Ancient Thinkpad running Mint 9 cannot get sound to endure re-boot
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Ancient Thinkpad running Mint 9 cannot get sound to endure re-boot
I think the title says it all really!
I'm a total newb, and absolutely lost in the Linux environment.
with the help of others (to whom grateful thanks), I've managed to get this distro installed and my PCMCIA Wireless card working without a LAN connection!
Result......well it was for me!
next big prob is sound.......any sound at all!
This command sudo modprobe snd-cs4236sometimes gives me some, just for the current session, if it don't want to play, it just ignores me!
Two main questions,
1) How do I get the attention of the "Alsa Mixer"? (the GUI is normally just blank and may or may not be activated by the above command!)
2) Once I have the attention of the "Alsa mixer", how do I maintain it upon re-boot?
Some one guided me to this post and despite it's age, I appended my plea for help....but I fear it is not the correct place............I just hope I'm now in the right place! http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...hp/product/132
I would suggest opening a Terminal (usually under Applications->Accessories or System Tools, not sure how Mint is structured) and running the following commands:
Code:
alsamixer
That should allow you to adjust your mixer settings.
Code:
sudo alsactl store
That should save the settings for next time.
As far as your module issue, that should be solvable by adding snd-cs4236 to /etc/modules
Thanks guys for such a fast response.....I must have set something wrongly, 'cos I'm not getting any email advice of posts!
Because I don't know how to open a terminal as "root", I can't follow mlangdn's advice.
Tried that posted by snowpine with the following response from terminal: - ~ $ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory.
~ $ sudo alsactl store
alsactl: save_state:1502: No soundcards found...
Quote:
Originally Posted by snowpine
As far as your module issue, that should be solvable by adding snd-cs4236 to /etc/modules
What?...just typing it as an extra line on the existing page??
On my travels around t' internet today, I found this: - http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Script...ip_in_PnP_mode but no idea if it is the right thing for my machine, or how to execute it.
I've asked for a helping hand there but no response so far
Just checked my settings and they are showing that I'm subsribed to this thread, and emails are enabled.....but it ain't happening!
I'll keep checking back regularly so I don't miss any one's posts!
Could do with Mod's attention to this problem.
Last edited by hexeta; 12-06-2010 at 12:18 PM.
Reason: just to confirm my settings are correct but not working
On further investigation, it looks like Mint (since it is based on Ubuntu) probably uses PulseAudio instead of ALSA; that could explain the "cannot open alsamixer" error.
Sorry but I have no experience with PulseAudio.
/etc/modules is just a text file, you can edit it with "gksu gedit /etc/modules" and simply add a new line at the bottom for your sound module. (Unless Mint has some different/fancy way of doing things...)
Thanks snowpine, but Mint 9 Lxde comes with Alsa mixer "out of the box" as they say!
PS: still no email notifications!
Where are the Mods??
Hi there!
We got your report about the email notifications. Here's what I suggest, assuming your email address is correct and is the one you subscribed with:
1) Go to My Subscribed Threads" and click the checkbox beside this thread. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and using the little drop-down menu, select "Email Notification" and hit GO. That should fix it for this thread.
2) Go to your UserCP Edit Options" and scroll into the "Messaging and Notification" area and set your "Default Thread Subscription Mode" to whatever you desire. Scroll to the bottom of that page and select "Save Changes".
If this doesn't fix the issue, please contact me again by PM or email, and I'll look into this further.
Does it make a difference if you "sudo modprobe snd-cs4236" first?
That's the command that I was told to use to kick start Alsa, because when it opens normally the GUI is just blank.
clicking on edit>Prog. prefs. brings up another window with some slider prefs.
edit>Sound card prefs. however just makes the whole thing disappear.
sometimes when I used "sudo modprobe snd-cs4236" it would unlock the GUI, other times it didn't...on those occasions, it was "listed" by Terminal as "used by 0 (Zero)".
On those occasions, I can't make it work at all.
Even when it does work, it dies when I shut down....but at least I now know that it should work
Thanks guys for such a fast response.....I must have set something wrongly, 'cos I'm not getting any email advice of posts!
Because I don't know how to open a terminal as "root", I can't follow mlangdn's advice.
Tried that posted by snowpine with the following response from terminal: - ~ $ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory.
~ $ sudo alsactl store
alsactl: save_state:1502: No soundcards found...
What?...just typing it as an extra line on the existing page??
You shouldn't run alsamixer as root. alsactl store is run with root privs, which you are doing by prefacing it with "sudo". It's saying there is no file or directory mixer? Sounds like you maybe didn't write alsamixer as all one word?
Yes, /etc/modules is just a text file. Adding the module name will force the module to load at boot. You can do so with any text editor (run with root privileges) or append as so from the terminal
I don't understand your comments about "unlocking the GUI." Alsamixer is a terminal application. There is no clicking involved.
I assume the GUI referred to is the mixer GUI. Am I right in that if you don't load the module, the mixer is blank, when you load the module, it shows the normal mixer channels?
I don't understand your comments about "unlocking the GUI." Alsamixer is a terminal application. There is no clicking involved.
No, this is the blank GUI, and it shows the Programme preferences that I have described
When it's working right, the GUI has 8/10 slider controls for the various inputs and the master volume control http://i53.tinypic.com/nnkwo7.jpg
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