can't record

[robotics56a]

I can heard but I can record. I try :

weird@debian:~$ alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

any ideas?

[oz]

Did you already run the following:

alsaconf
alsamixer
alsactl store

[robotics56a]

weird@debian:~$ alsaconf
bash: alsaconf: command not found
weird@debian:~$ alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
weird@debian:~$ alasctl store
bash: alasctl: command not found

[oz]

Try doing this as root:

apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils alsa-oss

Then run the commands I posted previously.

[robotics56a]

debian:/home/weird# alsaconf
modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: (none loaded).
Building card database...
debian:/home/weird# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
debian:/home/weird# alsactl store
alsactl: save_state:1194: No soundcards found...

its worse now, now I can't hear anything either

[oz]

Yep, that's weird... what kernel are you running?

[robotics56a]

debian:/home/weird# uname -a
Linux debian 2.4.27-2-k7 #1 Mon May 16 17:18:17 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

[oz]

what do you get with:

lspci

and

lsmod

[robotics56a]

weird@debian:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
0000:00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
0000:00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
weird@debian:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
nls_iso8859-1 2876 0 (autoclean)
isofs 27028 0 (autoclean)
nvidia 1966464 6 (autoclean)
apm 9964 1 (autoclean)
af_packet 12808 0 (autoclean)
mousedev 3988 1
hid 21124 0 (unused)
input 3520 0 [mousedev hid]
tuner 10152 1
tvaudio 13512 0 (autoclean) (unused)
bttv 94720 0 (unused)
i2c-algo-bit 7592 1 [bttv]
i2c-core 13412 0 [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit]
soundcore 3972 0 [bttv]
videodev 6368 2 [bttv]
ehci-hcd 17868 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 22960 0 (unused)
usbcore 62252 1 [hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
ide-scsi 9904 0
scsi_mod 94596 1 [ide-scsi]
8139too 14536 1
mii 2432 0 [8139too]
crc32 2880 0 [8139too]
ide-cd 30976 0
cdrom 29412 0 [ide-cd]
rtc 6376 0 (autoclean)
ext3 80044 1 (autoclean)
jbd 41604 1 (autoclean) [ext3]
ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused)
via82cxxx 10504 1 (autoclean)
ide-disk 16576 2 (autoclean)
ide-core 107128 2 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect via82cxxx ide-disk]
unix 14832 221 (autoclean)

[oz]

I'm not familiar with the drivers for some of your hardware. Is the driver for your sound card showing up in the lsmod listing? If not you might try to modprobe for it with: modprobe <drivername>

Getting soundcards to work under ALSA is usually as simple as making sure the kernel recognizes the soundcard, making sure you have the right modules loaded, and then running the alsa commands and unmuting your volume levels before saving the settings.

Hopefully this will get you going, as I have to hit the sack now (getting up too early in the morning). I'll check back after work tomorrow to see if you made any progress.