[olug] Debian Sound Problem
Russell Monaghan
russellmonaghan at cox.net
Tue Aug 21 12:33:58 UTC 2007
Thanks for the links. I checked out both parts, but they didn't seem
to help me much.
Most tools I've used say it's working, but I still don't have sound. It
says the system device or resource is busy, so I thought maybe some
other device might be hogging the resources. I played around with that
idea a bit, but I didn't get anywhere. I might still try a few things. I
was also reading that KDE likes to take over ALSA, and since I have it
installed, I checked it out. Normally I use GNOME, so I didn't see how
KDE could be doing anything if it wasn't running, but I turned of the
sound system under it anyway. Nothing. So I don't know. Sound used to
work okay when I first installed Debian, but it seems to have dumped on me.
Kevin wrote:
> Troubleshooting Linux Audio, Part 1: http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000244
> Troubleshooting Linux Audio, Part 2: http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000254
>
> On 8/4/07, Russell Monaghan <russellmonaghan at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Hey, guys, I'm new to the mailing list, and I just found out
>> there was LUG in Omaha a few days ago. Anyway, I'm running Debian Etch,
>> and I'm having a problem with my sound. Usually, when I try to play
>> music, or a program plays a sound, I get a message box that says
>> something like 'Cannot open sound server; will continue using null
>> output device.'
>> I'm new enough to linux that I have NO experience with sound, so if
>> someone could help out, that'd be great.
>>
>> If I run /*lspci*/, I get this:
>>
>> *russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$ lspci
>> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM
>> Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation
>> 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
>> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
>> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
>> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
>> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2
>> EHCI Controller (rev 02)
>> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
>> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC
>> Interface Bridge (rev 02)
>> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller
>> (rev 02)
>> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
>> SMBus Controller (rev 02)
>> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
>> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
>> 01:02.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
>> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM)
>> Ethernet Controller (rev 82)
>> russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$
>>
>> *And if I run /*lsmod*/, I get this:
>>
>> *russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$ lsmod
>> Module Size Used by
>> nls_utf8 2208 0
>> nls_cp437 5920 0
>> vfat 11872 0
>> fat 46684 1 vfat
>> i915 17600 3
>> drm 61332 4 i915
>> nfs 202828 0
>> nfsd 197936 17
>> exportfs 5600 1 nfsd
>> lockd 54344 3 nfs,nfsd
>> nfs_acl 3584 2 nfs,nfsd
>> sunrpc 138812 13 nfs,nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl
>> ppdev 8676 0
>> lp 11012 0
>> button 6672 0
>> ac 5188 0
>> battery 9636 0
>> ipv6 226016 25
>> xt_tcpudp 3136 96
>> xt_state 2272 71
>> ipt_REJECT 5248 4
>> xt_limit 2752 6
>> ipt_LOG 6112 6
>> ip_conntrack_ftp 7760 0
>> ip_conntrack_irc 6800 0
>> ip_conntrack 49088 3 xt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_irc
>> nfnetlink 6680 1 ip_conntrack
>> iptable_filter 3104 1
>> ip_tables 13028 1 iptable_filter
>> x_tables 13316 6
>> xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ipt_REJECT,xt_limit,ipt_LOG,ip_tables
>> fuse 39828 3
>> dm_snapshot 15552 0
>> dm_mirror 19152 0
>> dm_mod 50232 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
>> loop 15048 0
>> sd_mod 19040 0
>> tsdev 7520 0
>> snd_intel8x0 30332 2
>> snd_ac97_codec 83104 1 snd_intel8x0
>> snd_ac97_bus 2400 1 snd_ac97_codec
>> usblp 12768 0
>> snd_pcm_oss 38368 1
>> snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss
>> floppy 53156 0
>> parport_pc 32132 1
>> parport 33256 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
>> snd_pcm 68676 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_timer 20996 1 snd_pcm
>> serio_raw 6660 0
>> psmouse 35016 0
>> i2c_i801 7468 0
>> i2c_core 19680 1 i2c_i801
>> pcspkr 3072 0
>> snd 47012 8
>> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
>> soundcore 9248 2 snd
>> rtc 12372 0
>> snd_page_alloc 9640 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>> intel_agp 21148 1
>> agpgart 29896 3 drm,intel_agp
>> shpchp 33024 0
>> pci_hotplug 28704 1 shpchp
>> joydev 9088 0
>> evdev 9088 1
>> ext3 119240 2
>> jbd 52456 1 ext3
>> mbcache 8356 1 ext3
>> ide_cd 36064 0
>> cdrom 32544 1 ide_cd
>> ide_disk 14848 6
>> usb_storage 71840 0
>> scsi_mod 124168 2 sd_mod,usb_storage
>> usbhid 37248 0
>> piix 9444 0 [permanent]
>> generic 5476 0 [permanent]
>> ide_core 110504 5 ide_cd,ide_disk,usb_storage,piix,generic
>> e100 32232 0
>> mii 5344 1 e100
>> ehci_hcd 28136 0
>> uhci_hcd 21164 0
>> usbcore 112644 6 usblp,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
>> thermal 13608 0
>> processor 28840 1 thermal
>> fan 4804 0
>> russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$
>>
>> *Like I said, I have little knowledge of sound, so help will be
>> greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>>
>> Russell Monaghan
>>
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