[clue-tech] sound on Hardy

[Bill Smith]

Here you go Jed. What did I just do? The MB evidently has a Sigmatel audio chip and they are out of business, so no help there.

I did this:   cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp     and no sound, but It (the sound) works in windows



caelinux at bill-desktop:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel         442328  3 
snd_usb_audio         100384  1 
snd_seq_dummy           5764  0 
snd_pcm_oss            47648  0 
snd_mixer_oss          20224  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                92296  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc         13200  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_seq_oss            38912  0 
snd_usb_lib            21120  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_seq_midi           10688  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     10112  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            29856  2 snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                63232  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_hwdep              12552  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio
snd_timer              27912  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         10644  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    70984  21 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_seq_dummy,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore              10400  1 snd
usbcore               170288  9 snd_usb_audio,pwc,snd_usb_lib,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd




> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:44:30 -0600
> From: cluemail at jbaer.cotse.net
> To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] sound on Hardy
> 
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:29:53 -0600
> Bill Smith wrote:
> 
> > > From: dennisjperkins at comcast.net
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 09:14 -0600, Bill Smith wrote:
> > > > I'm having trouble getting the sound turned on in "Hardy". My new
> > > > install works flawlessly except for that. David Wilson will be happy
> > > > to know that I was able to edit the grub file after a kernal update
> > > > changed the menu. I looked at System>sound>sound preferences and
> > > > could not find the "general" tab to turn on the sound when Gnome
> > > > starts. The drivers appear to have found my onboard Intel MB sound
> > > > system but when I test - no sound. Also no sound when booting up.
> > > > The speaker icon in not muted and has approx. 50% volume. Thanks to
> > > > Nick, Collins, Pancho, and David Wilson for the help at the
> > > > installfest. Bill Smith
> > > 
> > > I'm assuming that you are using Gnome. Right-click on Open Volume
> > > Control. You might need to unmute one or more devices or increase
> > > volume. Hopefully this is all you need to do.
> > > 
> > I tried your suggestions but still no sound, and I am using Gnome.
> 
> Hmmm. Can you post the output of
> 
> $ lsmod | grep snd
> 
> I have an onboard Intel sound system, which works fine in Jaunty, and I
> think I've had Hardy on this system as well.
> 
> I used to know how to test sound by doing something like
> 
> $ cat somefile > /dev/dsp
> 
> But I don't remember what sort of file it needs to be. I think raw audio,
> but then you need to set your sound system to a particular bitrate.
> 
> However, I just tried this:
> 
> $ cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
> 
> and I indeed get something resembling white noise. And my system didn't
> explode either. (Just hit CTRL_C to stop.)
> 
> I think if the above doesn't result in any sound, then either there's some
> setting which is off, or maybe your sound system has a hardware problem.
> 
> jed
> 
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