No Mixer Detected, Sound Card IS detected, No Sound?

one.sick.tzim · 03-11-2005, 07:50 PM

For sake of completeness, I gathered a bit of information on things and now hope (desperately) that someone out there can help me! Not sure if what I gathered tells anyone anything, but here goes... Okay, so I gathered the following:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# alsamixer
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/lsmod | grep snd
snd_emu10k1 93769 0
snd_rawmidi 26725 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm_oss 47609 0
snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 97993 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_device 8137 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 64401 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc 9673 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4801 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 9413 1 snd_emu10k1
snd 54053 9 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss, snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,sn d_hwdep
soundcore 9889 1 snd

[root@localhost ~]# gedit /etc/modprobe.conf
include /etc/modprobe.conf.dist
alias eth0 e100
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
options snd-card-0 index=0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-emu10k1 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd

Does this help at all explain why my system detects a sound card, but when I try running alsamix I get the above error and if I try kmix I get "Mixer cannot be found"?

one.sick.tzim · 03-11-2005, 07:59 PM

Oh, and having read a few things this might be relivant:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
02:01.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp Modem (rev 01)
02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] EMU10k1X
02:02.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs [SB Live! Value] Input device controller
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)

vharishankar · 03-11-2005, 10:50 PM

Did you try running

Code:

alsaconf

in a terminal as root? Does it detect your sound card?

one.sick.tzim · 03-12-2005, 12:54 AM

No, it didn't detect anything. BUT I just installed the Alsa drivers and packages and am currently updating everything via Up2Date, then will restart the computer. I'll try it again after that and post my results here... Thanks for the help! Will post results as soon as I get them.