how to enable audio in suse linux 11.2

alibaba_40 · 05-10-2010, 10:46 AM

Hi guys....

i have recently installed suse linux 11.2, everything is running fine except the audio.

i can see the speaker and can adjust the audio level, but i can't hear any audio through the laptop speakers?

can someone kindly instruct me how to overcome the matter?

best regards

Simon Bridge · 05-10-2010, 12:37 PM

Welcome to LQ.

We'll need to know some things.
Which laptop is this?

Open a terminal and enter:

lspci | grep -i audio

copy and paste the result here - it should be a one-line technical description of your sound card.

then try:

lsmod | grep snd

let me know if you get a big list or a big nothing.

alibaba_40 · 05-10-2010, 02:42 PM

my laptop is IBM thinkpad X61

Simon Bridge · 05-11-2010, 03:34 AM

Cool - and the rest?

linuxshrikant · 05-29-2010, 09:20 AM

Hello,
I have installed fc10 on my desktop.
My audio is also not working.
after

Quote:

lspci | grep -i audio

I got

Quote:

00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)

after

Quote:

lsmod | grep snd

I got

Quote:

snd_hda_intel 354324 3
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 30364 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9600 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48576 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 10124 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 42624 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 65924 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 22024 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11016 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10628 1 snd_hda_intel
snd 50616 16 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 9416 1 snd

Please, tell me what to do next?

Thanks,
Shrikant

Simon Bridge · 05-30-2010, 02:02 AM

Install a version of fedora that is currently supported. f13 I think...

It looks like your kernel is trying to use intel audio when you have nvidia audio.
The likely fix will be to use an nvidia driver collection - but you want your card to be properly detected for the driver to load. Rather than hack the legacy distro to do this, you want to use the tools in the recent one - which will likely have solved this problem anyway.

Besides that - f10 (note, there has been no fedora core since FC6) will have security problems and unresolved bugs. Updating it is still a good idea.

linuxshrikant · 05-30-2010, 06:45 AM

Thanks Guru.

Now that I want to upgrade my kernel to fc13, do I have to download it? Or is there any shortcut?
Should I go for Ubuntu, which is there with me right now?

Thanks,
Shrikant

Simon Bridge · 06-01-2010, 02:08 AM

IIRC: you either download the DVD for fedora 13 or you can upgrade through the versions online.
Read the release notes. It may not be possible to do the f10 -> f11 step any more.

I usually suggest fresh installs from the DVD - but I'm prejudiced.
In your case it may save time.

note: conceptual bit - fedora 13 is a distro not a kernel. The kernel is 2.6.33-something. The packages get labelled *.fc13.rpm ... but the distro is just f13: there has been no fedora core in a long time.

Naturally you should go with <distro I use> - it is the best distro in the universe

Real advise is that you should use what you are comfy with.
If you need a hand figuring that out - try:
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/