Need a little help with ALSA???
Hello all,
I have Slackware-11 installed on my Dell Dimension 4500. I am trying to get the sound to work but I don't seem to be getting anywhere :confused: . I'm using a SB Audigy2 Platinum, here's my spec's... Code:
# lspci -v Code:
Linux-2.6.17.13 Code:
snd_seq_oss 31360 0 a)I can't hear any sound when I try to play CD through XMMS b)I can't hear any sound when I am on a web page that uses flash(I'm using Firefox2 with Flash9) Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated, thanx... |
Are you using KDE? If so, go to the Sound Server settings in KDE Control Center and try and play around with the settings. If you're not using any sounds in KDE or using any KDE apps to play sound, disable the KDE sound server and try - this will usually free up the sound resources for ALSA programs.
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Sorry, I forgot to mention what window manager I was using. I'm using Fluxbox. I installed Slackware without anything KDE.
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Second, did you run alsaconf, alsamixer to unmute the volumes and alsactl store?
Sometimes even if the correct modules are loaded, it doesn't necessarily mean ALSA is working properly. Usually alsaconf does the trick. |
Did that too :confused: ....
When I used to use Gentoo, I was able to successfully run sound. However, if I remember correctly, it was stated that when using ALSA, one must either use the kernel driver or the driver package provided by the ALSA project. Although I began this endevour with ALSA compiled into my kernel, I then downloaded and installed the latest stable driver and utilities package from the ALSA project website... alsa-driver-1.0.13 alsa-firmware-1.0.13 alsa-lib-1.0.13 alsa-oss-1.0.12 alsa-plugins-1.0.13 alsa-tools-1.0.13 alsa-utils-1.0.13 ...I'm trying to read through all the already provided documentation (Again), to see if I overlooked anything :study: |
Maybe I missed something, but have you used 'alsamixer' and unmuted your card? Everything is muted by default, and it's easy to overlook.
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had similar problems with ALSA and a Dell Inspiron 5150, slack 11, linux 2.6.19 (and 2.6.18)
It's been a while since I figured it all out, but I think I solved my problem by figuring out what sound card I had (turns out to be more of an Intel sound chipset), and then paying very close attention to the kernel config options in the sound section. I had to compile all the sound-related pieces as modules (compiling them right in didn't work), and I had to compile the correct modules for my chipset. |
Yes, I did unmute all the channels HW. I went back and read over the doc's under my ~/alsa-driver-1.0.13 directory, and I basically followed it's direction's...
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# alsaconf # alsamixer # alsactl store After I rebooted, my settings were restored and when I popped an audio CD (F.Z. The Grand Wazoo), I still got no sound from my speakers. Even though both Xine and XMMS read the disc just fine, the visualization demonstrated an audio stream but still no sound :confused: :confused: .... |
another thing u can try, is going into 'alsamixer' and actually mute the card (that is, set the card to 'MM', not '00', because ive got a soundblaster card and for some reason its the reverse, MM gives sound, and '00' mutes the card.
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Yeah, I just tried that but still no go :confused: ...
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First, it shows that ALSA is configured, but for some reason you get no sound.
Some things you might want to check to make sure: 1. Check your audio jacks and whether the correct outputs are connected properly to the speakers. 2. For playing audio CDs, are you sure you've connected your CD drive to the sound card? Otherwise you might get no sound. 3. Also try playing plain WAV files and MP3 files from the hard disk. Also make sure you've installed the necessary media codecs to play other formats as well. |
Okay, I'm not exactly sure what I did but I'VE GOT SOUND!!!
I went ahead and started recompiling all my packages after the alsa-driver(alsa-firmware, alsa-lib, etc..etc..). Afterwards, I began switching the speaker cable between the three output jacks of my soundcard (after all this is a 6.1 surround sound card). At that point I went ahead and replayed my Zappa CD and viola! The strange thing though is that without ever having touched that cable under Windows the audio played fine :scratch: . So there you go, at some point within the last 20 min I stumbled onto the solution, go figure :cool: . Thanx again guys, for all of your suggestions. |
Better document down the procedure, you might need it again ;)
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