plugin, libsidplay and libdvdcss.
A remaining question is: why haven't these components been intalled by the installation process? It could save a lot of time, couldn't it? Anyway, I think it's a good idea to share this with others.
Thanks
 
  


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