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echo6

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Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 12

Unable to get sound working - strange problem.

[echo6@myhost ~]$ id
uid=1000(echo6) gid=1000(echo6) groups=92(audio),1000(echo6)
[echo6@myhost ~]$ ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 2007-10-11 13:32 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  4 2007-10-11 13:32 hwC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  5 2007-10-11 13:32 hwC0D1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2007-10-11 13:32 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2007-10-11 13:32 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 26 2007-10-11 13:32 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 30 2007-10-11 13:32 pcmC0D6c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 22 2007-10-11 13:32 pcmC0D6p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 2007-10-11 13:32 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2007-10-11 13:32 timer
[echo6@myhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@myhost echo6]# amixer set Master 90% unmute
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Master',0
[root@myhost echo6]# lsmod | grep 'snd'
snd_seq_oss            29312  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46672  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6924  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel         277532  0
snd_hwdep               7300  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            37024  0
snd_pcm                69124  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19332  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14592  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    45028  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               6496  1 snd

Information - artsmessage
Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device: default can't be opened for playback (Invalid argument)

Last edited by echo6 (2007-10-12 22:31:00)

Preacher

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From: UK

Registered: 2006-09-26

Posts: 46

Re: Unable to get sound working - strange problem.

Have you installed alsa-oss, alsa-utils, alsa-lib?

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