no sound, what next?

Geminias · 11-25-2007, 01:20 AM

The only thing I can think of that I did to break my sound was I activated the "Audio Settings Management(Alsa-utils)" in the administration->services configuration editor. The next time I turned on the computer the sound would not work. I deactivated the audio settings management service but after a reboot I still don't get sound.

As far as errors are concerned... I can't seem to get any. I open totem to play a movie in debug mode and it is silent despite the fact that there is no sound.

#lspci | grep audio

Code:

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)

#lsmod | grep snd

Code:

snd_intel8x0           34332  2 
snd_ac97_codec         98464  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                3200  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            44544  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17408  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                79876  4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           4740  0 
snd_seq_oss            32896  0 
snd_seq_midi            9600  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_mpu401              9256  0 
snd_mpu401_uart         9472  1 snd_mpu401
snd_rawmidi            25472  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq                52592  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              23684  3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          9100  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    54020  14 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               8672  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10888  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

What should I do next? Thanks.

gbj · 11-25-2007, 05:02 AM

Well first of all make sure that your sound chip is enabled in your BIOS. Next I would open up a console and fire up "alsaconf". When you are finished with alsaconf use "alsamixer" to unmute the sound card, with the "m" button. Then use "alsactl store" to store your alsa settings so that they are restored at reboot. Remember that you have to use all these commands as root. ALSA can be problematic, but I hope this helps.

Geminias · 11-25-2007, 10:09 AM

hi, thanks for the reply. I dont have alsaconf and my sound used to work until i changed the setting I mentioned earlier. Also my sound works on my other box I dual boot with, so it isn't bios or hardware related.

I could install alsaconf if i knew how, although, since my sound worked before and I didn't have it, i'm not so sure I need it.

ehawk · 11-26-2007, 02:33 AM

Maybe this link will help

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/De...gSoundProblems

abrindell · 01-02-2008, 03:25 PM

Im having the same exact problem. I activated the alsa-mixer service and KABLAM! - no sound. I went into the alsa gui and verified everything was turned ON. But... nothing! The sound card is working fine. What's the fix for this? ANYONE?

abrindell · 01-02-2008, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abrindell

Im having the same exact problem. I activated the alsa-mixer service and KABLAM! - no sound. I went into the alsa gui and verified everything was turned ON. But... nothing! The sound card is working fine. What's the fix for this? ANYONE?

This is what worked for me!
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...und.html#ss7.3
The graphic mixer doesn't show the unmute button. You have to do it with the terminal window via commands.

BEst!
alec