I cannot get my sound to work
 

When I try to listen to some of my music files, I can't get any sound at all to come out of my speakers. I'm running Slackware 10 and have ran ALSA.
Here's /sbin/lspci
/sbin$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82810 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA USB (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Modem (rev 02)

I read in another forum that a guy relized that his volume was muted, but by running ALSA before he knew this, it messed his audio up. If this is the case how can I remove the ALSA settings. If it is not the case, any help is greatly appreciated.

Matt

try running 'alsaconf' (if you haven't already), then 'alsamixer' from the command line.

First one will configure your hardware, 2nd one will set volumes/mutes/etc.

Have you tried alsamixer?
good luck.

I have run alsaconf, and when i type alsamixer it displays:
No mixer elems found

I have no idea what to do.

Which version of slack is this and did you install all the alsa packages or only the drivers?
good luck.

Slackware 10. Im pretty sure I installed everything.

Did alsaconf find your card and configure it without errors?
good luck.

It listed my card and it was supposed to install it correctly, but it doesnt work.

Matt

Alright, let's get down to some "brass tax" please post the output of /sbinlspci -v, and /sbin/lsmod from a terminal. You might also try a

locate alsamixer

to see that it is installed.
good luck.

Here's /sbin lspci -v: (for my audio controller)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
Subsystem: Trigem Computer Inc.: Unknown device 7140
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 1200 [size=256]
I/O ports at 1300 [size=64]

Here's /sbin lsmod:
/sbin# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
ppp_deflate 3256 0 (autoclean)
zlib_deflate 18328 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate]
bsd_comp 4344 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 7392 0 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 19492 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 4976 0 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
snd-pcm-oss 37736 0
snd-mixer-oss 12504 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
printer 7744 0 (unused)
uhci 24444 0 (unused)
usbcore 59308 1 [printer uhci]
snd-intel8x0 18924 0
gameport 1420 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-mpu401-uart 3200 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 12740 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3888 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd-intel8x0m 9544 0
snd-pcm 56072 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-intel8x0m]
snd-timer 13604 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc 6328 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-intel8x0m snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 49500 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-intel8x0m]
snd 30852 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-intel8x0m snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore 3396 7 [snd]
pcmcia_core 39972 0
ntfs 51424 1 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 9328 0
agpgart 43940 4

When I try locate alsamixer I get this: locate alsamixer
warning: locate: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: No such file or directory
I think that says that the locate database isn't there but I'm not sure.

Matt

I'd bet this is the culprit.

snd-intel8x0m 9544 0

Try adding this module to /etc/hotplug/blacklist.

snd-intel8x0m

You may have to reboot for the changes to take effect.
good luck.

Do I just move it with: mv snd-intel8x0m /etc/hotplug/blacklist ?

Matt

No, /etc/hotplug/blacklist is a file. Open it as root or su - with an editor and add the line.

snd-intel8x0m

Save changes, then reboot and see where we're at.
good luck.

Why that worked perferctly. Thank you so much!

Matt

Glad it helped.
good luck.