Help with Sound on laptop
 

Hi,

Is there a sound card configuration tool in ubuntu dapper drake? I have installed it on a toshiba satellite L30. Every thing works fine but there is no sound. When i checked with system preference sound module, I see an OSS sound and Alsa mixer sound.

what can i do to get sound to work?

thanks

Post the output of the command ' /sbin/lsmod ' to see what modules are loaded.
Run the command ' alsamixer ' and check to make sure master and PCM channels are up and unmuted. If muted then a MM is above the bar.

Brian1

Hi Brian,

thanks for the reply. I will post the output. the alsa mixer is not muted.

here is the output of the sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 12296 1
rfcomm 40216 0
l2cap 26244 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 50020 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 9220 0
radeon 116000 0
drm 73236 1 radeon
cpufreq_userspace 4696 0
cpufreq_stats 5636 0
freq_table 4740 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6428 0
cpufreq_conservative 7332 0
video 16260 0
tc1100_wmi 6916 0
sony_acpi 5644 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
hotkey 11556 0
dev_acpi 11140 0
container 4608 0
button 6672 0
acpi_sbs 19980 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
ac 5252 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_core 21904 1 i2c_acpi_ec
nls_iso8859_1 4224 2
nls_cp437 5888 2
vfat 13440 2
fat 53020 1 vfat
nls_utf8 2176 1
ntfs 103536 1
ipv6 265728 6
dm_mod 58936 1
md_mod 72532 0
parport_pc 35780 0
lp 11844 0
parport 36296 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
af_packet 22920 6
snd_hda_intel 18964 2
snd_hda_codec 157616 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89864 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm
snd 55268 6 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10208 3 snd
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
pcmcia 40508 0
joydev 10048 0
tsdev 8000 0
rtc 13492 0
pcspkr 2180 0
shpchp 45632 0
pci_hotplug 29236 1 shpchp
ath_pci 80540 0
ath_rate_sample 17160 1 ath_pci
psmouse 36100 0
serio_raw 7300 0
wlan 144924 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal 148816 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ati_agp 9100 0
agpgart 34888 2 drm,ati_agp
8139cp 22528 0
8139too 26880 0
mii 5888 2 8139cp,8139too
yenta_socket 28428 1
rsrc_nonstatic 13440 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 42640 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
sg 37920 0
evdev 9856 2
ext3 135816 1
jbd 58772 1 ext3
ide_generic 1536 0
ehci_hcd 34184 0
ohci_hcd 21892 0
usbcore 130820 3 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ide_cd 33028 0
cdrom 38560 1 ide_cd
atiixp 6800 1
sd_mod 19984 6
generic 5124 0
sata_sil 9348 10
libata 78992 1 sata_sil
scsi_mod 139496 3 sg,sd_mod,libata
thermal 13576 0
processor 23360 1 thermal
fan 4868 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7296 1 capability
vga16fb 13704 1
vgastate 10368 1 vga16fb
fbcon 42784 72
tileblit 2816 1 fbcon
font 8320 1 fbcon
bitblit 6272 1 fbcon
softcursor 2304 1 bitblit


thanks for your help, there is an oss mixer also. i am a bit confused about this.

Looks like the module is loaded fine. Check the ' dmesg ' to see if errors happened during bootup. Other than that I am at a lost. Looks like one of those things that sitting infront of would be quicker. Check to see if there are any local Linux User groups clubs.

Brian1

Have you tried running
Also, are there volume buttons on the laptop itself? If so, be sure to turn them up