[SOLVED] Sound on New Laptop

CincinnatiKid · 08-12-2010, 11:03 PM

I got a new (used) Sony Vaio VGN-SZ440, I installed Slackware-current x86. Everything pretty much worked out of the box, including wireless. The only thing that is not working is my sound (It is not muted I already checked :-p). Here is my lspci output:

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root@darkstar:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 16)
09:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
09:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
09:04.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)

I don't get any errors when trying to play sound, it just doesn't play, I have adjusted the master volume all-the-way up, and made sure that it was not muted. Any suggestions?

dolphin77 · 08-13-2010, 01:00 AM

Which version of Slackware do you run? Did you run as root alsaconf? I also have Sony, with similar audio device which is working pretty well. Even internal digital mic works fine (I use it for skype).

stormtracknole · 08-13-2010, 01:13 AM

Make sure to look at all the channels in alsamixer. This happened to me when I installed Slackware on my netbook. It took me a day or two to finally realized that although the main channel was turned on all the way, the speakers were actually muted. Once I turned those on, everything worked fine.

phi11ip · 08-13-2010, 05:26 AM

Have a look at Alien's blog here. Apparently a lot of laptops are having problems with low sound - not only Slackware

Regards
Phil

CincinnatiKid · 08-13-2010, 06:46 AM

I didn't notice this before, but when I booted up today when KDE loads, the KDE message notifier gives me this message:

Quote:

The audio playback device HDA Intel (STAC92xx Analog) does not work.

The sound worked in Windows, does anyone have any ideas.

stormtracknole · 08-13-2010, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by lewisforlife

I didn't notice this before, but when I booted up today when KDE loads, the KDE message notifier gives me this message:

The sound worked in Windows, does anyone have any ideas.

Make sure that you are part of the audio group. Also, run alsamixer and look through all of the available channels.

CincinnatiKid · 08-13-2010, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dolphin77

Which version of Slackware do you run? Did you run as root alsaconf? I also have Sony, with similar audio device which is working pretty well. Even internal digital mic works fine (I use it for skype).

I am on Slackware-13.1 x86. I tried alsaconf and it detected HDA-Intel. Ever since I ran alsaconf there is not a mixer icon in the bottom right in KDE, there used to be. When I open the mixer from the menu, Applications->Multimedia->Mixer, I get the error, "No audio device found".

CincinnatiKid · 08-13-2010, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by stormtracknole

Make sure that you are part of the audio group. Also, run alsamixer and look through all of the available channels.

Once I added my user to the audio group, the sound started working fine. I didn't know I would have to do this. Thanks!

stormtracknole · 08-13-2010, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by lewisforlife

Once I added my user to the audio group, the sound started working fine. I didn't know I would have to do this. Thanks!

No problem! I have the same sound card on my netbook, so I was sure it had to be a simple oversight. Glad everything is working now.