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No sound after new Sound card

Hi all I recently got a yamaha sound card from a friend because my Intel card was not working so I disabled Intel sound card from BIOS so that I can use only Yamaha card but I hear no sound in Slackware but can hear sound in my Fedora & Windows (i.e.card is working)

Code:

root@wetlab:~# head /proc/asound/cards

 0 [ICH5          ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH5

                      Intel ICH5 with ALC655 at irq 17

 1 [YMF754        ]: YMF754 - Yamaha DS-1E (YMF754)

                      Yamaha DS-1E (YMF754) at 0xfbff8000, irq 22

I believe it is still trying to use Intel card
Help

Try run alsaconf, in sudo, to configure the new card.

You need to blacklist the intel's HD audio module, since this card isn't working for You...

On the second hand - why it doesn't work? Is this hardware problem, or You cannot configure this card under Slackware?

I know this is a bit late, but I think I know the solution, I've had to do this because I have 3 sound devices on one system, and it doesn't pick the right default.

1) Run:

Code:

cat /proc/asound/modules

it will give you something like:

Code:

 0 snd_hda_intel

 1 snd_yamaha

 2 snd_sis

2) To set the default sound card edit '/etc/modprobe.d/sound', or you can also put them in '/etc/modprobe.conf' and that should work for distros other than slackware.

Code:

options snd_yamaha index=0

options snd_hda_intel index=1

options snd_sis index=2

That sets the yamaha card as the default (index=0). You'll probably have to run:

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.alsa

for changes to take effect, or you can reboot if that doesn't work.

3) Use 'alsamixer' to set the volumes. Note that, running 'alsaconf' will overwrite '/etc/modprobe.d/sound', so don't run it, or add the options to the other file.

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H (Post 4030608)

I know this is a bit late, but I think I know the solution, I've had to do this because I have 3 sound devices on one system, and it doesn't pick the right default.

1) Run:

Code:

cat /proc/asound/modules

it will give you something like:

Code:

 0 snd_hda_intel

 1 snd_yamaha

 2 snd_sis

2) To set the default sound card edit '/etc/modprobe.d/sound', or you can also put them in '/etc/modprobe.conf' and that should work for distros other than slackware.

Code:

options snd_yamaha index=0

options snd_hda_intel index=1

options snd_sis index=2

That sets the yamaha card as the default (index=0). You'll probably have to run:

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.alsa

@TexMex: I have a similar problem in my new Slackware 13.37-x86_64 installation; eg. I have 2 sound devices-the default and a usb headset. I think your solution might work for me but I don't have a 'sound' file in /etc/modprobe.d nor do I have 'modprobe.conf' file. when I set alsamixer to the usb driver everything works fine until I try to access a Kde audio or video device, then I get a message offering to remove all my sound drivers. I click 'no', but afterwards I have to reset 'alsamixer' all over again to get my usb headset working again. Any advice will be appreciated, thank you.
:bash-4.2$ cat /proc/asound/modules
0 snd_usb_audio
1 snd_hda_intel
bash-4.2$
:bash-4.2$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Device [C-Media USB Audio Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1828S Analog [VT1828S Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: VT1828S Digital [VT1828S Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: VT1828S HP [VT1828S HP]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
bash-4.2$

Quote:

Originally Posted by dangmc (Post 4706973)

sound.conf should be generated when you run alsaconf as root, look for it under /etc/modprobe.d/

@dr.s-thank you for the suggestion. I ran 'alsaconf' as root but no sound.conf found in modprobe.d:

file:///etc/modprobe.d/usb-controller.conf
file:///etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf
file:///etc/modprobe.d/isapnp.conf
file:///etc/modprobe.d/bluetooth.conf
file:///etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
This is what I have.

I just went through all my multimedia apps; the only only one to play was VLC.

Try running this if alsaconf doesn't work:

Code:

modprobe snd-ymfpci

And create and edit file /etc/modules.conf as such:

Code:

 # ALSA portion

alias snd-card-0 snd-ymfpci



# OSS/Free portion - card #1 (Yamaha PCI)

alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-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

alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss

alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

You will also want to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local to add lines for the module insertion method above if alsaconf doesn't work. It's a quick and dirty method to get it working if the alsa configuration tool doesn't work all the time. Often your card might be considered a "Legacy" device as well, so if it asks to probe for legacy devices, let it.

Run alsamixer and set your audio and then run

Code:

alsactl store

to store and record your default audio levels.

@reaperX7: Thank you for your suggestion. This is what happened:

bash-4.2# modprobe ymfpci
FATAL: Module ymfpci not found.
bash-4.2#
After reboot I found most multimedia apps working including Firefox videos. I ran 'alsactl store' and hope things are fixed. Amarok and Juk gave this message: Multimedia system > the audio playback device doesn't work > C-Media-USB device doesn't work > falling back to Intel HD audio VT1828s.
I would also like to know how to troubleshoot this so I will understand what went wrong. What log files should I look in? I also would like to know if I should build the module suggested here:sound.conf should be generated when you run alsaconf as root, look for it under /etc/modprobe.d/
Again thank you for taking the time to help. The responses I've gotten on this forum in just a few days are sure amazing after the time I spent on Ubuntuforums where few of my posts were answered. I realize I made the right choice going with Slack even though I'm going to have a big learning curve.

Sorry about that. I edited it just now. Retry it with snd-ymfpci and it should work.

I just realized that this is specific to the Yamaha pci card, so I ran: # modprobe snd_usb_audio then # modprobe snd_hda_codec_via. This seems to work ok so far; any suggestions as to 'Juk' and 'Amarok'? I don't really care about amarok but would like to get 'Juk' working. Thanks
I should mention that I already deleted and reinstalled 'amarok' without anything changing.

'alsaconf' is broken I think. It just doesn't work anymore. Just create a file called 'sound.conf' or really 'anything.conf' will work as long as it ends in '.conf'.

The problem is that alsa uses a default sound card for everything. Switching is more difficult. You can check alsamixer and see if the volumes for both cards are unmuted.

It's not broken, but it doesn't work on some legacy PCI audio cards at times. Often you just have to search the ALSA-Project website and find out how to configure everything outside the normal tools.