Howto enable 2.6 kerel sound

mohapi · 03-15-2005, 01:32 AM

My new Knoppix system tells me this when I try to configure my soundcards;

x You don't seem to be running a kernel with modular sound enabled. x
x (soundcore.o was not found in the module search path). x
x To use sndconfig, you must be running a kernel with modular x
x sound, such as the kernel shipped with Debian GNU/Linux or a 2.2 x
x kernel, and sound must be compiled as modules.

How do I enable the necessary modules?

scuzzman · 03-15-2005, 01:56 AM

Is this the Knoppix live or the installed version?

mohapi · 03-15-2005, 08:56 AM

I installed it using the "live" cd, but it is now my Linux hdd.

abbasakhtar · 04-03-2005, 01:03 PM

im havin the same problem how the hell do i fix it on live cd

lspci gives me this

knoppix@1[knoppix]$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0343 (rev a1)
0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (rev 13)
0000:02:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT/ITE8212 Dual channel ATA RAID controller (PCI version seems to be IT8212, embedded seems (rev 11)

mrcheeks · 04-03-2005, 03:32 PM

compile the kernel with the driver your sound card is using

abbasakhtar · 04-03-2005, 05:02 PM

erm ... is this how you reply to a newbies post ? "recompile your kernel" how the fu*k are we supposed to do that, we are trying linux on live cd, the other guy installed it to his hard disk to have write access (i assume) "recompile your kernel" come on give me a break, anyone else who can provide a decent answer we are using the linux live cd 3.7 as well as 3.8 (well i am anyway i have both)

it did work in 3.3 linux live cd, but not in the recent versions

ive googled this all day and nothing has come up apart from recompiling the kernel, is this how you get things running in linux ? recompiling shit all day, i know i might get flamed but in windows it takes me 2 seconds to get my sound working, my wireless area network usb card, and configure any other hw device ive got (without using any driver cd's)

i'd appreciate some more help from porting windows to linux ... but if my sound doesn't work then there isn't any point at all, i have got my net working by using a cat5 cable, and i can also get my wireless usb card working by using atmel drivers,

Blue1K · 04-03-2005, 05:26 PM

I have the same problem as well. No sound on an Asus board with Nforce 2 sound. Any help would be appreciated (using Knoppix 3.8 live)

ironwalker · 04-03-2005, 07:23 PM

Can You run alsaconf

toaster.waffle · 04-03-2005, 07:55 PM

I've had the same problem.
And he's right, "recompile the kernel" doesn't help.

I have Debian (sarge) with the kernel 2.6.8-386 and "apt-get install alsa" (and the rest of the packages on the debain package list with "alsa" in it: alsa-base, alsa-headers, etc.) doesn't install enough to have alsaconf work.

I haven't been able to get my sound to work with ANY Linux (not fedora, not mandrake, not ubuntu, etc).

Soundcard works in Windows XP.

I've tried a bunch of things i've found on the internet, none of them work.

/dev/dsp doesn't work but it's in my dev folder.

I have no conflicting IRQs or whatever

Alsaconf runs through and then the final screen is something like:

RESULTS
<ok>

MY SOUNDCARD IS >>> ISA <<< NOT PCI !!!!

---------------

Code:

c3p0:/home/jon# cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0:    8308737          XT-PIC  timer
  1:      13998          XT-PIC  i8042
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
 10:      25729          XT-PIC  uhci_hcd, eth0
 12:     392381          XT-PIC  i8042
 14:      16175          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:         23          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
LOC:    8309601
ERR:          0
MIS:          0

c3p0:/home/jon# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
0000:00:07.4 SMBus: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

c3p0:/home/jon# pnpdump # $Id: pnpdump_main.c,v 1.27 2001/04/30 21:54:53 fox Exp $
# Release isapnptools-1.26
#
# This is free software, see the sources for details.
# This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
#
# For details of the output file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
#
# For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see:
# http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
#
# Compiler flags:  -DREALTIME -DHAVE_PROC -DENABLE_PCI -DHAVE_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER -DHAVE_NANOSLEEP -DWANT_TO_VALIDATE
#
# Trying port address 0273
# Board 1 has serial identifier 89 16 d4 c1 46 c5 00 8c 0e

# (DEBUG)
(READPORT 0x0273)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING

# Card 1: (serial identifier 89 16 d4 c1 46 c5 00 8c 0e)
# Vendor Id CTL00c5, Serial Number 383041862, checksum 0x89.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0
# ANSI string -->Creative SB AWE64 PnP<--
# Vendor defined tag:  73 02 45 01
#
# Logical device id CTL0045
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x39
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3c
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy

(CONFIGURE CTL00c5/383041862 (LD 0
#     ANSI string -->Audio<--

# Multiple choice time, choose one only !

#     Start dependent functions: priority preferred
#       IRQ 5.
#             High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
#       First DMA channel 1.
#             8 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may not execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
#       Next DMA channel 5.
#             16 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may not execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0220
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0220
#             IO base alignment 1 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0330
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0330
#             IO base alignment 1 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0388
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0388
#             IO base alignment 1 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))

#       Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
#       IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10.
#             High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
#       First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
#             8 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may not execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
#       Next DMA channel 5, 6 or 7.
#             16 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may not execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0220
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0280
#             IO base alignment 32 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0300
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0330
#             IO base alignment 48 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0300))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0388
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0388
#             IO base alignment 1 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))

#       Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
#       IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10.
#             High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
#       First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
#             8 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is not a bus master
#             DMA may execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may not execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
#       Next DMA channel 5, 6 or 7.
#             16 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may not execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0220
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0280
#             IO base alignment 32 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0300
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0330
#             IO base alignment 48 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0300))

#       Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
#       IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10.
#             High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
#       First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
#             8 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may not execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
#       Next DMA channel 5, 6 or 7.
#             16 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is not a bus master
#             DMA may not execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0220
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0280
#             IO base alignment 32 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))

#       Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
#       IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10.
#             High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
#       First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
#             8 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may not execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0220
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0280
#             IO base alignment 32 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0300
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0330
#             IO base alignment 48 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0300))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0388
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0388
#             IO base alignment 1 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))

#       Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
#       IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10.
#             High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
#       First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
#             8 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may not execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0220
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0280
#             IO base alignment 32 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0300
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0330
#             IO base alignment 48 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0300))

#       Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
#       IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10.
#             High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
#       First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
#             8 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may not execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0220
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0280
#             IO base alignment 32 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))

#       Start dependent functions: priority functional
#       IRQ 5, 7, 9 or 10.
#             High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
#       First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
#             8 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may not execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
#       Next DMA channel 5, 6 or 7.
#             16 bit DMA only
#             Logical device is a bus master
#             DMA may not execute in count by byte mode
#             DMA may execute in count by word mode
#             DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0220
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0280
#             IO base alignment 32 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0300
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0330
#             IO base alignment 16 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0300))
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0388
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0394
#             IO base alignment 4 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))

#     End dependent functions
 (NAME "CTL00c5/383041862[0]{Audio               }")
# (ACT Y)
))
#
# Logical device id CTL7002
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x38
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x39
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3c
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy

(CONFIGURE CTL00c5/383041862 (LD 1
#     Compatible device id PNPb02f
#     ANSI string -->Game<--

# Multiple choice time, choose one only !

#     Start dependent functions: priority preferred
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0200
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0200
#             IO base alignment 1 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 8
# (IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x0200))

#       Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0200
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0208
#             IO base alignment 8 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 8
# (IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x0200))

#     End dependent functions
 (NAME "CTL00c5/383041862[1]{Game                }")
# (ACT Y)
))
#
# Logical device id CTL0022
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x39
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3a
#     Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3c
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy

(CONFIGURE CTL00c5/383041862 (LD 2
#     ANSI string -->WaveTable<--

# Multiple choice time, choose one only !

#     Start dependent functions: priority preferred
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0620
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0620
#             IO base alignment 1 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0620))

#       Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
#       Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
#             Minimum IO base address 0x0620
#             Maximum IO base address 0x0680
#             IO base alignment 32 bytes
#             Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 0 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0620))

#     End dependent functions
#     Vendor defined tag:  75 01 38 e2 f6 e0
 (NAME "CTL00c5/383041862[2]{WaveTable           }")
# (ACT Y)
))
# End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK)

# Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state
(WAITFORKEY)

c3p0:/home/jon# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

c3p0:/# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_pcm_oss            48168  0
snd_mixer_oss          16640  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                85384  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc         11144  1 snd_pcm
snd_timer              23172  1 snd_pcm
snd                    50660  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9824  1 snd
apm                    19948  1
ipv6                  229764  8
af_packet              20872  2
analog                 10784  0
tsdev                   7168  0
mousedev                9996  2
ns558                   5632  0
gameport                4736  2 analog,ns558
psmouse                17800  0
floppy                 54992  0
evdev                   9088  0
pcspkr                  3816  0
8139cp                 19072  0
pci_hotplug            30640  0
via_agp                 8832  1
uhci_hcd               29328  0
usbcore               104164  3 uhci_hcd
8139too                23936  0
mii                     4864  2 8139cp,8139too
crc32                   4608  2 8139cp,8139too
parport_pc             31936  0
parport                37320  1 parport_pc
agpgart                31784  1 via_agp
dm_mod                 51068  0
capability              4872  0
commoncap               7168  1 capability
ide_cd                 38176  0
cdrom                  35740  1 ide_cd
genrtc                  9332  0
ide_generic             1664  0
via82cxxx              12956  1
ide_disk               16768  3
ide_core              125156  4 ide_cd,ide_generic,via82cxxx,ide_disk
unix                   25908  114
font                    8576  0
vesafb                  6688  0
cfbcopyarea             3840  1 vesafb
cfbimgblt               3200  1 vesafb
cfbfillrect             3712  1 vesafb

c3p0:/home/jon# discover
unknown unknown
unknown unknown
unknown unknown
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x]
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South]
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
unknown unknown
Logitech Inc QuickCam Express

I've even called Call for Help and leo didn't even help..

GODDAMNIT GET MY SOUND WORKING!

mohapi · 04-20-2005, 11:51 PM

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.

HalfDiminished · 04-22-2005, 11:22 AM

Nobody is going to help you when you guys after :

"erm ... is this how you reply to a newbies post ? "recompile your kernel" how the fu*k are we supposed to do that"

and

"ive googled this all day and nothing has come up apart from recompiling the kernel, is this how you get things running in linux ? recompiling shit all day, i know i might get flamed but in windows it takes me 2 seconds to get my sound working, my wireless area network usb card, and configure any other hw device ive got (without using any driver cd's)"

and

"GODDAMNIT GET MY SOUND WORKING!"

In case you haven't figured it out, most of us Linux users DON'T like Windows. And its NOT our responsibility to make your system work. In fact, you may want to consider switching back to Windows, since you don't seem to have the patience or etiquette necessary to make it work. Linux is not for everyone.
Linux is NOT a fully mature operating system. It is constantly improving, and sometimes those improvements cause things to stop working. Thats the nature of development software. I can tell you from personal experience that getting sound to work in Linux can be very challenging. But, on the other hand, I know of some people who have had "it just works" experiences. It depends greatly on your distro and hardware configuration. I had to recompile my kernel many times before I settled on a good config for sound, video, usb, etc. If you are not ready to learn kernel compilation, try Ubuntu. It has a live version and an excellent autoconfig for sound. And its based on Debian so you can convert later to full Debian if you want.
If you really want to run Linux effectively, you need to learn how to ask questions. It is important to post necessary system info, but don't post hundreds of lines of crap like toaster.waffle did. Nobody is going to sift through all that. There is a good sticky here at LQ about how to ask questions. Realize that everybody here is a volunteer and we post because we like to help. We don't owe you anything and if you think Linux sucks, then stop using it and wasting our time. You won't hurt our feelings.
-HD

mohapi · 04-22-2005, 06:56 PM

Don't include ME in the rants. I didn't make them and I don't appreciate you adding me to "Nobody is going to help you when you guys after" . Get your facts straight. Email THEM if you have a problem with their posts.

RnD57 · 05-01-2005, 08:53 PM

Uhhh... Anyway, alsaconf worked for me...

Via tech. 8233 Ac'97 soundcard, Knoppix 3.8.1 live.

Ironwalker, you're my hero! 8)

toaster.waffle · 05-01-2005, 09:51 PM

i'd like to apologize, i got my sound working by myself.

Quote:

Originally posted by HalfDiminished
try Ubuntu. It has a live version and an excellent autoconfig for sound. And its based on Debian so you can convert later to full Debian if you want.

umm, ubuntu is sometimes horrible. in my case for instance. it was the first distro i tried, and began to try and get sound on it. thus i did most things suggested on that, and then finally moved along. i tried different distros and none of them worked, until slackware.

i heart slackware.

slackware doesn't set up my audio automatically, i had to do alsaconf (or is it alsaconfig?). anyways, it actually worked.

other distros it wasn't there, or it wouldn't detect my card.

Everyone try slackware (if you want a gui, type startx after your first boot)

Also, compiling my kernel is time consuming and hard to perfect. I can't shit a compiled kernel in 10-20 minutes; mine takes 45-60 minutes each time. I learned to keep my old kernel which helps too

i heart lilo.

thanks guys

Quigi · 08-22-2005, 12:16 AM

My NeoMagic 256 sound card worked fine in RedHat 6.2. After upgrading to 7.2, sound was gone. Same in 8.0. I tried installing Alsa, without success. Same in RedHat 9.0 -- all quiet.

Then I ran redhat-config-soundcard. And it played a sound! It's been working ever since.

Apparently whatever I write to /dev/audio gets D/A converted, at 8192 Hz, 8bit samples. This seems to be the Sun ".au" audio format. There is some nonlinear characteristic to the interpretation of the bytes I write. I'd like to know what it is. Or, how to send CD style sound (16bit at 44.1 kHz (stereo?)).