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Old 11-08-2007, 03:14 AM   #1
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Fedora Core 7 - Sound System not working.


I have been using fedora core 7 for two weeks now and have just about got all the problems sorted when i booted kde and this message greets me:


Code:
 Sound server informational message:

Error while initializing the sound driver:

device: default can't be opened for playback (No such file or directory)

The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
The sound system was working fine yesterday. I have seen other threads with this problem but their solutions either are obsolete or don't work.

As requested by the forum sticky:

Output from "/sbin/lspci"

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)
00:1d.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.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)
01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Output from "uname -r"

Code:
2.6.23.1-21.fc7
Please help me with this if anyone can.

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Old 11-08-2007, 04:14 AM   #2
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Someone who reads the stickies deserves a quick response:
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00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
You may need to execute the asoundconf(1) set-default-card macro.
 
Old 11-09-2007, 02:19 AM   #3
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Hi, Thanks for the quick help

But could you please explain to me how I "execute the asoundconf(1) set-default-card macro."

I am fairly new to linux.

Thanks.
 
Old 11-10-2007, 01:17 AM   #4
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Um, help please?

Just been waiting for a while maybe got forgotten.
 
Old 11-10-2007, 03:55 AM   #5
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But could you please explain to me how I "execute the asoundconf(1) set-default-card macro."
man asoundconf

When you see an instruction that has a number in brackets, it is a reference to a man(1) page.
 
Old 11-10-2007, 08:43 PM   #6
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Says there is not manual entry for asoundconf.
 
Old 11-11-2007, 06:15 AM   #7
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... from the man page:
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 asoundconf - utility to read and change the user’s ALSA library config-
uration
Type "man asoundconf" into google...

asoundconf list (gets the names of the available cards)
asoundconf set-default-card CARDNAME

Note: when reporting the result of commands, it is best to copy the command and the result to a code-box in the forum than to describe the result like you did.

So, for me, the commands look like:
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$ asoundconf list
ICH5
$ asoundconf set-default-card ICH5
See?
 
Old 11-13-2007, 12:14 AM   #8
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Okay, I used the soundcard config utility ( "system-config-soundcard" from terminal as su) and i play the sound test and i get nothing, then i go to the "system" tab and click "reload drivers" then apply the changes and the test sound works and my sound works.

The problem now is whenever i boot or reboot my system it goes back to the error and no sound again, so i have to reload the drivers again.
 
Old 11-13-2007, 12:57 AM   #9
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00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)

hmmm... that's the same card I have. The main modules seem to be snd_intel8x0 and snd_ac97_codec ... lets have a look at your alsa modules before you "reload modules" (lsmod | grep snd) and the content of /etc/modules.conf (cat /etc/modules.conf - don't worry if you don't have one.) Then try using modprobe from CLI.

If that doesn't result in a persistent loading, I guess you can always add the modprobe commands to /etc/rc.local
 
Old 11-14-2007, 02:33 AM   #10
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Can you please explain which commands or things you want me to do and what you want my to post. I don't understand what you are getting at.
 
Old 11-14-2007, 02:39 AM   #11
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In the system tab of "Audio Configuration" window (system-config-soundcard from terminal) under sound test tab the selected card area contains this writing:

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Vendor: Intel
Model: Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
Module: snd-intel8x0
 
Old 11-14-2007, 09:02 AM   #12
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the selected card area contain
With the system working or not working?

Commands to run, report output.
lsmod | grep snd
cat /etc/modules.conf
cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
 
Old 11-15-2007, 02:10 AM   #13
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System was not working when i posted those things.

Code:
[root@localhost Andrew]# lsmod | grep snd
bash: lsmod: command not found
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[root@localhost Andrew]# cat /etc/modules.conf
cat: /etc/modules.conf: No such file or directory
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[root@localhost Andrew]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
cat: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: No such file or directory
 
Old 11-15-2007, 03:55 AM   #14
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Good grief!

/sbin/lsmod | grep snd (lsmod is one of the basic utilities)
ls /etc | grep mod (modprobe is supposed to have a configuration file - somewhere, check your modprobe man page, see if it tells you any different from above.)

How are you reloading the modules?
 
Old 11-16-2007, 03:16 AM   #15
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Clicking the reload modules button in the system tab in audio configuration (system-sonfig-soundcard from terminal)
 
  


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