Hi,

I am new to Linux and have recently installed Mandrake. I am having trouble with sound my soundcard is Intel ICH5 AC'97, which is builtin the motherboard D865PERL. I think the driver for it is already loaded if its snd-intel8x0. this is how my lsmod looks

Module Size Used by Not tainted
st 29488 0 (autoclean) (unused)
udf 90464 0 (autoclean)
binfmt_misc 7020 1
rt2400 70992 1
parport_pc 25096 1 (autoclean)
lp 8096 0 (autoclean)
parport 34176 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
snd-seq-oss 31104 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 5640 0 [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 42608 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss 43556 0
snd-mixer-oss 14488 1 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-intel8x0 21988 5
snd-ac97-codec 40160 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm 77536 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 18376 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 4396 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 17600 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 5832 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd-page-alloc 7732 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]
snd 40868 4 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 6276 0 [snd]
af_packet 14952 1 (autoclean)
sr_mod 16920 0 (autoclean)
floppy 55132 0
vfat 11820 0 (autoclean)
fat 37944 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
nls_iso8859-1 3516 2 (autoclean)
ntfs 76812 2 (autoclean)
supermount 15296 3 (autoclean)
ext3 64704 1 (autoclean)
jbd 48532 1 (autoclean) [ext3]
sd_mod 13100 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ide-cd 33856 0
cdrom 31648 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
ide-scsi 11280 0
usb-storage 72952 0 (unused)
scsi_mod 103284 4 [st sr_mod sd_mod ide-scsi usb-storage]
ehci-hcd 18568 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 24652 0 (unused)
usbcore 72992 1 [usb-storage ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
rtc 8060 0 (autoclean)

when i play a file in xmms, I can see the seconds play seconds increasing but cant hear any sound..

Help!

Thanks
Rakesh.

well hae u checked using any mixer?
like kmix and volume control

u need to check that the control is not muted

regards

Yes, I have tried using mixer.. I made sure tht it is not mute.. I also tried changing the drivers in xmms i.e options -> preferences -> Drivers but none of them seems to work.. among other test.. I tried the command:

$cat /dev/urandom >/dev/dsp

when i type this command it starts thinking.. meaning there is no output nor does it go back to the command prompt.. I have to use ctrl^Z to kill it.. so does it mean its sending but nothing is happening..


rakesh.

generally ther are 2 controls for u in kmix

PCM and master

see that they are not mute

and the green led light is on above them (for kmix in kde)

regards

yes I checked PCM and master, and all are green and its not muted..

I want to know if Mandrake has installed the driver module by itself does it always mean its the right driver? coz I think the driver may not be the right one..

Rakesh

post the O/P of

lspci

also the support for the driver must be in the kernel
if it is not then mandrake might have installed the support by itself

run

sounddrake

to choose driver for ur sond card manually

regards

my lspci looks like this

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2570 (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2571 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d2 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d4 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d7 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24de (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24dd (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d0 (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24db (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d1 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d3 (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d5 (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5961 (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5941 (rev 01)
02:02.0 Network controller: Unknown device 1814:0101
02:03.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)

what does that mean? and where can I find sounddrake? what driver should i select? coz i dont know which one is the right driver for my sound card

regards

if the support for ur driver is in the kernel then no problem or else u need to get the driver and install that

now u can see that it is showing the driver as unknown device in lspci
so let me if there is support for this

u need to run
sounddrake
in a shell

regards

Why not just upgrade to version 10.1? 9.1 is pretty old by now.

Migulic

I upgraded my Mandrake from 9.1 to 10.. and so my sound is working

cheers
Rakesh