No Sound in etch-n-half

[barrettgpeck]

I've installed the alsa packages from apt-get, but i am still unsure on how to fix this.

I have a Dell Optiplex 360 with an intel core2 processor.

any ideas?

[RobinVossen]

Is everything unmuted and are you in the audio group?

There are a lot of people here with these questions look on the forums for tips.. Oh and letting us know what kind of CPU you have doesnt really solve a Audio Issue if you can tell us the card you got.. Oh are the Modules Loaded etc??

[coopstah13]

etch is fairly old and getting close to being unsupported

you have new(er) hardware, and will likely have much better support for hardware in the newest version (lenny)

[barrettgpeck]

etch is fairly old and getting close to being unsupported

you have new(er) hardware, and will likely have much better support for hardware in the newest version (lenny)

This is at work... I run Karmic Ubuntu at home, and everything is great. They have their reasons for running etch...

Is everything unmuted and are you in the audio group?

There are a lot of people here with these questions look on the forums for tips.. Oh and letting us know what kind of CPU you have doesnt really solve a Audio Issue if you can tell us the card you got.. Oh are the Modules Loaded etc??

Well, on the Dells the sound is on-board. It would be considerably easier if I had a pci soundcard (I think). As far as I know the modules are loaded, how do I ensure this?

[RobinVossen]

lspci
Check if the card is loaded with lsmod
post your lsmod | grep "snd" here

[barrettgpeck]

$ lsmod |grep "snd"
snd_hda_intel         274848  0
snd_pcm_oss            38368  0
snd_mixer_oss          15424  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                72036  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              21348  1 snd_pcm
snd                    48772  5 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               7680  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10184  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

[coopstah13]

if aplay -l doesn't show any devices, then its a permissions problem most likely, as robin mentioned make sure you are in audio group, if running the command as root shows the devices that is your problem

[barrettgpeck]

if aplay -l doesn't show any devices, then its a permissions problem most likely, as robin mentioned make sure you are in audio group, if running the command as root shows the devices that is your problem

bingo!

now... how do i re-set the permissions? if you all havent figured out, i am pretty new to linux/unix....

[coopstah13]

so are you in the audio group?
gpasswd -a <username> audio
run this as root to add your user to the group, you will have to logout and log back in for changes to take effect

[barrettgpeck]

Thanks, I appreciate it!