From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PgzKl-0006Eg-Ko for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:46:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 435D6E0B36; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:44:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03AD9E0B36 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxd39 with SMTP id 39so1732021yxd.40 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:44:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tUEOh0oxEWnWwxBRnaJsA6Hpm9oIDPGfNMfG1x7BydA=; b=p1kG1DkNLjv48iuUK1wh4E82EDiI/wEj1QZxVcVmLld2S1VaWAm0OgrUbOBGBAgcxY lKvUzeFzIyHSHKb1Aqxkf8VDlTM4bpGLyacJkvXzbbn0j1XGIphIBEqfhn9lEA1iDdw4 CQMmzYwtPLfA7yTNhOqUndxkKsAi0E3pGLPkk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Xp56z9Gz+hfGeLfaOjMRlbLu3J+zeEHcF9XJO6B47b7u2J8e0SZ4xS6DEqGFVs8N9k s91ZsNrbSKef9KqOMq2cH1Ojp1SyVxrc08VDzKupdlOZABFZ9z+FqHGg/gpkXVvphAqe xcr0cb1s0yi/+5Cx4H+bt9FLs0EsaMbBoDEHk= Received: by 10.150.177.15 with SMTP id z15mr1403499ybe.76.1295786693468; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:44:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-0-115-233.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.115.233]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q4sm1990480ybe.0.2011.01.23.04.44.51 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:44:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D3C22C2.90902@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:44:50 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101212 Gentoo/2.0.11 SeaMonkey/2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA - No Sound References: <4D3B815E.6010607@optonline.net> <4D3B999D.8030602@optonline.net> <4D3C0CA4.9020803@gmail.com> <4D3C1853.7030907@optonline.net> <4D3C1D0E.80400@gmail.com> <4D3C1E80.7080402@optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <4D3C1E80.7080402@optonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7452a6b1e20798aabbfd6e22d260b700 dhk wrote: > On 01/23/2011 07:20 AM, Dale wrote: > >> dhk wrote: >> >>> On 01/23/2011 06:10 AM, Dale wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Alsaconf will probe the right module for you. >>>>> >>>>> have you run alsamixer? (Or gmixer or whichever mixer you like to >>>>> unumte the channels with?) >>>>> >>>>> You need to unmute the channells; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I will add this. It seems every time I do a install, I have to unmute >>>> the sound with both alsa and Kmix to get sound. I assume alsa controls >>>> the card itself and kmix is sort of like software. You may have hit >>>> something similar here. If even one thing is muted, no sound. Finding >>>> them all is fun tho. >>>> >>>> Dale >>>> >>>> :-) :-) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I had all the channels unmuted. I ran alsamixer and >>> gnome-volume-control to unmute and to verify, but still no sound. In >>> the /etc/make.conf I have ALSA_CARDS="AC97" set, but I don't think that >>> matters according to the documentation. >>> >>> >>> >> Does lspci -k show it is using some sort of driver? Mine for example >> shows this: >> >> 01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0be2 (rev a1) >> Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 069a >> Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel >> >> If yours doesn't show a kernel driver in use, then it is likely a driver >> problem. If it does show one, make sure it is the correct one. I >> usually use this as a guide: >> >> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ >> >> Just run the lspci -n command and paste it in there. It works well. If >> it shows it is loading the correct driver, something is muted somewhere >> or maybe it is as simple as you have the speakers plugged into the wrong >> plug. I did that once on my first build. I had two green plugs. Sort >> of got the wrong one. ;-) >> >> I can't think of anything else at the moment. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> >> > It looks like it's got a driver from the following: > 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb > AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E > Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH > Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0 > > The full output is below. > > # lspci -k > <> > 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb > AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1) > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E > Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH > Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0 > From that, I would think it is working driver and hardware wise, key word is think. The only things I can think of is something somewhere is muted or plugged up wrong. Do you have something like this: root@fireball / # ls -al /dev/snd/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 420 Jan 22 00:44 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4380 Jan 22 00:45 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 22 00:44 by-path crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 10 Jan 22 00:44 controlC0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 19 Jan 22 00:44 controlC1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 9 Jan 22 00:44 hwC0D0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 18 Jan 22 00:44 hwC1D0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 17 Jan 22 00:44 hwC1D1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 Jan 22 00:44 hwC1D2 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 15 Jan 22 00:44 hwC1D3 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 8 Jan 22 00:44 pcmC0D0c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 Jan 23 06:37 pcmC0D0p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 Jan 22 00:44 pcmC0D1c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 Jan 22 00:44 pcmC0D1p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Jan 22 00:44 pcmC0D2c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 14 Jan 22 00:44 pcmC1D3p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 13 Jan 22 00:44 pcmC1D7p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 12 Jan 22 00:44 pcmC1D8p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 11 Jan 22 00:44 pcmC1D9p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Jan 22 00:44 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Jan 22 00:44 timer root@fireball / # Yours may vary a bit so it is just something to compare too. I think we are using different cards but some should look the same. I list those because my sound works here. Can I also assume you have checked to make sure you are in the right groups for sound? I would think audio would be the only one needed but since we are grasping at straws, compare to this: root@fireball / # cat /etc/group | grep dale tty::5:nut,dale lp::7:lp,dale wheel::10:root,dale uucp::14:uucp,nut,dale audio::18:dale cdrom::19:haldaemon,dale dialout::20:root,dale video::27:root,dale usb::85:haldaemon,dale users::100:games,dale utmp:x:406:dale lpadmin:x:106:dale games:x:35:dale plugdev:x:999:haldaemon,dale dale:x:1000: nut:x:84:nut,dale wireshark:x:993:dale root@fireball / # Again, yours may vary but it may help. This may not help but at least you can be pretty sure of what it is not. When working on something like this, am I the only one that feels like Sherlock Holmes? lol Dale :-) :-)