sound not working

costi · 2007-12-16 01:49:43

hello forum!

I installed arch linux on my mac mini today.
its very nice, I will use it now instead of ubuntu (base).

the only problem is that my sound is not working

any ideas what i can do??

thank you

ps: im using a mac mini (http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html)

elliott · 2007-12-16 02:54:16

I'm guessing the audio is Intel based and should be picked up easily by udev. Are you sure it isn't just muted?

Shaika-Dzari · 2007-12-16 03:20:14

Could you post the result of this command:

lspci

@+

costi · 2007-12-16 11:47:51

when i try to open the gnome volume control i get the following error message:

No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found

my lspci output

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:07.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Unknown device 27a3 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 22)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
03:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 61)

Last edited by costi (2007-12-16 11:49:37)

x0r · 2007-12-16 20:27:03

Hmm, I'm somewhat new as well, but I ran into the same problem one time (diff hardware though), and I ran alsaconf (think that that is in alsa-utils pkg) as root (I'm a sudo fan) to figure out what module it was, then added it in /etc/modprobe.conf. udev usually picks most of it up though, it did with another pc I had.

Another interesting situation that can happen is that alsaconf writing to /etc/modprobe.conf can actually break the udev detection, in which case you'd want to make sure the sound card module WASN'T in /etc/modprobe.conf.

Sorry if I'm being confusing, but hope to help.

costi · 2007-12-17 18:22:57

i ran alsaconf, but it was not successful

maybe the output of "aadebug" script can help figure out whats the problem?

$ ./aadebug 
ALSA Audio Debug v0.1.0 - Mon Dec 17 18:17:48 PST 2007
http://alsa.opensrc.org/aadebug
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

Kernel ----------------------------------------------------
Linux myhost 2.6.22-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 26 20:57:40 CEST 2007 i686 Genuine Intel(R) CPU            1300  @ 1.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Loaded Modules --------------------------------------------
snd_opl3sa2            16620  0 
snd_opl3_lib            8704  1 snd_opl3sa2
snd_seq_oss            29312  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46672  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_cs4231_lib         21248  1 snd_opl3sa2
snd_mpu401_uart         7040  1 snd_opl3sa2
snd_rawmidi            19232  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          6924  4 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_hda_intel         277532  0 
snd_hwdep               7300  2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            37024  0 
snd_pcm                69124  3 snd_cs4231_lib,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19332  4 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          8072  3 snd_cs4231_lib,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          14592  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    45028  14 snd_opl3sa2,snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss

Proc Config -----------------------------------------------
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_SND=m
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM=m
CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=m
CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m
# CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY is not set
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=m
CONFIG_SND_SEQ_RTCTIMER_DEFAULT=y
# CONFIG_SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not set
CONFIG_SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API=y
CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS=y
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_SND_MPU401_UART=m
CONFIG_SND_OPL3_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_OPL4_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_VX_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m
CONFIG_SND_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_SND_VIRMIDI=m
CONFIG_SND_MTPAV=m
CONFIG_SND_MTS64=m
CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550=m
CONFIG_SND_MPU401=m
CONFIG_SND_PORTMAN2X4=m
CONFIG_SND_AD1848_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4231_LIB=m
CONFIG_SND_SB_COMMON=m
CONFIG_SND_SB8_DSP=m
CONFIG_SND_SB16_DSP=m
CONFIG_SND_ADLIB=m
CONFIG_SND_AD1816A=m
CONFIG_SND_AD1848=m
CONFIG_SND_ALS100=m
CONFIG_SND_AZT2320=m
CONFIG_SND_CMI8330=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4231=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4232=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4236=m
CONFIG_SND_DT019X=m
CONFIG_SND_ES968=m
CONFIG_SND_ES1688=m
CONFIG_SND_ES18XX=m
CONFIG_SND_GUS_SYNTH=m
CONFIG_SND_GUSCLASSIC=m
CONFIG_SND_GUSEXTREME=m
CONFIG_SND_GUSMAX=m
CONFIG_SND_INTERWAVE=m
CONFIG_SND_INTERWAVE_STB=m
CONFIG_SND_OPL3SA2=m
CONFIG_SND_OPTI92X_AD1848=m
CONFIG_SND_OPTI92X_CS4231=m
CONFIG_SND_OPTI93X=m
CONFIG_SND_MIRO=m
CONFIG_SND_SB8=m
CONFIG_SND_SB16=m
CONFIG_SND_SBAWE=m
CONFIG_SND_SB16_CSP=y
CONFIG_SND_SB16_CSP_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_SGALAXY=m
CONFIG_SND_SSCAPE=m
CONFIG_SND_WAVEFRONT=m
CONFIG_SND_WAVEFRONT_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_AD1889=m
CONFIG_SND_ALS300=m
CONFIG_SND_ALS4000=m
CONFIG_SND_ALI5451=m
CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP=m
CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP_MODEM=m
CONFIG_SND_AU8810=m
CONFIG_SND_AU8820=m
CONFIG_SND_AU8830=m
CONFIG_SND_AZT3328=m
CONFIG_SND_BT87X=m
# CONFIG_SND_BT87X_OVERCLOCK is not set
CONFIG_SND_CA0106=m
CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI=m
CONFIG_SND_CS4281=m
CONFIG_SND_CS46XX=m
CONFIG_SND_CS46XX_NEW_DSP=y
CONFIG_SND_CS5530=m
CONFIG_SND_CS5535AUDIO=m
CONFIG_SND_DARLA20=m
CONFIG_SND_GINA20=m
CONFIG_SND_LAYLA20=m
CONFIG_SND_DARLA24=m
CONFIG_SND_GINA24=m
CONFIG_SND_LAYLA24=m
CONFIG_SND_MONA=m
CONFIG_SND_MIA=m
CONFIG_SND_ECHO3G=m
CONFIG_SND_INDIGO=m
CONFIG_SND_INDIGOIO=m
CONFIG_SND_INDIGODJ=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=m
CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1X=m
CONFIG_SND_ENS1370=m
CONFIG_SND_ENS1371=m
CONFIG_SND_ES1938=m
CONFIG_SND_ES1968=m
CONFIG_SND_FM801=m
CONFIG_SND_FM801_TEA575X_BOOL=y
CONFIG_SND_FM801_TEA575X=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ATIHDMI=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE=y
CONFIG_SND_HDSP=m
CONFIG_SND_HDSPM=m
CONFIG_SND_ICE1712=m
CONFIG_SND_ICE1724=m
CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m
CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M=m
CONFIG_SND_KORG1212=m
CONFIG_SND_KORG1212_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3=m
CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXART=m
CONFIG_SND_NM256=m
CONFIG_SND_PCXHR=m
CONFIG_SND_RIPTIDE=m
CONFIG_SND_RME32=m
CONFIG_SND_RME96=m
CONFIG_SND_RME9652=m
CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES=m
CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT=m
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=m
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX_MODEM=m
CONFIG_SND_VX222=m
CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI=m
CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE=y
CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO=m
CONFIG_SND_USB_USX2Y=m
CONFIG_SND_USB_CAIAQ=m
CONFIG_SND_USB_CAIAQ_INPUT=y
CONFIG_SND_VXPOCKET=m
CONFIG_SND_PDAUDIOCF=m
CONFIG_SND_SOC=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set

Modprobe Conf ---------------------------------------------
alias snd-card-0 snd-opl3sa2
alias sound-slot-0 snd-opl3sa2
options snd-opl3sa2 fm_port=-1 midi_port=-1 port=0x370 wss_port=0x530 isapnp=0 dma1=1 dma2=0 irq=5

Proc Asound -----------------------------------------------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14 (Thu May 31 09:03:25 2007 UTC).
 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0x90440000 irq 21
  0: [ 0]   : control
  1:        : sequencer
  4: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent
 16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
 17: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback
 24: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
 25: [ 0- 1]: digital audio capture
 33:        : timer
00-00: HDA Codec 0
00-01: STAC92xx Digital : STAC92xx Digital : playback 1 : capture 1
00-00: STAC92xx Analog : STAC92xx Analog : playback 1 : capture 2
Client info
  cur  clients : 2
  peak clients : 2
  max  clients : 192

Client   0 : "System" [Kernel]
  Port   0 : "Timer" (Rwe-)
  Port   1 : "Announce" (R-e-)
    Connecting To: 15:0
Client  15 : "OSS sequencer" [Kernel]
  Port   0 : "Receiver" (-we-)
    Connected From: 0:1

Dev Snd ---------------------------------------------------
controlC0  hwC0D0  pcmC0D0c  pcmC0D0p  pcmC0D1c  pcmC0D1p  seq  timer

CPU -------------------------------------------------------
model name      : Genuine Intel(R) CPU            1300  @ 1.66GHz
cpu MHz         : 1666.843
model name      : Genuine Intel(R) CPU            1300  @ 1.66GHz
cpu MHz         : 1666.843

RAM -------------------------------------------------------
MemTotal:       484132 kB
SwapTotal:      265064 kB

Hardware --------------------------------------------------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)

x0r · 2007-12-18 01:46:03

I think there is a spot in /etc/rc.conf that you can specify sound modules to be loaded and leave the alsaconf section of /etc/modprobe.conf blank (or commented out). I think its something that might be getting in the way of udev. But I'm no pro, just scratchin my head is all.

avoulk · 2007-12-22 09:26:45

Check also if your user belongs to the group audio

brebs · 2007-12-22 09:47:00

See wiki regarding "modinfo".

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#1 2007-12-16 01:49:43

sound not working

#2 2007-12-16 02:54:16

Re: sound not working

#3 2007-12-16 03:20:14

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Re: sound not working

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Re: sound not working

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