Must find Distro that will work with my Sound Card

FredJones · 10-28-2009, 12:24 PM

I have a 5 year old machine (3 G single-core CPU) which had Win 2K and now has Arch. On Windows it recorded sound just fine. With Arch, alsa doesn't have sound output and while oss does, I can't get any input from the mic--I tried two mics (regular, not USB) that I know work.

So I am wondering if I should try another distro. It must install from a USB b/c the CD is dead, but I think any will do that. I prefer light WM's like Xfce or LXDE. Those are the two I have used.

If I had a spare sound card I would try that but I don't.

Any suggestions?

softbear · 10-28-2009, 12:41 PM

That task is left to the user on some distributions...

Did it find anything?

If not: Does lspci see your sound card? If so, what is it?

FredJones · 10-28-2009, 01:04 PM

Yes I know it is, but I thought maybe some distros handled it better or differently.

Here is the output of that:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 01)

Seems to be

Code:

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

Right?

FredJones · 10-28-2009, 01:09 PM

Maybe I should also post ossmix in case I'm missing something stupid:

Code:

Selected mixer 0/ICH AC97 Mixer (AD1985)
Known controls are:
vol [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 59:59)
vol.rec ON|OFF (currently OFF)
pcm [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 100:100)
speaker <monovol> (currently 82)
line [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 32:32)
line.rec ON|OFF (currently OFF)
mic <monovol> (currently 100)
mic.rec ON|OFF (currently ON)
cd [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 75:75)
cd.rec ON|OFF (currently OFF)
igain [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 75:75)
aux1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 32:32)
aux1.rec ON|OFF (currently OFF)
phone [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 0:0)
phone.rec ON|OFF (currently OFF)
mono <monovol> (currently 75)
mono.rec ON|OFF (currently OFF)
video [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 0:0)
video.rec ON|OFF (currently OFF)
rear [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 75:75)
center [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 59:59)
micboost ON|OFF (currently OFF)
mixext.rear2linejack ON|OFF (currently ON)
mixext.center2micjack ON|OFF (currently OFF)
mixext.spkmode <FRONT|SPREAD> (currently SPREAD)
mixext.mix-lfe2front ON|OFF (currently OFF)
mixext.micboost ON|OFF (currently OFF)
spdout.enable ON|OFF (currently OFF)
spdout.adc/dac ON|OFF (currently OFF)
spdout.pro <Consumer|Professional> (currently Consumer)
spdout.audio <AUDIO|DATA> (currently AUDIO)
spdout.copy ON|OFF (currently OFF)
spdout.pre-emph ON|OFF (currently OFF)
spdout.rate <48000|44100|32000> (currently 48000)
spdout.vbit ON|OFF (currently OFF)
vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON)
vmix0-rate <decimal value> (currently 48000) (Read-only)
vmix0-channels <Stereo|Multich> (currently Stereo)
vmix0-src <Fast|High|OFF> (currently Fast)
vmix0-outvol <monovol> (currently 19.1 dB)
vmix0-invol <monovol> (currently 20.9 dB)
vmix0.pcm1 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 25.0:25.0 dB)
vmix0.pcm2 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 23.3:23.3 dB)
vmix0.pcm3 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 23.3:23.3 dB)
vmix0.pcm4 [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 23.3:23.3 dB)