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adredz

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Registered: 2008-12-12

Posts: 3

my audio is dead

when i type alsamixer i get this:

function snd_ctl_open for default: No such file or directory

so downloaded alsa-driver from source, built it, and then installed it. but i still get the error.

when i do hwdetect --show-sound i get this:

ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-pcsp snd-ac97-codec snd-intel8x0 soundcore

and my Audio device is: 82801G (ICH7 family) HD Audio Controller

am i missing something. any help would be greatly appreciated...

P.S. I've searched around hoping to get enlightened, but i didn't find any info that would solve this.:(

atomic

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From: Srbija

Registered: 2008-08-20

Posts: 20

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Re: my audio is dead

Did you add your user name in audio group?

# gpasswd -a USERNAME audio

There is a good wiki page for this thread on http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA_Setup

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adredz

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Registered: 2008-12-12

Posts: 3

Re: my audio is dead

i executed those commands with root privileges. i don't think there's a need for a root to be added to audio group to be able to execute 'alsamixer'. i' have read wiki already and it was my primary reference...

adredz

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Registered: 2008-12-12

Posts: 3

Re: my audio is dead

ooops sorry, i don't get the error anymore. funny, i didn't do anything. maybe the update fixes it.. thanks