Arch Linux

stonecoldjha

Member

Registered: 2009-02-01

Posts: 44

sound not working,though i had configured

i logged in as non-root user and then went to the terminal,and typed in
"alsamixer" to configure sound settings.but,the following was the output:

[sonujha@arch ~]$ alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory
[sonujha@arch ~]$

i have configured my sound card as per the instructions on the arch's beginner's guide i found at http://archlinux.org.

What's wrong,and how do i fix this?

ahcaliskan

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-10-29

Posts: 174

Re: sound not working,though i had configured

try first:

alsaconf
alsactl store

add alsa into modules in /etc/rc.conf
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALS … at_startup

if that doesn't work, try:

 chmod 777 /dev/snd/*

Last edited by ahcaliskan (2009-02-04 16:33:36)