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Hi, I recently installed Arch Linux and I followed the tutorials on how to configure it. At this moment I have Gnome installed and it is working fine, I only have one problem.
Every time if I try to access volume control I get the following error:
"No volume control elements and/or devices found"
I'm relatively new to Linux so it might be me just being stupid(Maybe I just don't have the right packages installed) but I've searched the web and I didn't find anything that could help, I also searched this site but there are only a few things about sound problems. I think the problem is caused because Linux is not detecting my sound card (its an on board sound card) or maybe I have not given the command to detect it/activate it. In Google I've found that 'lsmod' and 'lspci' commands are for detecting drivers, so I executed those in my terminal and put them here, I hope this might help fixing my problem.
Module Size Used by
ipv6 252608 8
nvidia 6828532 22
jfs 172540 1
ext2 57352 1
snd_seq_oss 29184 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6528 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 46672 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6796 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
ppdev 7556 0
eth1394 16772 0
lp 9604 0
snd_intel8x0 28828 0
rtc 10416 0
ppp_generic 23444 0
snd_pcm_oss 39072 0
snd_mixer_oss 14464 1 snd_pcm_oss
sg 26652 0
usbhid 34592 0
hid 25088 1 usbhid
slhc 6272 1 ppp_generic
shpchp 29588 0
pci_hotplug 27976 1 shpchp
ff_memless 5256 1 usbhid
parport_pc 35940 1
tsdev 6336 0
parport 31176 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
i2c_sis96x 5124 0
i2c_core 17792 2 nvidia,i2c_sis96x
snd_intel8x0m 14476 0
snd_ac97_codec 91940 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m
ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 68484 4 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 18820 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 43492 10 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
pcspkr 2816 0
evdev 8192 0
ohci1394 31920 0
ieee1394 84056 2 eth1394,ohci1394
sis_agp 6404 1
agpgart 26200 2 nvidia,sis_agp
soundcore 6496 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7816 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm
8139too 22912 0
mii 4992 1 8139too
ext3 119688 1
jbd 55336 1 ext3
mbcache 7044 2 ext2,ext3
ehci_hcd 30092 0
sr_mod 14372 0
cdrom 34464 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 16768 5
ohci_hcd 18948 0
usbcore 115464 4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ata_generic 5380 0
pata_sis 10508 4
libata 94100 2 ata_generic,pata_sis
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 651 Host (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 04)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00:02.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] FireWire Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:09.0 RF controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Am 1771 MBW [Alchemy] (rev 04)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
Any help would be appreciated because this is getting very frustrating >_>
Last edited by NomenNescio (2007-04-28 10:50:10)
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Recalling what I know about SIS900 chipsets I think you are mostly good. The right modules seem to be loaded. Apparently the mixer devices are not created which can have several reasons. I think the easiest way to fix this is to run the ALSA autoconfigurator again and unmute all output devices. As root
alsaconf
Follow the dialogue and you after a few steps alsaconf will finish successfully and mention that it raises volume to default levels. Well, it does but does not unmute all devices. Start alsamixer and unmute by hand.
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Thanks for the help, didn't get the sound to work but yet because I kinda broke my linux(wont boot)>_>
Gonna reinstall it, things usually go better the second time.
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Thanks for the help, didn't get the sound to work but yet because I kinda broke my linux(wont boot)>_>
Gonna reinstall it, things usually go better the second time.
make sure u have adding the user to audio group in order to access sound device.
gpasswd -a user audio
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NomenNescio wrote:Thanks for the help, didn't get the sound to work but yet because I kinda broke my linux(wont boot)>_>
Gonna reinstall it, things usually go better the second time.
make sure u have adding the user to audio group in order to access sound device.
gpasswd -a user audio
Yes, I think that was the problem. Anyways, I reinstalled Arch Linux and everything is working fine now.
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