Sound not working in Slackware 9.1

rsamurti · 12-16-2003, 05:16 AM

Hello:

I have recently installed Slackware 9.1 on my computer which has Intel D815EEA2 motherboard with on-board sound. But sound is not working. Can any body direct me how to do this?

Thanks for your help.

Anand

miaviator278 · 12-16-2003, 05:54 AM

you need to include:
onboard chipset type (possibly ac97)
what you have tried
kernel version
whether sound is compiled as module or into kernel..

Only then can we help..

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If you can't do it in slackware, it doesn't need to be done!

The_Avatar · 12-16-2003, 10:12 PM

Hey there people!

I´m having a little problem with my soundcard. I have an Athlon XP 1700+ cpu with a VIA 8233 onboard soundcard. The problem is: the alsa driver detects my sound card and when I turn things on with alsamixer and save it with alsactl store the system says the soundcard is there, but I can´t get any sound from my speakers!!!

Can someone help me with this problem please???

rsamurti · 12-17-2003, 02:07 AM

Hello:

As root I executed alsaconf. It detected the on-board sournd card. Later I adjusted the volume using alsamixer. Now sound is working but only when I am root in Gnome.

In KDE sound is working even for a non-root user.

What should I do to make sound work for non-root users in Gnome?

Anand

slackie1000 · 12-17-2003, 08:30 AM

the avatar :you should check file permission of /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer*
what do you mean with alsadriver detected your sound card? did you run alsaconf? Eu aconselho que voce rode.... ; )
rsamurti: the point is under kde the sound server runs to everybod - root and mortal users. this is called Arts.
when you talk about gnome i don't know how it works for non root users. what i advice is: check if there is a sound server running only for root... maybe..
Cheers

Peacedog · 12-17-2003, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rsamurti
What should I do to make sound work for non-root users in Gnome?

i added my user to the sys group and it worked fine.
good luck.

rsamurti · 12-19-2003, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PEACEDOG
i added my user to the sys group and it worked fine.
good luck.

I added the user the sys group by editing /etc/groups file. Now sound is working for that user.

Thanks for your help.

Anand