Hello,

Im having problems with my sound, sometimes when I reboot my computer it doesnt work, so I use alsaconf to try to fix it and then reboot once more at this point, sometimes the sound would come back after the reboot, but more often it would take around 2-3 reboots before it comes back again.

So, here I am with two questions...
1. How do I fix this?
and
2. What log file/s should I look at so that I can monitor the things that happens to my computer in the background? (Im hoping that if I look at this/these log/logs I can hopefully fix my own problems or at least ask more intelligent questions)

Thank you for you time.

Humbly,
Mikel

When you have the sound working, after running alsaconf, run alsamixer and unmute (use the "M" key to unmute the volume levels) and set the volume levels where you want (use the up and down arrow keys to change the volume). Then as root run "alsactrl store".
See if this helps. If not, post the output of "lspci -v | grep audio" to show what sound card you are using, and "lsmod | grep -i snd" to show what sound drivers are being loaded. This will help in troubleshooting your sound problem.

One correction ... the commmand is "alsactl store" without the r in alsacrtl

For log files you can look in the /var/log directory, specifically /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog

Hello,

I thought I had it working already...

I made the mistaken conlusion that the KDE startup sound was messing up my sound so I disabled it and havent encountered a problem regarding sound up until now....

so heres the outputs that were requested...

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lspci -v | grep audio
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)

=========

lsmod | grep -i snd
snd_seq_dummy 6788 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10112 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50640 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 42784 0
snd_mixer_oss 18048 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_cmipci 33664 0
snd_opl3_lib 12288 1 snd_cmipci
snd_hwdep 10628 1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_via82xx 26520 0
gameport 15112 2 snd_cmipci,snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 98980 1 snd_via82xx
ac97_bus 6016 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 72068 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_cmipci,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 22532 3 snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 10496 2 snd_cmipci,snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 22560 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 10508 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd 47204 14 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_cmipci,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97 _codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9824 1 snd

=============

Thank you for your time.

Humbly
mikel

Did you run "alsactl store" after setting the volumes?

Yes.

Thank you for your time.

Humbly,

mikel

I apologize for duplicating my thread. Please forgive.

Mikel,

Do you still have sound problems?

If so, what are they?

Hello,

Yes. Im still having sound problems. Most of the time when I turn on my computer there is no sound, so I run "alsaconf" then "alsamixer" the "alsactl store" then reboot. Normally I have to do this around 4-5 times before I get sound on my computer.

Thank you for your time.

Humbly,

mikel

Is your sound card compiled as a module or in the kernel? I wonder if the module isn't loading....

Hello,

Im sorry but I really have no idea.

Thank you for your time.

Humbly,

mikel

Do you have a sound card and your motherboard have sound? Or is one of these devices a USB sound device?

If so have you got your speakers in the correct output socket, or can you disable the onboard sound in your bios.

samac

Since you're using the C-Media PCI sound card, you should blacklist
the VIA onboard (snd_via82xx) soundchip. Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
and add "blacklist snd_via82xx". Here's the end of my file as an example:
You don't have to add those lines with the comments, but if you do add
anything like that be sure to put the # in front of them. Any lines with
# in the front are commented, and the file won't read them.

Reboot and run as root "alsaconf" and choose the C-Media only, then run
"alsamixer" and unmute and turn up Master and PCM, then run "alsactl store". See
how it works by issuing "speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -t wav" for 5.1 speakers
or "speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -t wav" for 2.1.

Report back, please.

Hello,

Followed your instructions and had a couple of reboots with working sound. Havent happened before.

Thank you for your help. I'll observe this for a couple of days and post if anything bad happens

Thank you for your time.

Humbly,

mikel