Another sound thread

hey everyone, new here to the forum and to Linux (slackware 10.1)

For the last few days Ive been trying to get sound with no luck, I think Ive read every post on the net concerning this issue. Ive tried alsaconf, alsamixer, other mixers, Im not sure how to read my lsmod, maybe someone can help me out and see if there might be a problem with that.

Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss 36672 0 (unused)
snd-mixer-oss 12376 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
audio 41784 0 (unused)
snd-usb-audio 41536 0
pwc 41776 0 (unused)
snd-usb-lib 9248 0 [snd-usb-audio]
videodev 5760 1 [pwc]
snd-emu10k1 76356 0
snd-hwdep 4320 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-util-mem 1136 0 [snd-emu10k1]
emu10k1-gp 1192 0 (unused)
uhci 24284 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17516 0 (unused)
usbcore 58860 1 [audio snd-usb-audio pwc snd-usb-lib uhci ehci-hcd]
snd-via82xx 13216 0
gameport 1420 0 [emu10k1-gp snd-via82xx]
snd-ac97-codec 56408 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-via82xx]
snd-pcm 54568 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-usb-audio snd-emu10k1 snd-via82xx snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer 13476 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 3136 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-rawmidi 12480 0 [snd-usb-lib snd-emu10k1 snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3812 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd 32772 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-usb-audio snd-usb-lib snd-emu10k1 snd-hwdep snd-util-mem snd-via82xx snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
snd-page-alloc 4680 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-usb-audio snd-emu10k1 snd-hwdep snd-via82xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]
soundcore 3396 13 [audio snd]
via-rhine 12368 1
mii 2272 0 [via-rhine]
crc32 2880 0 [via-rhine]
pcmcia_core 39172 0
ide-scsi 9392 0

I have a soundblaster live sound card, and on board sound, so im not sure if there might be a conflict with that, or with my modem which I dont use.

Thanks,

Rick

Looks like to me that both sound cards are active and recognized.

[emu10k1-gp snd-via82xx]

I think the 1st step should be to disable the onboard sound card in your
motherboard bios.

Then try alsaconf again and see what happens.
-tw

I've had two soundcards active and recognized before (those exact ones, as a matter of fact), so I doubt that's the problem. What specific kinds of problems are you encountering?

On my particular system I know that after each install the permissions for the /dev/dsp, files are wrong for normal users, and I must do a chmod +rwx on them (as root) to get them working.

PS To turn off the onboard there might be a jumper on the MB, instead of a BIOS setting

when I play a cd it will continue to play with no error, everything acts like I have sound, but none comming out my speakers

Onboard sound is shut off via BIOS, and chmod didnt do the trick for me.

Berto -
I know you can have multiple sound cards - but since Rdream13 had only 1 post
at the time, simpler the better.

Rdream13 -
Using XMMS? try this:
Go to preferences -> Audio I/O plugins
1st make sure you have "cd audio player ( libcdaudio.so) "
if not, get it.
2nd, highlight it and press 'configure' - make 'play mode' digital extraction, not analog.

See what happens,
-tw

Originally posted by Rdream13 when I play a cd it will continue to play with no error, everything acts like I have sound, but none comming out my speakers Onboard sound is shut off via BIOS, and chmod didnt do the trick for me.

Just a hardware thought. You must have a cable connected to the cd-rom audio output, to a motherboard (or sound card header) cd-rom header. Needed for Linux.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/296370

Sound like it was before 10.1 in:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...5&pagenumber=2