Please help! No sound in slack 10.2!

justpete · 04-12-2006, 04:48 PM

I'm at a loss. I'm a relatively new slackware user, and I'm trying to get this working on a somewhat older machine. Slack loads just fine, but I can't get the sound working. I've compiled alsa, and alsaconf and alsamixer both appear to work just fine.

Here's my lsmod and lspci:

root@justpete:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-seq-midi 3360 0 (autoclean) (unused)
snd-seq-oss 23328 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 3208 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 34032 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss 36448 0
snd-mixer-oss 11960 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
uhci 24284 0 (unused)
usbcore 59148 1 [uhci]
snd-ens1371 11424 1
gameport 1420 0 [snd-ens1371]
snd-rawmidi 12384 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-ens1371]
snd-seq-device 3716 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec 67584 0 [snd-ens1371]
snd-pcm 53160 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ens1371 snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer 13136 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd 31620 1 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ens1371 snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer]
snd-page-alloc 5076 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-mixer-oss snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-pcm snd-timer snd]
soundcore 3396 8 [snd]
tulip 40896 1
crc32 2880 0 [tulip]
pcmcia_core 39172 0
ide-scsi 9392 0
agpgart 45508 0 (unused)

root@justpete:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 06)
00:0f.0 Communication controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division WinModem
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

egag · 04-12-2006, 05:01 PM

hi there,

all modules you need are loaded.
so, did you already run "alsaconfig" ?
and. after that, "alsamixer" to unmute the channels ?

egag

merchtemeagle · 04-12-2006, 05:28 PM

Run:

Code:

#alsaconf
#alsamixer
#alsactl store

Woodsman · 04-12-2006, 07:29 PM

Possibly this mini mini how-to will help:

Configuring Sound

justpete · 04-12-2006, 07:43 PM

alsaconf runs fine, detects the sound card with no problems, and configures the volume controls.

alsamixer also runs fine, and I've tried unmuting everything, muting select ones (obviously, not all possible combinations yet, but the readily apparent ones), and different volume levels.

alsactl store give no output or errors.

Still no sound. Even after another reboot.

Everything looks like it should work. What am I doing wrong?

justpete · 04-12-2006, 07:54 PM

Ok, I'm an idiot.

After fiddling with the alsamixer controls some more, I found that I CAN get sound if the master volume control is maxed and the volume levels on KsCD are also maxed - which gives a moderate level of sound (no blasting the music).

It seems that if either is turned down any amount, the volume drops off dramatically.

Is there a way to increase the sound output?

rkelsen · 04-12-2006, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justpete

Is there a way to increase the sound output?

Buy a set of amplified speakers.

ScottReed · 04-12-2006, 08:46 PM

Something doesn't seem right with those speakers you have!

Congrats for figuring it out though.

Alien_Hominid · 04-13-2006, 01:51 PM

Do they have a possibility to play louder? Or does this problem only happen on Slackware?