I'm new to linux. I just installed Slackware 9. But my sound doesn't work. My sound works fine on Lycoris and Slackware Live CD. Is there something I need to download to get it working? I have an integrated sound chip on my MSI mobo. I'm using AC '97. If you can help me, I would appreciate it.


Thanks!

does sound work when you are logged in as root? the /dev/dsp, /dev/mixer files I think by default do not allow all users access to them. If you start xmms as a user it will probably complain about not being able to get access to /dev/dsp.

however if /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer don't exist then you have a sound driver problem.

I'm in as the ROOT. It gives me an error when i log into KDE saying "/dev/dsp/" cannont be used or something? Thanks

does /dev/dsp exist? if it does what are the permissions on it?

It does.
Type: Character Device
Location: /dev
Size: 0 B (0)

Permissions:
User: READ WRITE
Group:READ WRITE
Others: WRITE

Ownership:
User: root
Group: sys

Hey man, do you wanna chat on ICQ or something? I appreciate you helping me A TON!!! thankz man!

execute this then give it a try:
chmod a+rw /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer* /dev/sequencer* /dev/midi*

I'm afraid I'm unavailable for ICQ however I'll be on the forum for a little bit longer and probably checking in from time to time over the weekend.

If /dev/dsp exists then your sound drivers appear to be working... however check /var/log/messages and see if anything kicked up at boot time regarding a fail when loading sound drivers.

Also you can try checking at alsa-project.org for help... they have A LOT of chipset specific instructions. You shouldn't have to install anything though.

I didn't see any error. I executed that command, and it didn't seem to do anything. Here is my /var/messages:


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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: 511MB LOWMEM available.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Memory: 515500k/524224k available (1733k kernel code, 8336k reserved, 568k data, 112k init, 0k highmem)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdaf1, last bus=1
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router default [1106/3147] at 00:11.0
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: PCI: Hardcoded IRQ 14 for device 00:11.1
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: PCI: Hardcoded IRQ 14 for device 00:11.1
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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: hda: hda1 hda2
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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: md: raid0 personality registered as nr 2
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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: md: raid5 personality registered as nr 4
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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
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Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: md: autorun ...
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: md: ... autorun DONE.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: LVM version 1.0.5+(22/07/2002)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 65536)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: UMSDOS: msdos_read_super failed, mount aborted.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 112k freed
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xe08c4f80, 00:c0:ca:12:80:ae, IRQ 10
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Intel PCIC probe: not found.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 45e1.
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xe000, IRQ 12
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xdc00, IRQ 12
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz last message repeated 6 times
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:11.3-1, assigned address 2
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.3.0 (Sep 29, 2002)
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 15:38:38 Mar 11 2003
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:11.2-1, assigned address 2
Sep 5 00:14:10 awsnapz /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usbcore for USB product 0/0/0
Sep 5 00:14:11 awsnapz last message repeated 3 times
Sep 5 00:14:11 awsnapz /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup printer for USB product 43d/21/100
Sep 5 00:14:11 awsnapz kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Sep 5 00:14:11 awsnapz kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x043D pid 0x0021
Sep 5 00:14:11 awsnapz kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver
Sep 5 00:14:11 awsnapz sshd[596]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usbmouse hid for USB product 45e/53/300
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb_mouse
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz kernel: input0: Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) on usb2:2.0
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz kernel: usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hid
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz kernel: hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz kernel: hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Sep 5 00:14:12 awsnapz /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup mousedev for USB product 45e/53/300
Sep 5 00:15:15 awsnapz /usr/sbin/gpm[643]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2
Sep 5 00:24:29 awsnapz /usr/sbin/gpm[643]: imps2: Auto-detected intellimouse PS/2
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