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Dummas

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From: Vilnius, Lithuania

Registered: 2007-11-05

Posts: 17

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Dell vostro 1400 no-sound

Hello everyone,
I have some issue with my laptop. Alsa not works.
alsamixer output as a normal user

function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

as root everything is ok.
I've tried to reinstall alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss but this is also not works
lsmod | grep '^snd''

snd_seq_oss            30336  0 
snd_hda_intel         336440  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6656  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48560  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6796  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hwdep               7428  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            38656  0 
snd_pcm                68228  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19848  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14848  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    46628  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss

/etc/modproble.d/sound

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel

What on hell is the problem

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tofu

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Registered: 2008-02-26

Posts: 42

Re: Dell vostro 1400 no-sound

just checking, you did add your user to the "audio" group right?

phisphere

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From: Tallinn, Estonia

Registered: 2007-03-05

Posts: 136

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Re: Dell vostro 1400 no-sound

i have dell vostro 1400 and after these easy steps sound works out of the box for me:

1. pacman -S alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss
2. alsamixer (unmute channels)
3. gpasswd -a username audio
4. alsactl store
5. vim /etc/rc.conf (add snd-hda-intel and snd-pcm-oss to modules list if they aren't already there. also you need yo add alsa to the daemons list.)

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Last edited by phisphere (2008-07-20 10:34:39)

phisphere

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From: Tallinn, Estonia

Registered: 2007-03-05

Posts: 136

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Re: Dell vostro 1400 no-sound

oh, don't add anything to /etc/modproble.d/sound!
with new kernel (coming with overlord) you don't need to add anything and don't use alsaconf.
just install alsa packages and add yourself to audio group. then unmount main channels and run alsactl store.
then ensure that you have two modules and alsa daemon in rc.conf.
that's all.