On 02 Feb 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 16:45:39 +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 02 Feb 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 13:58:42 +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > My Thinkpad Z61M has no sound (apart from beep). > > > > > > > > I've installed Alsa and running alsaconf brought up the right sound > > > > device: > > > > > > > > Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition > > > > Audio Controller (rev 02) > > > > > > > > It tells me everything is installed correctly. I ran alsamixer and set > > > > everything to the maximum loudness but still I can hear nothing. > > > > > > > > What now? > > > > > > For a start, can you post the output of > > > > > > cat /dev/sndstat > > > > > > > > > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation code) > > Kernel: Linux ithaca 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Wed Jan 24 22:40:22 UTC 2007 i686 > > Config options: 0 > > > > Installed drivers: > > Type 10: ALSA emulation > > > > Card config: > > HDA Intel at 0xee400000 irq 66 > > > > Audio devices: > > 0: AD198x Analog (DUPLEX) > > > > Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > > > Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG > > > > Timers: > > 7: system timer > > > > Mixers: > > 0: Analog Devices AD1981 > > > > > and > > > > > > lsmod | grep snd > > > > > > > snd_hda_intel 17332 0 > > snd_hda_codec 137856 1 snd_hda_intel > > snd_pcm_oss 38368 0 > > snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss > > snd_pcm 68676 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss > > snd_timer 20996 1 snd_pcm > > snd 47012 6 > > snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer > > soundcore 9248 1 snd > > snd_page_alloc 9640 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm > > Hmm, that all seems to be OK as far as I can tell. > > I remember a while ago somebody had problems with sound and it turned > out that they had to mute the headphones output before they would get > anything on the normal speaker output. I do not recall anymore if that > was in fact related to an Intel card or not, but it is a quick thing to > try. > > By the way, how did you test the sound, with a basic command like > "speaker-test" or with some more advanced program? >
I tried with saytime, realplayer, and connecting to the BBC and using their player. I was not familiar with speaker-test; I just ran it and it gives pages and pages of error, so something is wrong! I'm even thinking of giving up in despair and trying Ubuntu! Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
