Help needed getting sound. [SOLVED]

cawill · 2007-12-12 19:55:48

Hi, I've just installed Arch linux for the first time.

Can't get any sound, using this guide to try and install alsa: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA

Followed the instructions and still no sound, though I did get sound with arch under virtualbox running in ubuntu using those instructions,
So can anyone help me, or tell me what I did wrong?

EDIT: if it helps I have in Alsamixer: Master (set to 71), PCM (set to 71), IEC958 (turned on) and IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA (set to 100)
The rest of the options are muted, should I change any of these settings?

Thanks, Chris.

Last edited by cawill (2007-12-14 22:20:05)

Rumor · 2007-12-12 21:41:32

Hello Chris. Is your user a member of the audio group?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Groups

cawill · 2007-12-12 21:44:13

Yes my user is a member of the audio group, any other suggestions?

Thanks for trying to help, Chris.

Rumor · 2007-12-12 22:50:17

The only other thing that comes immediately to mind is wondering if you have two sound devices? I had a problem a couple years ago with my motherboard having on-board sound and also having a soundcard installed in the computer. Arch's sound was working quite well, just I did not have the right device selected. If you have more than one device, try plugging your speakers into the other device to see if sound is working.

There are others here far more knowledgeable than I at troubleshooting sound issues.

brebs · 2007-12-12 23:11:50

See wiki for ALSA troubleshooting.

cawill · 2007-12-12 23:21:17

From the Alsa Arch Wiki:

Remember, ALSA installs with all channels muted by default (see previous section, unmuting your soundcard). However, if you're sure nothing is muted, that your drivers are installed correctly, and that your volume is right, but you still do not hear anything, then try adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf which should fix the problem (with the via82xx driver, at least).
options snd-NAME-OF-MODULE ac97_quirk=0

In Alsamixer I found an option which has the information 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA'.
Searched around and found this: http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Via8233 ,

So I think I might have to use the information from the arch wiki, am I right in thinking this?

My question is what version of alsa am I using? (using up to date system)

Chris.

ralvez · 2007-12-12 23:27:58

This is how I set up Alsa every time and it always works:
0. make sure you add yourself to the audio group
1. insall alsa (pacman -S alsa-lib alsa-oss alsa-utils alsaplayer gstreamer0.10-alsa alsa-plugins )
2. at the console type: alsamixer --> use it to adjust volume (to start make everything at lest 60%)
2. aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav --> Test that sound works
3. issue "alsactl store" --> Save Settings (as root)
4. add alsa to the daemons section in /etc/rc.conf
5. Alternatively use kmix --> Use KMixer to adjust volume using a GUI

If you continue to have problems check "lspci" to see if your audio device is found.

Hope this helps.

R

Last edited by ralvez (2007-12-12 23:34:02)

cawill · 2007-12-13 17:25:17

Thanks everyone for your help, after searching around on the internet I found the command, Alsaconf , so I ran it and now my sound works.

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Help needed getting sound. [SOLVED]

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Re: Help needed getting sound. [SOLVED]

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