On Thursday 27 November 2008 22:53:46 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > You might also prefer to direct your question to debian-user instead > of debian-women, as you will no doubt get a broader audience there.
I thought the idea of Debian Women was, at least in part, to give a safe space where men wouldn't laugh at you?? ;-) > 2008/11/27 Lisi Reisz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Then sound disappeared again. > > Please give us more details regarding the hardware you're using. nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (on board) > Also try the followinig checklist (yes, some of the things below seem > dumb, but you'd be surprised how often people mess up one of them): > > 1) run alsaconf as root already have - 3 times > 2) add yourself to the 'audio' group (log out and log in again) I have checked. I am already there. > 3) use alsamixer and unmute channels and raise levels (also try > muting some channels) Now this I haven't done. I tried, but I couldn't fathom how to work it - or even how to interpret it. > 4) arts or esound stopped? How do I check this? > 5) OSS modules unloaded? Eureka! # modprobe OSS FATAL: Module OSS not found. # But how on earth did it play sound before? Or how did OSS get unloaded? > 6) speakers on? Yes - and making unpleasant white noise. :-( > 7) modprobe snd-pcm-oss # modprobe snd-pcm-oss # > > 8) does "aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav" work for root? > Test your sound with aplay and a wav so codec issues don't > confuse the situation. # aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono # The quality of the white noise didn't change at all. > At worst, you might have a driver problem, but if you've already > managed to play sound before, that's relatively unlikely. I have also had sound both previously in Lenny on this same box, and for several years in Etch and Sarge before it. I obviously have to reload OSS. But that will involve a fair amount of Googling, and I am falling asleep here. (I'm useless after midnight.) Thanks very much for your help. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
