Newbie: Need sound drivers for

eosophobia · 09-15-2004, 06:18 PM

no soup.

Tuttle · 09-15-2004, 06:24 PM

hmm... try snd-usb-audio (probably won't do anything).
If that doesn't work, please post the contents of /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modules.conf

eosophobia · 09-15-2004, 06:32 PM

My modprobe.conf file says

alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0m
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0m

and my modules.conf says

# --- BEGIN: Genereated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.5 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0m
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0m

btw it didn't work

Tuttle · 09-15-2004, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by eosophobia
My modprobe.conf file says

alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0m
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0m

and my modules.conf says

# --- BEGIN: Genereated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.5 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0m
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0m

btw it didn't work

as you can see, alias snd-card-0 and alias sound-slot-0 appear twice in modules.conf so....

1. remove all the stuff you added to modprobe.conf
2. remove all the stuff you added to modules.conf
3. add an "m" to your existing modules.conf like so:

Code:

# --- BEGIN: Genereated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.5 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0m
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0m
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

and try again *oh no!*

eosophobia · 09-15-2004, 06:46 PM

no soup.

eosophobia · 09-15-2004, 06:50 PM

Just FYI it is showing that there is activity on aRts Control tool but nothing is coming through my speakers.

Tuttle · 09-15-2004, 06:57 PM

was there activity in arts control toll when you used:

Code:

alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0

?
try stopping the arts server. This is the kde sound control server and is not strictly needed to use sound - in fact it could be causing the conflict.
To stop the arts server type "top" in a console then type "k" followed by the program id number associated with the arts server "artsd".
I know this is a pain in the a*se at the mo but once you get it going , it won't stop!

eosophobia · 09-15-2004, 07:00 PM

both ways there are activity... and i just killed arts now what?

eosophobia · 09-15-2004, 07:01 PM

artsd runs everytime I play an mp3 it automatically comes back up

Creeps · 09-15-2004, 07:05 PM

i have the same integrated sound system on my motherboard and all i had to do was run kmix once and it cured my troubles.

sound to simple to work but it helped me sound worked fine after i ran it.

eosophobia · 09-15-2004, 07:08 PM

Wish that would work lol maybe there is somewhere that stuff is muted that I can't find.

Tuttle · 09-15-2004, 07:09 PM

ok, try looking into arts in the kcontrol centre to see if is configured correctly.
Also, I think alsa configured itself correctly because snd-intel8x0m is for modem, hence the "m".
another way to test this is to use a simpler window manager like twm, fluxbox, xfce or windowmaker so that artsd doesn't interfere when you run alsaconf.
note: gnome also uses a sound server called esd which may interfere with things.

Tuttle · 09-15-2004, 07:10 PM

the moral of the story: dont use sound servers!
ps. to use another window manager, log out and there should be a menu to choose which one you want

Tuttle · 09-15-2004, 07:15 PM

your problem could also be permissions.
edit /etc/group and add your username to audio, video and whatever else is required like so:

Code:

root::0:root
bin::1:root,bin,daemon
daemon::2:root,bin,daemon
sys::3:root,bin,adm
adm::4:root,adm,daemon
tty::5:
disk::6:root,adm,tuttle
lp::7:lp
mem::8:
kmem::9:
wheel::10:root,tuttle
floppy::11:root,tuttle
mail::12:mail
news::13:news
uucp::14:uucp
man::15:
audio::17:tuttle
video::18:tuttle
cdrom::19:tuttle
games::20:tuttle
slocate::21:
utmp::22:
smmsp::25:smmsp
mysql::27:
rpc::32:
sshd::33:sshd
gdm::42:
shadow::43:
ftp::50:
pop::90:pop
nobody::98:nobody
nogroup::99:
users::100:
console::101:

eosophobia · 09-15-2004, 07:15 PM

if i logout it takes me back to a root@darkstar screen.