[SOLVED] My sound card is not being detected by Debian 8 (Alsa and Pulseaudio)

glinkels · 08-06-2015, 05:21 AM

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by rokytnji

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

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

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

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