On Sun February 18 2007 09:28, Mikael Backman wrote: > sön 2007-02-18 klockan 16:40 +0100 skrev Nigel Henry: > > On Saturday 17 February 2007 21:31, Mikael Backman wrote: > > > > On Saturday 17 February 2007 18:00, Mikael Backman wrote: > > > > > I use Debian Stable. Everything seems ok.. The sound card is > > > > > detected.. I've rune alsaconf.. Used alsamixer to adjust the > > > > > voloume.. It's just that there is no sound. Not a beep :( > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards > > > 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 > > > Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at 0xcfdffe00, irq > > > 11 > > > 1 [Modem ]: ICH-MODEM - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem > > > Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem at 0xba00, irq 11 > > > > > > This irq 11 hangs the cumputer whwn I boot sometimes.. > > > > Sorry for the delay in replying. I booted up Sarge to see how I had the > > sound set up, and got distracted. > > > > Your lsmod looks ok, but I see on my Sarge install I have 2 OSS modules > > in /etc/hotplug/blacklist. Some older kernels still had the OSS modules > > "audio" , and "usb_midi" in them, and it was necessary to blacklist them > > to prevent them being loaded. If you run. > > cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat you should see 2 lines saying something > > like. > > > > Installed drivers: > > Type 10: ALSA emulation > > > > If there are no such lines, OSS is being used. > > > > Also run lsmod to see if "audio" , and "usb_midi" are on the list. If > > they are, su to root on the CLI, and with a text editor add both those > > modules on separate lines to /etc/hotplug/blacklist without the quotes. > > > > I must say I'm a bit short on ideas when it comes to laptops, as many of > > them have really cheapo soundcards, and some of which just don't seem to > > want to work on Linux. > > > > Anyway have a look for those 2 OSS modules. At least will eliminate > > something else. > > > > Nigel. > > I tried yesterday to change the kernel to 2.6.8-3 as I had no clue.. > It worked in a way. The sound system is functional now.. Sort of. I get > the sound effects in gnome.. But alas no sound in the java online game > I love to play ( www.runescape.com) I tried to play mp3-files in XMMS > but it hang... But these are maybe entirely differnet issues?
Sounds like they may be. When I run gnome I install libesd-alsa0. I'm not sure why but I have better luck that way. Also when I run xmms on gnome I change the output plugin to alsa and it seems to work better. When running kde I use the arts output plugin.
