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K2712

Member

From: Greenville, SC

Registered: 2006-05-17

Posts: 28

New install..No sound output

I've spent a large part of the last 6 hours reading the forums and wiki, and seeing as how I've had no luck getting any sound output, I figured I'd ask for help.

I'm using xfce, and I've followed the alsa wiki to the letter, yet I get nothing.  Here are some relative outputs:

$ lsmod | grep '^snd'
snd_seq_oss            29312  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46800  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6924  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_intel8x0           28700  0 
snd_ac97_codec         95268  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_hda_intel         295840  4 
snd_hwdep               7300  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            36896  0 
snd_pcm                68996  5 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19332  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14464  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    45220  17 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss

$ ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  0 2007-12-05 08:37 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  4 2007-12-05 08:37 hwC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2007-12-05 08:37 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2007-12-05 08:37 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  1 2007-12-05 08:37 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2007-12-05 08:36 timer

$ groups
video audio optical storage users

$ amixer
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 127
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 115 [91%] [-9.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 115 [91%] [-9.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 220 [86%] [-7.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 220 [86%] [-7.00dB]

When I play any audio file, it looks like everything is working properly, but I get nothing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

nDray

Member

From: Portugal

Registered: 2007-01-21

Posts: 143

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Re: New install..No sound output

I'm not familiar with interpreting amixer status output, and i'm not on a linux machine either, now, but are those controls unmuted?

K2712

Member

From: Greenville, SC

Registered: 2006-05-17

Posts: 28

Re: New install..No sound output

Yes, the controls are unmuted. I used the following:

$ amixer set Master 90% unmute
$ amixer set PCM 85$ unmute