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#1 2010-11-14 15:07:17

beniro
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From: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Registered: 2002-12-31
Posts: 313

Sound issues on Thinkpad r500 [solved]

I'm reintroducing myself to arch with this new install on my laptop, but I suck at it, and can't get my sound to work.

I am in the audio group.  I run alsamixer and all the levels are good.  I'm using all the latest packages on the 64bit version of arch.

# lsmod|grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_hda_codec_conexant  31150  1
snd_hda_intel           21906  1
snd_seq_dummy           1447   0
snd_seq_oss             28928  0
snd_seq_midi_event      5420   1   snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                 50530  5   snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          5241   3   snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_codec           76595  2   snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss             39096  0
snd_hwdep               6126   1   snd_hda_codec
snd_mixer_oss           16932  1   snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                 71653  3   snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer               19660  2   snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                     57225  14  snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_hwdep,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,thinkpad_acpi
snd_page_alloc          7201   2   snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
# ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      80 Nov 14 09:32 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 9 Nov 14 09:32 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Nov 14 09:32 controlC29
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 8 Nov 14 09:32 hwC0D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 Nov 14 09:33 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 Nov 14 09:59 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 Nov 14 09:33 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Nov 14 09:32 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Nov 14 09:32 timer

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Last edited by beniro (2010-11-14 18:39:42)

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#2 2010-11-14 15:36:50

d2ogch3n
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Registered: 2010-01-20
Posts: 42

Re: Sound issues on Thinkpad r500 [solved]

When I installed Arch 64bit on my thinkpad recently the speakers and headphones were muted by default and i didn't spot it immediately.

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#3 2010-11-14 15:41:39

beniro
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From: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Registered: 2002-12-31
Posts: 313

Re: Sound issues on Thinkpad r500 [solved]

Thanks for your help.  I look in alsamixer and all the channels are open.  Should I be checking some where else as well?

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#4 2010-11-14 17:02:27

beniro
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From: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Registered: 2002-12-31
Posts: 313

Re: Sound issues on Thinkpad r500 [solved]

I wish that I knew how to troubleshoot the sound system better, but I can't figure out where the problem is at this point.

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#5 2010-11-14 18:39:28

beniro
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From: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Registered: 2002-12-31
Posts: 313

Re: Sound issues on Thinkpad r500 [solved]

The solution was to press the hardware button to turn up the volume, even though I had all the software channels turned up.

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