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    • CommentAuthorandy
    • CommentTimeApr 8th 2008
     # 1
    Hello, I am back to try again with Gobo 014.01 live CD
    And still my problem: no sound!
    Is there any way and any help to bring the sound to work?
    • CommentAuthorMohjive
    • CommentTimeApr 8th 2008
     # 2
    First open "alsamixer" (in konsole) or kmix (in KDE) and verify that the output channels aren't muted or set to no volume.

    If that doesn't work, could you provide the output from "lspci" and "lsmod"?
    • CommentAuthorRainMaker
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2008
     # 3
    This happens to be the same problem with me, I opened up the console, and typed in alsamixer, it showed the bars and stuff, but I don't know what these mean, or how to change them so the sound will work, any help? Sorry but I am a noob at gobolinux :[.

    Thanks.
    • CommentAuthorMohjive
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2008
     # 4
    If you use KDE I recommend kmix. However, with alsamixer you move the channel levels (bars) up and down with up and down arrows, move between channels with left and right arrows and mute/unmute channels with "m". When you're done press "esc" to quit.
    • CommentAuthorm@cCo
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2008
     # 5
    Just to be precise, a muted channel will have a <MM> at the bottom of its bar.
    • CommentAuthorshevegen
    • CommentTimeApr 12th 2008
     # 6
    "alsamixer" is quite easy once you get used to it. with cursor keys you navigate
    pressing "m" mutes or unmutes something (i think by default everything or a lot is muted... dunno
    why this is a default... makes no real sense for a desktop user eh but i think this is default after one
    compiles alsa stuff from source :P)

    one should do "alsactl store" to store settings too, but this does not always work... (on another
    gobolinux machine this does not work... at every reboot, everything is mute... a bit annoying
    but i am too lazy to investigate this for now...)
  1.  # 7
    I'm having the same no sound problem too. I went through the same process I had to do to set up sound on Gentoo but still no luck. I have everything unmuted and all volume set to max, but yet no sound.

    Guide to setting up sound on Gentoo that I used.
    • CommentAuthorMichael
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2008
     # 8
    `lsmod` and see whether the module for your card is listed, and try modprobing it if it isn't. Check modprobe -l for a list of the modules you have installed; you'll want to run that through grep to filter out the rest of it.

    Also check the permissions on /dev/snd/*, run `groups` and make sure you're in "audio", and `amixer` to see which devices are detected.
  2.  # 9
    I'm seriously having no luck with the sound. So here's my lspci and lsmod output:

    lspci:
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
    00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 04)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
    00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
    00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
    00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
    00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
    00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
    00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
    00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
    01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]
    03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 03)

    lsmod:
    Module Size Used by
    radeon 125472 2
    drm 83092 3 radeon
    ipv6 286500 12
    snd_pcm_oss 43136 0
    snd_mixer_oss 17792 1 snd_pcm_oss
    fuse 50836 0
    snd_intel8x0 35228 1
    snd_ac97_codec 100900 1 snd_intel8x0
    e100 38156 0
    mii 6656 1 e100
    rtc_cmos 9888 0
    rtc_core 22280 1 rtc_cmos
    rtc_lib 4224 1 rtc_core
    i2c_i801 10896 0
    snd_usb_audio 83328 2
    snd_usb_lib 18432 1 snd_usb_audio
    ac97_bus 3200 1 snd_ac97_codec
    snd_pcm 80516 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio
    snd_timer 24708 1 snd_pcm
    snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
    i2c_core 25472 1 i2c_i801
    snd_rawmidi 25856 1 snd_usb_lib
    snd_seq_device 9484 1 snd_rawmidi
    snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_usb_audio
    snd 55044 16 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep
    iTCO_wdt 12836 0
    thermal 16924 0
    button 9360 0
    intel_agp 25748 0
    processor 37960 1 thermal
    shpchp 34964 0
    pci_hotplug 32160 1 shpchp

    I hope someone can help.
    • CommentAuthorMohjive
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2008
     # 10
    Do you have a /dev/snd directory? If so, could you paste the output from ls -l /dev/snd
    Also try and unload snd_intel8x0 and load snd_hda_intel instead, as I've seen this recommended in other threads?
  3.  # 11
    ls -l /dev/snd:

    0 Empty 1e Hidden W95 FAT1 80 Old Minix be Solaris boot
    1 FAT12 24 NEC DOS 81 Minix / old Lin bf Solaris
    2 XENIX root 39 Plan 9 82 Linux swap / So c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT-
    3 XENIX usr 3c PartitionMagic 83 Linux c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT-
    4 FAT16 <32M 40 Venix 80286 84 OS/2 hidden C: c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT-
    5 Extended 41 PPC PReP Boot 85 Linux extended c7 Syrinx
    6 FAT16 42 SFS 86 NTFS volume set da Non-FS data
    7 HPFS/NTFS 4d QNX4.x 87 NTFS volume set db CP/M / CTOS / .
    8 AIX 4e QNX4.x 2nd part 88 Linux plaintext de Dell Utility
    9 AIX bootable 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 8e Linux LVM df BootIt
    a OS/2 Boot Manag 50 OnTrack DM 93 Amoeba e1 DOS access
    b W95 FAT32 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 94 Amoeba BBT e3 DOS R/O
    c W95 FAT32 (LBA) 52 CP/M 9f BSD/OS e4 SpeedStor
    e W95 FAT16 (LBA) 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux a0 IBM Thinkpad hi eb BeOS fs
    f W95 Ext'd (LBA) 54 OnTrackDM6 a5 FreeBSD ee EFI GPT
    10 OPUS 55 EZ-Drive a6 OpenBSD ef EFI (FAT-12/16/
    11 Hidden FAT12 56 Golden Bow a7 NeXTSTEP f0 Linux/PA-RISC b
    12 Compaq diagnost 5c Priam Edisk a8 Darwin UFS f1 SpeedStor
    14 Hidden FAT16 <3 61 SpeedStor a9 NetBSD f4 SpeedStor
    16 Hidden FAT16 63 GNU HURD or Sys ab Darwin boot f2 DOS secondary
    17 Hidden HPFS/NTF 64 Novell Netware b7 BSDI fs fd Linux raid auto
    18 AST SmartSleep 65 Novell Netware b8 BSDI swap fe LANstep
    1b Hidden W95 FAT3 70 DiskSecure Mult bb Boot Wizard hid ff BBT
    1c Hidden W95 FAT3 75 PC/IX
    • CommentAuthorMohjive
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2008
     # 12
    That cannot be the output from that command as it is a list of partition types, not a list of files/links or device nodes.
  4.  # 13
    I copied and pasted "ls -l /dev/snd" into Konsole and that's what it gave me, perhaps I had already entered something I cannot remember, but I have since rebooted and it gives me something different, which is:

    total 0
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 11 2008-05-20 17:00 controlC0
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 4 2008-05-20 17:00 controlC1
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 10 2008-05-20 17:00 pcmC0D0c
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 9 2008-05-20 07:01 pcmC0D0p
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 8 2008-05-20 17:00 pcmC0D1c
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 7 2008-05-20 17:00 pcmC0D2c
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 6 2008-05-20 17:00 pcmC0D3c
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 5 2008-05-20 17:00 pcmC0D4p
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 3 2008-05-20 17:00 pcmC1D0c
    crw-rw---- 1 sk audio 116, 2 2008-05-20 17:00 timer

    EDIT:

    I think I may have been in fdisk when I entered the command, lol.
    • CommentAuthorMohjive
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2008
     # 14
    And if you type groups you can see that you are in the audio group?
  5.  # 15
    Well it has sk listed, and I'm sk.
    • CommentAuthorMohjive
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2008
     # 16
    Did you try the other kernel module I suggested?
  6.  # 17
    rmmod snd_intel8x0 then insmod snd_hda_intel?
    • CommentAuthorMohjive
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2008
     # 18
    yes
  7.  # 19
    "insmod: can't read 'snd_hda_intel': No such file or directory" :(

    insmod snd_intel8x0 isn't even working. Same error.
    • CommentAuthorMohjive
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2008
     # 20
    try modprobe intead of insmod
  8.  # 21
    Well modprobe snd_hda_intel didn't return any errors, but there's still no sound.
    • CommentAuthorMichael
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2008
     # 22
    Posted By: Surreal KillaWell it has sk listed, and I'm sk.
    More important would be whether it had "audio" listed.

    What are you using to test the audio? Can you give a) what comes up in dmesg when you probe each module, b) the output of `mplayer /System/Links/Shared/sounds/KDE_Beep_RimShot.wav` (or some other file that exists), and c) `amixer`.
  9.  # 23
    groups:
    sk sys plugdev

    To test audio I'm using Audacious but I also used other apps, plus tried hearing sound in Flash videos and such.

    "what comes up in dmesg when you probe each module" What's the exact command for this?

    mplayer /System/Links/Shared/sounds/KDE_Beep_RimShot.wav:
    Playing /System/Links/Shared/sounds/KDE_Beep_RimShot.wav.
    Audio file file format detected.
    ==========================================================================
    Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
    AUDIO: 11127 Hz, 1 ch, u8, 89.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 11127->11127)
    Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
    ==========================================================================
    [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Invalid argument
    [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1242:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: No such file or directory
    [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
    [AO_ALSA] Playback open error: No such file or directory
    Opening /dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0
    DVB AUDIO DEVICE: No such file or directory
    AO: [null] 11127Hz 1ch u8 (1 bytes per sample)
    Video: no video
    Starting playback...
    Audio output truncated at end. 6.1%
    A: 1.2 (01.2) of 1.0 (01.0) 6.1%

    Exiting... (End of file)

    amixer:
    Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
    Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
    Capture channels: Mono
    Limits: Capture 0 - 15
    Mono: Capture 1 [7%] [1.50dB] [on]
  10.  # 24
    ^ That's for my webcam though, I believe, this if for my actual card I think:

    amixer -c 1:
    Simple mixer control 'Master',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono:
    Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Master Surround',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono:
    Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Headphone Jack Sense',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [off]
    Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono:
    Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
    Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono:
    Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0
    Capabilities: enum
    Items: 'Shared' 'Independent'
    Item0: 'Shared'
    Simple mixer control 'Center',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
    Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Line',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive
    Capture exclusive group: 0
    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
    Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Line Jack Sense',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [off]
    Simple mixer control 'CD',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive
    Capture exclusive group: 0
    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
    Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
  11.  # 25
    Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
    Capture exclusive group: 0
    Playback channels: Mono
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
    Front Left: Capture [on]
    Front Right: Capture [on]
    Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
    Capabilities: enum
    Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
    Item0: 'Mic1'
    Simple mixer control 'Video',0
    Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
    Capture exclusive group: 0
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Front Left: Capture [off]
    Front Right: Capture [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
    Capture exclusive group: 0
    Playback channels: Mono
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
    Front Left: Capture [off]
    Front Right: Capture [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
    Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive
    Capture exclusive group: 0
    Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Playback 0 - 31
    Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
    Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
    Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Limits: Capture 0 - 15
    Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on]
    Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on]
    Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
    Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
    Capture exclusive group: 0
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Front Left: Capture [off]
    Front Right: Capture [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
    Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
    Capture exclusive group: 0
    Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
    Front Left: Capture [off]
    Front Right: Capture [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
    Capabilities: enum
    Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch'
    Item0: '2ch'
    Simple mixer control 'Downmix',0
    Capabilities: enum
    Items: 'Off' '6 -> 4' '6 -> 2'
    Item0: 'Off'
    Simple mixer control 'Exchange Front/Surround',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [off]
    Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [on]
    Simple mixer control 'High Pass Filter Enable',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [on]
    Simple mixer control 'Spread Front to Surround and Center/LFE',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [off]
    Simple mixer control 'Stereo Mic',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [off]
    Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT Enable',0
    Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
    Playback channels: Mono
    Mono: Playback [on]
    • CommentAuthorMichael
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2008
     # 26
    Posted By: Surreal Killagroups:
    sk sys plugdev
    Ok, that could be a problem there: try `usermod -a -G audio sk`. You'll need to log out and back in (or su to yourself). Since you seem to own the device node from your ls output above, that shouldn't make a difference, but it's good to have anyway. Other groups you might like to have: tty tape floppy disk lp dialout cdrom uucp cdrecord video

    Posted By: Surreal KillaTo test audio I'm using Audacious but I also used other apps, plus tried hearing sound in Flash videos and such.
    Flash has problems of its own that make it not such a good testbed (it works, but it sometimes needs aoss). mplayer is a good test here, especially since it gives useful output.

    Posted By: Surreal Killa"what comes up in dmesg when you probe each module" What's the exact command for this?
    `dmesg`. You'll only need the last few lines, so pipe it into tail -n 20 before and after inserting the module and see what's new.

    Posted By: Surreal Killaopen /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: No such file or directory
    Interesting. The ls output you pasted above shows that as present; can you verify it is and the permissions? If not, changing modules may help.

    Posted By: Surreal KillaFront Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]
    And also note that this output indicates you have zero volume and mute on your master channel, so turn it up and unmute from alsamixer before you test. That may be reset when you insert a new module (I'm not sure), so check it again with each module change.
  12.  # 27
    For the muted channels, it resets every time I reboot. (alsactl store doesn't work).

    I now have audio in my groups though. But still no sound.

    Also I don't know if it matters but ls /dev/snd/* returns:
    /dev/snd/controlC0 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0c /dev/snd/pcmC1D2c /dev/snd/timer
    /dev/snd/controlC1 /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p /dev/snd/pcmC1D3c
    /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c /dev/snd/pcmC1D1c /dev/snd/pcmC1D4p

    Man, I wish I could get to the bottom of this problem.
    • CommentAuthorMichael
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2008
     # 28
    Posted By: Surreal KillaFor the muted channels, it resets every time I reboot. (alsactl store doesn't work).
    Uncomment the alsa lines in /System/Settings/BootScripts/{BootUp,Shutdown} to have your volume settings saved and restored automatically.

    Posted By: Surreal KillaMan, I wish I could get to the bottom of this problem.
    The dmesg output and an mplayer run from a fresh boot (so the kernel modules are as they are by default) would help with that.
    • CommentAuthoratod
    • CommentTimeMay 28th 2008 edited
     # 29
    Which kernel version, or rather which version of the alsa-driver package are you using? I've got a now almost one year old laptop with a built-in Intel HDA device, although it doesn't seem to be the same as yours judging from your lspci output. Mine says:

    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

    Also, in alsamixer my chip turns up as Realtek ALC268.

    Anyhow, my point is that my card didn't work with alsa-driver 1.0.14 (which is the version in the default kernel for Gobo 014.01, kernel 2.6.23.8) without patching it, which I did on my Kubuntu system. When I now changed to GoboLinux I just fixed it by upgrading the kernel to 2.6.25 which includes alsa-driver 1.0.16, but I suppose I could have just upgraded the alsa drivers in the old kernel.

    I'm not sure about how all your outputs here would have corresponded to mine when it wasn't working, since I knew it wouldn't work and didn't try anything like this. So I don't know if this will work for your specific case, but it might be worth trying (can't hurt to have the latest drivers running anyway, can it?). I hope you'll get it sorted out soon, I know how frustrating it is not to have any sound.