Re: No Sound - Fedora Core - Newbie

From: Col (sad_at_aol.com)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:08:22 +0000

I cant locate that command - i've run a search and not picked up - where
is it normally located ?

Conny wrote:
> "Col" <sad@aol.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:AHeFd.45478$Z14.24349@news.indigo.ie...
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>
>>Updated my kernel to 2.6.10-1.8_FC2 using up2date (previous Kernel was
>>2.6.9-1.11_FC2) and now have no sound. Got error on logging in saying:
>>
>>"Sound server informational message:
>>Error while initialising the sound driver
>>device /dev/dsp cannot be opened (no such device)
>>The sound server will continue, using the null output device"
>>
>>This error hasnt come back since after clicking ok but have had no sound
>>since.
>>
>>I tried booting into previous Kernel - samne thing there now!
>>
>>I checked everything was not muted and pushed all the way up in kmix
>>,,,,also played around a bit with alsamixer to check settings pushed up
>>and not muted etc
>>
>>Ran cat /etc/modprobe.conf and got:
>>
>>alias eth0 e100
>>alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
>>install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
>>/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>>remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
>>/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
>>alias char-major-81 bttv
>>alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
>>alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
>>
>>
>>lspci gives:
>>
>>[root@workstation root]# lspci
>>00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge
>>(MCH) (rev 04)
>>00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge
>>(rev 04)
>>00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI
>>Bridge (rev 04)
>>00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04)
>>00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 04)
>>00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 04)
>>00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio
>>(rev 04)
>>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX
>>420] (rev a3)
>>02:01.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
>>Controller (rev 50)
>>02:01.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
>>Controller (rev 50)
>>02:01.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
>>02:02.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
>>Controller (rev 50)
>>02:02.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
>>Controller (rev 50)
>>02:02.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)
>>02:08.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp
>>Modem (rev 01)
>>02:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Lucent Microelectronics FW323 (rev 04)
>>02:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
>>Capture (rev 11)
>>02:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture
>>(rev 11)
>>02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
>>(rev 10)
>>
>>
>>
>>Anybody help with this please ??
>>
>>Tks,
>>
>>Col.
>
>
> What about running 'alsaconf' from the command prompt?
>
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