typical new install audio problem

radiodee1 · 07-27-2007, 01:48 PM

I just installed etch on a new computer and I don't know what module to modprobe to get the audio to work. (I think that's what I need to do.) I've tried alsamixer and turned off mute, and I know my user is in the 'audio' group.

Code:

$ lspci |grep Audio
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia

$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel          17620  1 
snd_hda_codec         138816  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            39200  0 
snd_mixer_oss          15552  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                68996  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21316  1 snd_pcm
snd                    47524  8 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9568  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          9928  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

comprookie2000 · 07-27-2007, 02:11 PM

This may help;
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...20/+bug/106843
I would try a new kernel, I am sure ubuntu has it working, that is the same sound card that is in the dell ubuntu laptops.

radiodee1 · 08-12-2007, 12:46 PM

Thanks for the link, but it wasn't really helpfull. I tried a number of the things there and they didn't work for me.

Finally today I googled the name of the chipset, 'SigmaTel ID 76a0' which I got from the alsamixer program. The thread I found described my problem exactly, but noted that the headphone jack worked. I tried it and it was true. I'd still like my speakers to work, but this is better than nothing. Still, if anybody has any ideas on how to get everything to work, I'd greatly appreciate it.

This is the link:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.user/27965

EdW · 08-14-2007, 08:49 PM

FWIW
Xine had a lot of options for configuring headphones and speakers
like ' make headphones sound like 5.1 etc

http://xinehq.de/

but your alsamixer is weird that it doesn't show a column for speaker
volume controls. I didn't have sound until I separately installed/configured
the pkg alsa-base

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...42#post2769642

knobby67 · 08-15-2007, 03:03 AM

What works for me every time with etch is
apt-get alsa-base alsa-utils alsa-oss
then alsaconf
then speaker-test

farslayer · 08-15-2007, 12:54 PM

don't forget after running alsaconf and getting everything t work, to run alsactl store to save the settings so they will be there upon reboot

radiodee1 · 08-15-2007, 01:47 PM

I have alsa-base. I also tried alsaconf. For now I'm stuck with sound only in the headphone jack. I don't seem to have a problem with the settings dissapearing on reboot though.

farslayer · 08-15-2007, 03:25 PM

did you check the mixer to see if the other output is simply muted ?

radiodee1 · 08-15-2007, 04:30 PM

Yeah, I checked. The link above refers to the exact problem. There aren't even displays for regular outputs, just one for master, and one for pcm. It's kinda strange. On windows vista the speakers work fine. The laptop has inputs too. They're not represented in alsamixer either.

knobby67 · 08-16-2007, 06:05 AM

Did you apt-get all3 alsa files I said above?

You'll only have problems with not keeping sound in Sarge as far as i can tell you don't need to store with etch it does it auto matically.

Have you used speaker-test? To check for sound?

WTF is up with this site? My textbox is only 3 charcaters wide, it's ben like this for 3 days

radiodee1 · 08-16-2007, 12:54 PM

I tried all 3 files, ran alsaconf, alsamixer and speaker-test. What is speaker-test supposed to sound like? For me it just sounds like static. Anyway, I don't think there's a quick fix for this problem. I did before, but no longer.

knobby67 · 08-17-2007, 06:30 AM

Speaker test should sound like static / white noise.
If your getting that alsa has set everything up correctly.
Have you tried playing sounds throught diffrent software? As it sounds like the problem is higher up than your drivers.