[SOLVED] Sound Not Working In Lenny

[Steven97]

Hi everyone. I have a little problem.
I installed debian lenny on a compaq computer with 383Mb Ram, a P3 processor, on a 996Mb Partition.
Then I ran

#apt-get install xserver-xorg-core xorg alsa-base alsa-utils hal udev xfce4 xfce4-goodies xfce4-mixer xfce4-mixer-alsa thunar-archive-plugin sudo slim

Everything installed OK so I ran

$sudo alsaconf

Everything worked OK until the end, then I get the error,

Loading driver...
Setting default volumes...
amixer: Muxer attach default error: No such file or directory


==========================================================

Now ALSA is ready to use.
For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.

Have a lot of fun!

and when I run

$aplay /usr/share/sounds/Front_Center.wav

I get

ALSA lib confmisc.c:768:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3513:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3985:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
aplay: main:564: audio open error: No such file or directory

and get no sound, and I added myself to the audio group and get the same result.

(by the way this is a dual boot with windows 98SE and sound works fine in windows)

Thanks in advance for your help

[shtromm]

The output of "lspci -v" would be helpful, because it would provide some information regarding the sound card.

[Steven97]

the output of

lspci -v

is as follows.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (GMCH) Graphics Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
        Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Device b165
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
        Memory at 44000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Memory at 40100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
        Kernel modules: i2c-i810


hope this helps
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
        Memory behind bridge: 40000000-400fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 20000000-200fffff
        Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 80 [Master])
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE Controller
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        I/O ports at 2020 [size=16]
        Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
        Kernel modules: piix

00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB Controller
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at eec0 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus Controller
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
        I/O ports at eee0 [size=16]
        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation Device b19d
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
        I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
        Kernel modules: snd-maestro3

01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
        Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 1400 [size=128]
        Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
        Kernel driver in use: 3c59x
        Kernel modules: 3c59x

hope this helps

[coopstah13]

your user has to be member of the audio group in order to use sound

[Steven97]

your user has to be member of the audio group in order to use sound

As said above I already am member

[coopstah13]

seems your sound card needs proprietary firmware in order to work

check out this thread Debian User Forums • View topic - [SOLVED] No Sound with Testing

[shtromm]

The audio card "ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1" seems to need the Maestro3 Kernel Module:

Hardware for Linux - Compaq Computer (by ESS Technology) / ES1988 Allegro-1

snd-maestro3 - Debian Wiki

[Steven97]

snd-maestro3 - Debian Wiki

This was just what I was looking for.
Thank You So Much