On Monday 27 November 2006 08:26, Luis Finotti shared this with us all: >--> Hi, >--> >--> I've recently upgraded from Sarge to Etch. Most things went smoothly... >--> But, I just realized I have no sound anymore. >--> >--> I noticed that alsa was not installed anymore (I'm pretty sure it was >--> installed with Sarge), so I installed alsa, alsa-utils, alsa-tools, >--> alsa-oss. Ran alsaconf, alsamixer, alsactl strore. But I get no sound, >--> when running KDE. >--> >--> * I get no error message and all seems like is playing, except there is > no --> sound. (It's like the volume is down. But kmixer and alsamixer > show that --> it is not.) >--> >--> * I can play sounds *before* I start KDE. >--> >--> * If I kill KDE, I still get no sound (not even from a terminal), unless > I --> do "/etc/init.d/alsa unload && alsaconf". >--> >--> * If I start fluxbox instead of KDE, or play sound from a terminal, > sound --> works (if I haven't started KDE yet). If I start KDE, it stops. > --> >--> * I checked the mixer, and volumes are still up (before and after KDE >--> starts). >--> >--> * /etc/init.d/alsa-utils stop/start does not bring the sound back... > But --> rebooting does (before KDE is started.) >--> >--> * Within KDE (or while running it, or after running it), no user gets > any --> sound (not even root). >--> >--> * I've tried ogg123, aplay, xmms... >--> >--> * Killing artsd has no effect (so I assume it is not its fault). >--> >--> * The suggestion from > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/01/msg03099.html --> does not > work. >--> >--> * In kcontrol -> Sound & Multimedia -> Sound System, I have "Enable the >--> sound system checked." (Clicking on "Test sound" produces no output.) > In --> "Hardware" I tried the default "Auto Detect" in "select the audio > device", --> but have also tried ALSA and OSS, with no success. Nothing > else is --> checked. (I tried "Full duplex", but doesn't help either.) >--> >--> If this helps, here is more info about the system: >--> >--> debian[~]$ cat /proc/asound/cards >--> 0 [CS46xx ]: CS46xx - Sound Fusion CS46xx >--> Sound Fusion CS46xx at 0xe2105000/0xe2000000, irq > 201 --> >--> debian[~]$ lsmod | grep snd >--> snd_cs46xx 76680 2 >--> snd_ac97_codec 82976 1 snd_cs46xx >--> snd_ac97_bus 2624 1 snd_ac97_codec >--> snd_pcm_oss 36768 0 >--> snd_mixer_oss 16192 2 snd_pcm_oss >--> snd_pcm 74948 3 snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss >--> snd_seq_dummy 4100 0 >--> snd_seq_oss 28928 0 >--> snd_seq_midi 8416 0 >--> snd_rawmidi 23200 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_seq_midi >--> snd_seq_midi_event 7424 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi >--> snd_seq 46736 6 >--> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event >--> snd_timer 21124 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq >--> snd_seq_device 8012 5 >--> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq >--> snd 48548 12 >--> > snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd >_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device --> soundcore 9440 > 2 snd >--> snd_page_alloc 9800 2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm >--> gameport 14600 5 snd_cs46xx,analog,ns558 >--> >--> debian[~]$ lspci | grep audio >--> 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 >--> [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) >--> >--> debian[~]$ uname -a >--> Linux debian 2.6.17-2-k7 #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 17:18:46 UTC 2006 i686 > GNU/Linux --> >--> debian[~]$ wajig list-installed alsa >--> alsa-base >--> alsa-oss >--> alsaplayer >--> alsaplayer-common >--> alsaplayer-gtk >--> alsaplayer-oss >--> alsa-tools >--> alsa-utils >--> gstreamer0.10-alsa >--> xmms2-plugin-alsa >--> >--> Any suggestions... I ran out of ideas and I couldn't find anything > (else) --> with google... >--> >--> Best to all, >--> >--> Luis >-->
I hate to ask this, but did you reboot the computer after you did all these things. I know that sounds very other O/Sish, but it will restart certain processes that might then pick up on the changes you've made. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd-fellow society. .............................Henry David Thoreau >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux Debian Etch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
