more slack10.1 sound issues
Hello all,
I've had similar problems in the past with this. I get no sound with KDE. the details: HP Pavilion ze1210 laptop Slackware 10.1 - 2.4.29 lsmod output: Code:
Module Size Used by Not tainted Code:
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40) Very stuck, any help is apperciated! |
I've noticed (using KDE 3.4 on Fedora Core 3) that the volume control applet often initializes to "mute" on startup, and needs to be reset before any sound will play.
Recently, I found the umuting didn't work (after running a GNOME session -- the KDE volume control is, actually, a GNOME applet), so I tried the "detect soundcard" system tool. When I tried to play the test sound in that tool, sound magically started working -- for the "Real Player" stream I'd started with no sound output. The "test sound" was never played . . . I, of course, have no idea if this will help you, but "magic" is always interesting, eh? Oh, I'm using ALSA with "fullduplex" ckecked. |
Is your user name in the audio group?
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You might have tried this already, but let's give it a shot: Slack by default has all the system volumes muted. open up the console and type
alsamixer The volume you're gonna worry about is the CD volume. make sure it's turned up and not muted (muted == MM at the top of the column, press 'm' to unmute). After you're done, run sudo alsactl store Or, since you're running as root, you probably won't need the sudo. This'll just store your current volumes as the default. Remember though, don't take the name of root in vain, try to be a normal user whenever possible. (normal user == much less likely to cause system failure ;) ) |
I'm still getting:
No mixer elems found. when trying to do alsamixer. |
sorry, my fault, i didn't read the tail end of your post.
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ok, did a little more research and here is how I fixed it:
first things first, artsd crashed on startup. to fix that I added a line to the /etc/hotplug/blacklist file: i snd-via82xx-modem Now, artsd didn't crash, and alsamixer was available. I was able to unmute, and addjust the volumes :) all fixed. |
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