Been running linux mint for about 6 months. Sound has been working, rhythmbox working too, no problems. A couple days ago rhythmbox hung and I had to reboot the system, ever since no sound on reboot or using rhythmbox.

Can someone PLEASE help me, I miss my music.
Thanks
Bob

What is the output of 'lspci | grep -i audio'? And 'lsmod | grep snd'?

Adam

Thanks Adam for the reply...here's the output...

$ lspci | grep -i audio
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)

bob@bob-desktop ~ $ lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0 37532 3
snd_ac97_codec 112292 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 82948 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 62628 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
bob@bob-desktop ~ $

Well the sound modules are loaded for your card. What is the output of 'aplay -l'? If you run 'alsamixer' are any of the channels muted?

Adam

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


alsamixer looks fine, nothing out of the ordinary.

Do you have a .wav file on your system that you can run 'aplay' on to see if you hear anything?

Adam

not sure how to use aplay command.

SOLVED!!!

the solution was I opened the volume control properties and clicked on Analog Devices (OSS Mixer) and had sound...
Thanks Adam!

My problem was far worse than this!

My computer/monitor have no sound, but HDMI to my receiver puts the picture on the TV. When my TV went for repair I tried to get settings for sound back!!!

The reason my problem is worse is that I spent 45 minutes trying stuff before I thought to open 'Display' and enable the removed TV (i.e. activate Yamaha as the second display) so that sound would again be enabled...

My problem - sheer stupidity :P