Sound issues

Oakstaff · 02-15-2005, 12:53 PM

I did a search and couldnt find any answers for me, XMMS runs mp3's and such fine but there is no sound, when i try changing the output to Alsa or anything else, it complains and suggests i check to make sure i have teh correct output method. Any idea's on how i can fix this? I am a noob, its been over a yr since i have played around on Linux, so i am outa practice. Running Slack 9.1 btw

darkleaf · 02-15-2005, 01:29 PM

Are you using ALSA? Do you have the right modules in your kernel (show "lsmod" if you don't know for sure), which audio card do you have?

JoannesX · 02-15-2005, 06:41 PM

first, is your kernel compiled so as to suport ALSA modules?
if not, you'll have a little more work.. some minutes of configuration and recompilation of the kernel...

is ALSA able to detect your sound card?
try running "alsaconf" to see if it detects automatically
try running "alsamixer" to take a look at the mixer options (volumes in general)
if the volumes seem to be the problem and changing them solves the problem,
run "alsactl store" to store your settings for next boots..

Oakstaff · 02-15-2005, 09:52 PM

not tryin to sound stupid...<g> but where is Alsa usually found? i looked around and couldnt find it. and it has been a long time that i forgot the command to show me where a file is...lol

harken · 02-16-2005, 02:20 AM

Usually alsa goes in /usr/bin. To find files use 'locate' or 'find' or 'whereis' commands.
For the moment type alsaconf at the command prompt and see what happens. If it says 'not found' most likely it's not installed.

darkleaf · 02-16-2005, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JoannesX
first, is your kernel compiled so as to suport ALSA modules?
if not, you'll have a little more work.. some minutes of configuration and recompilation of the kernel...

You'll only need modular sound enabled. You can do without the rest of alsa in there.

JoannesX · 02-16-2005, 07:25 AM

ahn if you want a deep search, if you want to sweep your system after ALSA use this combination..

find / | grep -i alsa

it'll find also alsamixer, alsaconf, or wherever alsa is written

Oakstaff · 02-16-2005, 12:34 PM

i did the command alsaconf and it said command not found, but when i installed slack i did full and i am sure i saw alsa installed....=/

Oakstaff · 02-16-2005, 01:17 PM

ok I logged on root and got the alsaconf to work, but still no sound....on root or normal user

__J · 02-16-2005, 01:22 PM

run alsamixer, the channels are muted by default. when you are done adjusting the mixer, run (as root) :

alsactl store

to store your settings so they can be reapplied at boot time.

Oakstaff · 02-16-2005, 01:35 PM

ok thx, how do i change the speaker from off to on?

__J · 02-16-2005, 01:39 PM

do you mean unmute the channel? press m to unmute channels (while they are highlighted)

Oakstaff · 02-16-2005, 01:41 PM

that worked...=P it had my speaker turned off.

Oakstaff · 02-16-2005, 01:42 PM

it is still not playing any sound tho...=/

__J · 02-16-2005, 01:47 PM

are you using a sound manager ( like arts or esd - if your running kde or gnome it's probably a yes) and do you get sound from anything else like gxine (if you installed it)?