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Old 03-28-2003, 12:47 PM   #1
Perdido
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Very low sound


I have installed kernel 2.4.21. Since then, when I log in KDE my sound is very low.

Here is what I have in my /var/log/messages file:

Mar 28 16:44:24 portatil sound: Loading sound module (snd-maestro3) succeeded
Mar 28 16:44:24 portatil kernel: maestro3: version 1.23 built at 15:30:15 Mar 14 2003
Mar 28 16:44:24 portatil modprobe: /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/maestro3.o.gz:
Mar 28 16:44:24 portatil modprobe: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
Mar 28 16:44:24 portatil modprobe: You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
Mar 28 16:44:24 portatil modprobe: init_module: No such device
Mar 28 16:44:24 portatil modprobe: modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/maestro3.o.gz failed
Mar 28 16:44:24 portatil modprobe: modprobe: insmod maestro3 failed
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: vol set to 58, 58, R
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: pcm set to 71, 71
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: speaker set to 100, 100
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: line set to 100, 100, P
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: mic set to 100, 100, P
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: cd set to 100, 100, P
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: igain set to 100, 100
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: line1 set to 100, 100, P
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: phin set to 100, 100, P
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil aumix: video set to 100, 100, P
Mar 28 16:44:25 portatil sound: Loading mixer settings succeeded

Could you help me?.

Thank you in advance.
 
Old 03-28-2003, 02:20 PM   #2
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do you need to load the maestro module? if you load a module (that succeeds) called snd-maestro I would think that you shouldn't need any other modules. Plus the maestro doesn't look like its loading anyhow, and if you still have sound then you might as well just get rid of it.

As for the volume...
check out this man page for aumix
http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/aumix1.html
you should be able to boost the default volume setting from 58 to 100 like the rest.
 
Old 03-28-2003, 02:37 PM   #3
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Originally posted by jpbarto
do you need to load the maestro module? if you load a module (that succeeds) called snd-maestro I would think that you shouldn't need any other modules. Plus the maestro doesn't look like its loading anyhow, and if you still have sound then you might as well just get rid of it.
Could you tell me how to do it?. I am a newbbie

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Originally posted by jpbarto
As for the volume...
check out this man page for aumix
http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/aumix1.html
you should be able to boost the default volume setting from 58 to 100 like the rest.
Thank you. Now I have the default volume to 100 but I would like to have it solved everytime I log in. So, I think I have to solve the problem with the maestro modules. Could you help me?.
 
Old 03-28-2003, 03:30 PM   #4
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ok, well what distro are you running? there will be initialization scripts in /etc/rc.... depending on your distro different files are in different places. But somewhere in one of those scripts will be a line that reads something like
/sbin/modprobe maestro

comment it out with an '#' at the beginning of the line... such as
# following line commented out by perdido 03/28/03
# /sbin/modprobe maestro

that should take care of the module. Now when you reboot (it sounds like you found and altered the aumix config) your modules should load without errors and your default volume should be at 100... is this correct? Is it still too quiet?

P.S. a quick and easy way to locate the file with the modprobe command in it would be
<prompt># cd /etc/rc.d (or whatever dir your scripts are in)
<prompt># grep -H -r maestro *

this should recursivley search all files and subdirectories listing every filename that contains the word maestro in its contents.

Last edited by jpbarto; 03-28-2003 at 03:33 PM.
 
  


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