This may sound silly, but my soundcard isn't working and I can't figure out what the problem may be. I haven't thought much of it since installation about a week or so ago, only because I knew I had bad speakers that needed replacing. However, I just got new ones and I still have no sound.

Do I have to setup my soundcard (VIA VT1720 Evny 24PT Chip ( 8 Channel Audio) Onboard) and, if so, how do I go about it? I've already tried in the system menu but that doesn't seem to working at all....

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

what does this return?

$ lsmod | grep snd

If it does return a bunch of sound modules loaded then

$ alsamixer

and take off mute on master and pcm and increase the volume.

micmur@maddog:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_ice1724 54404 0
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 4192 1 snd_ice1724
snd_ac97_codec 74336 1 snd_ice1724
snd_pcm_oss 52836 0
snd_mixer_oss 19968 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 95780 3 snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25572 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9988 1 snd_pcm
snd_ak4xxx_adda 6112 2 snd_ice1724,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_mpu401_uart 8224 1 snd_ice1724
snd_rawmidi 25024 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8716 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 56580 10 snd_ice1724,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_ua rt,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 10400 1 snd
micmur@maddog:~$ alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

This is what I get...

Try alsaconf as root

Sorry we are going to have to narrow this down a bit. What does this report?

ls -lR /dev/ | grep -i control

And are you trying alsamixer as a user or root? Also what is do devfs or udev or neither?

ps aux | grep dev

micmur@maddog:~$ ls -lR /dev/ | grep -i control
crw-r----- 1 root root 10, 63 2005-03-12 01:07 control
crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 63 2005-03-12 01:07 control
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 2005-03-12 01:07 controlC0
micmur@maddog:~$ ps aux | grep dev
root 978 0.0 0.0 1532 364 ? S<s 01:06 0:00 udevd
hpojlp 6713 0.0 0.2 2652 1156 ? S 01:07 0:00 ptal-mlcd mlc:usb:PSC_2100_Series -devidmatch MDL:PSC 2100 Series; -devidmatch SN:MY32CF514D0F; -device /dev/usb/lp[0-9]* /dev/usblp[0-9]*
micmur 10754 0.0 0.1 3036 724 pts/0 R+ 01:21 0:00 grep dev
micmur@maddog:~$


Is it just me, or am I missing an audiocard?

root@maddog:/home/micmur # alsaconf
bash: alsaconf: command not found
root@maddog:/home/micmur # sudo alsaconf
sudo: alsaconf: command not found
root@maddog:/home/micmur #

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