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313043 2005-01-11 09:38:00 I have not been able to get sound since installation.
When I do the sound test the card is detected, but no sound is heard.
Does the following information give anyone a clue as to what is wrong ?

[antonia@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci
0 0: 00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
0 0: 02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
0 0: 1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
0 0: 1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
0 0: 1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
0 0: 1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
0 0: 1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
0 0: 1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge ( rev 01)
0 0: 1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01)
0 0: 1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
0 0: 1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
01:04.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture ( rev 11)
01:04.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
01:06.0 Communication controller: Conexant: Unknown device 2702 (rev 01)
01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)


[antonia@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias char-major-81 bttv
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias eth0 b44
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off
[antonia@localhost ~]$

KDE Info Center: Sound
Sound Driver :3.8.1a-980706(ALSA v1.0.6 emulation code)
Kernel:linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 #1 Thu Nov 18 15:1 0: 10 EST 2004 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 1 0: ALSA emulation

Card config:
Intel 82801DB-ICH4 at 0xfeb7fa00,irq 3

Audio devices:
0: Intel 82801 DB-ICH4 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONF

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONF

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Analog Devices AD1981B

Any help appreciated, Antonia
Antonia (730)
313044 2005-01-11 09:44:00 The solution might be quite simple. THis is what I did on my FC3 to get sound:

1. Have a look to see if there is a /dev/cdrom
2. If there isn't, you need to make a symbolic link to it from your actual device (e.g. /dev/hdb). So it would be ln - s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom (as root).
3. Then change the ownership to you with chown YourUserName /dev/cdrom.
johnd (85)
313045 2005-01-11 09:45:00 this forum search (on alsa) may help
pressf1.pcworld.co.nz
beama (111)
313046 2005-01-11 09:45:00 Run:
lsmod
aumix -v 100 -w 100
cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp


Let us know the output and what happens


Chill.
Chilling_Silence (9)
313047 2005-01-11 10:13:00 I had the same trouble. Change from KDE to Gnome & back again, or vice versa. That fixed mine

Phil
Phil B (648)
313048 2005-01-12 01:40:00 Been doing some looking into this sorta thing, apparently theres been a few issues with Audio in FC3.

Im helping a user currently with their AC'97 audio.

Mixer is fine, modules all loaded, unmuted, KDE/Gnome shouldnt affect it unless your sound app is using artsd or esd (You should try setting it to ALSA or OSS).

Im still not sure what hdd access has to do with loss of audio, but having not used FC3 I may be wrong.

What does alsamixer show?


Chill.
Chilling_Silence (9)
313049 2005-01-12 04:24:00 Apart from the FC3 user that Chill is helping at the moment, *most* sound issues in FC3 can be attributed to the sound defaulting to mute. As root, you just need to unmute and up the volumes from a Terminal window using aumix. Chill also gave the command before on how to do this with a single line command.

I had no sound on my FC3 installation until I unmuted it, just one of those weird quirks :rolleyes:

How are you getting on Antonia?
Jen (38)
313050 2005-01-12 05:14:00 AFAIK its just alsa default to mute it Chilling_Silence (9)
313051 2005-01-12 05:24:00 Hey Antonia!
I'm really enjoying FC3 apart from what appears to be an identical problem to yours.

What happens as you boot up? With me i get a very fatal sounding chirp just after i get to the bit that says:
"initializing hardware storage network audio done [OK]" and thats all the sound i get

Also have you tried running a live CD, such as knoppix? I did and the sound worked, but not on FC3
For the lucky, comparing the settings with knoppix and FC3 may supply the solution.

:D :badpc: :D
personthingy (1670)
313052 2005-01-12 06:33:00 Thanks all,

I am trying out all suggestions. Will let you know what is happening. At the moment I can hear a very faint sound signal when I do the sound check.
Can hear it clearly when i put both speakers to ears. (Must be a funny sight)

No Personthingy, I do not get any sound during bootup like you do. I have just finished downloading the Knoppix ISO file. Will try it when I have burnt it to CD.

Antonia
Antonia (730)
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