Reinstalling soundcard drivers

andreyua · 08-06-2007, 07:01 PM

My sound card worked great until I decided to install ALSA drivers. Now my soundcard doesnt work at all.
I did a ton of research and couldnt find a way to get the default drivers back that came with my Slackware 12.0.

Could someone please help me?

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 SMBus (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to PCI Bridge
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200]
02:02.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

Bruce Hill · 08-07-2007, 05:18 AM

Welcome to LQ!

In Linux drivers are modules. You haven't removed the modules from your Slackware kernel that it was using for the sound card before. You just need to remove those new modules you installed with the "rmmod <module_name>" command, and then install the prior ones with "modprobe <module_name>" and you should be okay again.

Start by posting the output of "lsmod" and use VBCode so it's easy to read. To do that, put [_code] without the underscore before your output, and [_/code] without the underscore after your output, so that it looks like this:

Code:

mingdao@silas:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
usb_storage            32068  0
floppy                 50980  0
snd_pcm_oss            37856  0
snd_mixer_oss          14912  2 snd_pcm_oss
nfs                   113788  3
lockd                  55880  2 nfs
nfs_acl                 2752  1 nfs
sunrpc                133564  4 nfs,lockd,nfs_acl
vfat                    9920  2
ntfs                   92020  1
usblp                  11136  0
w83627hf               22800  0
hwmon_vid               2304  1 w83627hf
eeprom                  5392  0
i2c_isa                 3584  1 w83627hf
usbhid                 27652  0
nvidia               4707924  22
snd_emu10k1           113600  1
snd_rawmidi            18080  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec         90528  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_bus            1856  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                60168  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              18820  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          7496  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem            3264  1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep               6724  1 snd_emu10k1
sk98lin               146656  0
snd                    42468  8 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
ehci_hcd               28360  0
agpgart                26864  1 nvidia
i2c_viapro              6996  0
soundcore               6112  2 snd
i2c_core               16720  5 w83627hf,eeprom,i2c_isa,nvidia,i2c_viapro
k8temp                  4416  0
hwmon                   2324  2 w83627hf,k8temp
uhci_hcd               19852  0

And for displaying your sound card like you did, this would be a better command:

Code:

mingdao@silas:~$ /sbin/lspci | grep -i audio
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)

That will cut out all the hardware we don't need to see.

andreyua · 08-07-2007, 06:46 AM

Hi!
Thank you so much for your reply.
Im not sure which of these modules i had to reload. But i loaded some of the SND modules you have loaded on your machine. That didnt do anything.

Here they are:

Code:

 
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_pcm_oss            38432  0
snd_pcm                65160  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              17540  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          7432  1 snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          13824  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    41956  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               5728  1 snd
pcspkr                  2304  0
ipv6                  226016  12
pcmcia                 30628  0
pcmcia_core            32400  1 pcmcia
fuse                   36884  2
capability              3336  0
commoncap               5376  1 capability
lp                      9800  0
parport_pc             23844  0
parport                30152  2 lp,parport_pc
psmouse                34440  0
8139too                20864  0
mii                     4736  1 8139too
serio_raw               5124  0
ati_agp                 6924  0
agpgart                26928  1 ati_agp
shpchp                 29204  0
i2c_piix4               7436  0
evdev                   7936  1
ata_generic             5252  0
sg                     25756  0
pata_atiixp             5504  0

Thanks alot for taking the time to help me!

Bruce Hill · 08-07-2007, 06:58 AM

Open a terminal (konsole, xterm) and login as root. Then issue "alsaconfig" and answer the questions. That should load the proper modules for your sound card. I think yours is snd-hda-intel, but I'm not certain.

Try that and if it seems to work, afterwards you will need to run as root "alsamixer" and press M to unmute your sound, then turn the volumes up with the up arrow key; you will also use the Tab key to go across the mixer. Probably you only need to turn up Master and PCM, but without knowing more about your hardware. After you do that with the mixer, then press Esc to exit. Then run "alsactl store" to save your settings across reboots. Then exit from root to normal user.

If this doesn't fix it, post the output of "lsmod" again. You did a good job of using the VBCode. And also post the model of your motherboard. If it's a laptop, post the make and model.