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richs-lxh

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 76

[Solved] Latest Upgrade - No Sound - Ensoniq

Hi everybody,

I just updated/upgraded and now have no sound.

The first sign was amarok showing a popup stating that "xine was unable to initialize any audio drivers."

I have an ensoniq sound card (motherboard integrated)

lspci:

00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 04)

I checked Pacman for drivers etc, but didn't come up with anything.

I was using alsa and amixer to configure sound before, now alsamixer opens but is blank. When I click anything it just closes.

Searched the forums and read this thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=46640

Still no go.

Thanks in advance for any help.

richs-lxh

EDIT:
Just tried reinstalling Alsa and restarting but didn't get any joy:

┌─(richs-lxh@arch Fri, 19 Sep 08)─———————————————————————————─(/home/richs-lxh)────┐
└─(18:56 $)─> sudo pacman -S alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss
Password: 
warning: alsa-lib-1.0.17a-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: alsa-utils-1.0.17-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: alsa-oss-1.0.15-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (3): alsa-lib-1.0.17a-1  alsa-utils-1.0.17-1  alsa-oss-1.0.15-1  

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   3.69 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity...
(3/3) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
(1/3) upgrading alsa-lib                            [#####################] 100%
Optional dependencies for alsa-lib
    python
(2/3) upgrading alsa-utils                          [#####################] 100%
(3/3) upgrading alsa-oss                            [#####################] 100%
┌─(richs-lxh@arch Fri, 19 Sep 08)─———————————————————————————─(/home/richs-lxh)────┐
└─(19:05 $)─>

┌─(richs-lxh@arch Fri, 19 Sep 08)─———————————————————————————─(/home/richs-lxh)────┐
└─(18:56 $)─> sudo /etc/rc.d/alsa start
:: Restoring ALSA Levels                                                 [DONE] 
┌─(richs-lxh@arch Fri, 19 Sep 08)─———————————————————————————─(/home/richs-lxh)────┐
└─(18:56 $)─>

I'll keep searching.

Last edited by richs-lxh (2008-09-19 19:24:07)

richs-lxh

Member

Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 76

Re: [Solved] Latest Upgrade - No Sound - Ensoniq

Ok, I reinstalled Amarokand Alsa., then rebooted and sound is back. Must be an Amarok thing.