Sound doesn't work (Debian)

dis.pater · 05-29-2006, 12:03 PM

Hi,

This weekend I switched from SUSE to Debian (Sarge), unfortunately my sound isn't working since then.

I keep getting the following error.

Quote:

Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

The output of lspci is:

Code:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 650/M650 Host (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07)
0000:00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07)
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0)
0000:00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
0000:00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
0000:02:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface

Kernelversion is 2.4.27-2-386.

During boot, I get the following related to the sound device:

Code:

PCI: Enabling device 00:02.7 (0000 -> 0001)
PCI: No IRQ known for interrupt pin C of device 00:02.7. Please try using pci=biosirq.
i810: SiS 7012 found at IO 0x1800 and 0x1c00, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ 0
i810_audio: unable to allocate irq 0

Thanks in advance for any possible help

AwesomeMachine · 05-29-2006, 07:17 PM

You should still be able to get the card to work if you configure it to use alsa. Try starting with "control center".

dis.pater · 05-30-2006, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine

You should still be able to get the card to work if you configure it to use alsa. Try starting with "control center".

Did the trick, thanks

edit:
I also had to upgrade my kernel to 2.6

mariogarcia · 05-30-2006, 02:11 PM

hello, sorry to ask in this thread.. but it is necessary to have an audio cable plugged from the cdrom or other to the sound card?
thanks

jmill_1 · 06-01-2006, 12:56 PM

I am having a similar problem with my audio. I seemed to have inadvertantly messed up my audio when I installed some packages for my HP all-in-one printer (don't ask me how that happened!) Anyway, the error message I receive when I boot up is as follows:

Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

so how do I fix this problem so I can listen to my internet radio and other music and even have sound for anything?

Also, I just upgraded the kernel image from woody to sarge using Synaptic but that didn't fix the problem either. I am running Debian. I had sound before I installed some package but now I don't.

Thanks in advance.

rickh · 06-01-2006, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Also, I just upgraded the kernel image from woody to sarge...

So, what kernel are you running now ... $ uname -r

jmill_1 · 06-01-2006, 07:49 PM

kernel 2.6.8 Debian Sarge

jmill_1 · 06-01-2006, 07:50 PM

2.6.8-3-386 to be exact

rickh · 06-01-2006, 08:50 PM

As long as you have a 2.6 kernel, alsaconf should take care of you. You may need to

# apt-get alsa-base alsa-utils

first, then...

# alsaconf

jmill_1 · 06-11-2006, 08:08 AM

I tried that but it didn't work. I've removed programs that I've installed hoping one of them was the culprit but still to no avail. Am I going to have to re-install my Debian again? I would hate to do that! Please help!!! I need my sound.