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mvinnicius

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From: Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Registered: 2006-02-16

Posts: 86

alsa

Ok, I need some help here. My ssoundcard is an intel ac97 (i810) , module snd-intel8x0. Here are my configurations:

lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_oss            33408  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6400  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                51984  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7436  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            50848  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17920  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0           30620  0 
snd_ac97_codec         95136  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            2176  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                84100  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              22148  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    49124  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               8160  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8840  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

/etc/modprobe.conf
# OSS Compatibility
#install snd-pcm modprobe -i snd-pcm ; modprobe snd-pcm-oss ; true
#install snd-seq modprobe -i snd-seq ; modprobe snd-seq-oss ; true

# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.10 ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

/etc/rc.conf
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MODULES=(usbserial nvidia snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !hotplug !pcmcia network netfs crond nvidia cups samba xinetd alsa)

The mixer settings are unmutted. But still, no sound

What am I doing wrong?

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stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: alsa

Is your user in the 'audio' group?

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mpie

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From: 404 Not found

Registered: 2005-03-06

Posts: 649

Re: alsa

Ok, I need some help here. My ssoundcard is an intel ac97 (i810) , module snd-intel8x0. Here are my configurations:

lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_oss            33408  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6400  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                51984  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7436  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            50848  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17920  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_intel8x0           30620  0 
snd_ac97_codec         95136  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            2176  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                84100  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              22148  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    49124  9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               8160  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8840  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

/etc/modprobe.conf
# OSS Compatibility
#install snd-pcm modprobe -i snd-pcm ; modprobe snd-pcm-oss ; true
#install snd-seq modprobe -i snd-seq ; modprobe snd-seq-oss ; true

# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF version 1.0.10 ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

/etc/rc.conf
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MODULES=(usbserial nvidia snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !hotplug !pcmcia network netfs crond nvidia cups samba xinetd alsa)

The mixer settings are unmutted. But still, no sound

What am I doing wrong?

what are you trying to play???
is it set to use alsa?
what is your wm/desktop?
all these things can effect it, that card is now well supported, including dmix..

mvinnicius

Member

From: Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Registered: 2006-02-16

Posts: 86

Re: alsa

Sorry about the slow answer, the machine is at the office.  Itried to play two files: one wav and one mp3. The player (at least the xmms) is set to alsa. My wm is fluxbox. And the user is in the audio group. The kernel is 2.6.15-ARCH.

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mvinnicius

Member

From: Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Registered: 2006-02-16

Posts: 86

Re: alsa

As a good policy, I commented out all the modules and daemons related to sound, and started from scratch. I loaded the modules with an "_" instead of a "-" ( doesn't know if it makes a difference, because in the alsa page of my soundcard (intel810)
it appears with a "-" , and modprobe anwers to both.

Then i altered the volume of Master and PCM channels in alsamixer. The sound came out!! So, the problem was somewhere in my /etc/rc.conf.
First, I enabled the modules in it. After adjusting the mixer mannualy, the sound works. But, when i enabled the alsa daemon in rc.conf the sound disappeared, even with the channels on the mixer on.
I switched the alsa daemon with the alsamixer script , which is almost the same as alsa, and it worked.

I didn't understand what happened yet, but my sound is working!!

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