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orlfman

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Registered: 2007-11-20

Posts: 141

No Sound from Alsa

Linux pie 2.6.26-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Sep 9 09:56:28 UTC 2008 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

[root@pie modprobe.d]# lspci | grep -i audio
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device aa30
03:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio]
07:02.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23418 Single-Chip MPEG-2 Encoder with Integrated Analog Video/Broadcast Audio Decoder
[root@pie modprobe.d]#

[root@pie pieman]# lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_oss            35712  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      9472  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_virtuoso           12164  1 
snd_seq                58464  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_oxygen_lib         33152  1 snd_virtuoso
snd_pcm_oss            45696  0 
snd_mpu401_uart        10240  1 snd_oxygen_lib
snd_mixer_oss          19072  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_rawmidi            25216  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_hda_intel         459064  0 
snd_pcm                82440  3 snd_oxygen_lib,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              24848  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         10768  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              10760  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_device          9492  3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd                    64968  15 snd_seq_oss,snd_virtuoso,snd_seq,snd_oxygen_lib,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9632  1 snd
[root@pie pieman]#

[root@pie modprobe.d]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
alias snd-card-0 snd-virtuoso
alias sound-slot-0 snd-virtuoso
[root@pie modprobe.d]#

[pieman@pie ~]$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1008:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
aplay: main:583: audio open error: No such file or directory

I just did a fresh install tonight. I don't get whats wrong.. I have a hauppauge WINTVHVR 1600, and a ATI 4850, and my sound card is a Asus Xonar DX.. When I run alsamixer the first card it shows in my video cards HDMI but if I do alsamixer -c 1 it takes my to my xonar dx.. Any help?

Last edited by orlfman (2008-09-26 03:36:49)

Baha

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Registered: 2008-09-07

Posts: 52

Re: No Sound from Alsa

Have you tried to run alsaconf as root?

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: No Sound from Alsa

See ALSA multiple cards.