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glinkels 08-06-2015 05:21 AM
My sound card is not being detected by Debian 8 (Alsa and Pulseaudio)
 
I'm not so good in the use of Linux, since I am just 12 and TRYING to, so I would like you to as friendly as possible even though I'm sort of "noob".

Anyways, recently I started up my computer after a 3/4 week vacation and my sound wasn't working! I checked pavucontrol and all I saw was Dummy Output without a profile, whenever I checked "Configuration" I saw "No cards available for configuration."

Please help

rokytnji 08-06-2015 09:58 AM
12? Kool Beans.

Post what terminal spits out in code tags (# symbol in toolbar of reply box) in the advanced reply window.

Code:
cat /proc/asound/cards
Code:
lspci -v | grep -i audio
Code:
aplay –list-devices
And if you type in

Code:
alsamixer
Does the F6 key show your sound card from the previous commands given?

Good luck with it.

glinkels 08-07-2015 07:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rokytnji (Post 5401858)
12? Kool Beans.

Post what terminal spits out in code tags (# symbol in toolbar of reply box) in the advanced reply window.

Code:
cat /proc/asound/cards
Code:
lspci -v | grep -i audio
Code:
aplay –list-devices
And if you type in

Code:
alsamixer
Does the F6 key show your sound card from the previous commands given?

Good luck with it.
Code:
#cat /proc/asound/cards
cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory
Code:
#lspci -v | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev05)
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series]
Code:
#aplay --list-devices
aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...
Code:
#alsamixer
When I press F6 it just says
- (default)
enter device name...

Thanks for your reply and motivation to help me :)

glinkels 08-07-2015 07:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rokytnji (Post 5401858)
12? Kool Beans.

Post what terminal spits out in code tags (# symbol in toolbar of reply box) in the advanced reply window.

Code:
cat /proc/asound/cards
Code:
lspci -v | grep -i audio
Code:
aplay list-devices
And if you type in

Code:
alsamixer
Does the F6 key show your sound card from the previous commands given?

Good luck with it.
I attached a screenshot, I would usually type this out, but my terminal doesn't let me copy and paste and LinuxQuestions didn't post what I replied to you, so yeah.

Code:
#alsamixer
F6 and alsamixer replies with:
-(default)
enter device name

Thanks for replying and your motivation to help me :)

rokytnji 08-07-2015 08:13 AM
You should be able to copy and paste in your threads here.
While looking in your screenshot and typing out meticulously
your screenshot readout. I got kicked out of this thread so
this is a start over.

You have 2 sound chips on your laptop. Intel C200 and Radeon/ATI 5000 series.

What is the model of your laptop?

glinkels 08-07-2015 10:29 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rokytnji (Post 5402380)
You should be able to copy and paste in your threads here.
While looking in your screenshot and typing out meticulously
your screenshot readout. I got kicked out of this thread so
this is a start over.

You have 2 sound chips on your laptop. Intel C200 and Radeon/ATI 5000 series.

What is the model of your laptop?
Well, it's a Desktop PC and I built it myself.

I have an intel moherboard and an AMD Radeon Graphics card
The IntelC200 is what I use, the Radeon 5650 is the DVI/HDMI output for if your monitor has speakers.

BTW, Sorry for replying so late everytime. I'm sort of helping friends (A LOT) while looking for an answer to my sound not working.

maples 08-07-2015 04:03 PM
What distro are you using?

And could you post the output of
Code:
lsmod | grep snd_hda_intel
The lsmod command lists the loaded kernel modules, which are similar to Windows drivers. The grep command searches its input for a string. In this case, we're searching for "snd_hda_intel" which is the name of the Intel HD Audio kernel module. The "|" is called a pipe, and that's what sends the output of lsmod into the input of grep.

When you tried to copy from the terminal, did you use CTRL+C or did you right-click -> copy? CTRL+C doesn't work; that key combo is used to stop running commands in the terminal.

glinkels 08-07-2015 08:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by maples (Post 5402637)
What distro are you using?

And could you post the output of
Code:
lsmod | grep snd_hda_intel
The lsmod command lists the loaded kernel modules, which are similar to Windows drivers. The grep command searches its input for a string. In this case, we're searching for "snd_hda_intel" which is the name of the Intel HD Audio kernel module. The "|" is called a pipe, and that's what sends the output of lsmod into the input of grep.

When you tried to copy from the terminal, did you use CTRL+C or did you right-click -> copy? CTRL+C doesn't work; that key combo is used to stop running commands in the terminal.
I tried to right click, but nothing happens, I tried CTRL+SHIFT+C what is also used, nothing happens (yes I am aware of what the CTRL+C does).

Code:
#lsmod | grep snd_hda_intel
Nothing happens

glinkels 08-08-2015 01:23 PM
I fixed it
 
Recently when I came back I did an upgrade to Debian 8, for some reason it installed alsa-oss too.
To fix it I did=
Code:
#apt-get remove --purge alsa-oss
And since oss uses old intel sound drivers I did
Code:
#modprobe snd_hda_intel
Thanks for your help :D


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