Sound is not working

[ameysalvi81]

hello everyone

i have install the Debian linux(with Gnome & Kde) on my laptop(IBM ThinkPad R50e),but my sound is not working on it ...

as i have asked to many friends as per them it should start automatically
but its not happen with me.

i can see the video but without sound, when i tried to play the Mp3 files it gives me an error as
"Please check that:
Your soundcard is configured properly
You have the correct output Plugin selected
No other program is blocked the soundcard"

please any one help me to start my sound on debain linux

[etusch]

click desktop>preferences>sessions

and then , at third section , there is startup aplications.
And add your sound managers name there. For example
>>>gnome -sound-manager<<<

Big probably your sound system doesn't start and you must manuelly start it from applications menu. But if you add your prefered sound driver to startup it will automatically start when you start your system

it might be like that (I may be wrong wrote. you can find right on your system)
gnome -sound-manager

[Vergil83]

Are you using sarge, etch, sid? What kernel are you runnning (uname -a)?

[craigevil]

Sound is a very peculiar thing in the sense that newbies have all kinds of problems and it's so easy for experienced users that it's really difficult to figure out what the newbie's issue is.

The System sounds are served up by aRts, but Movies, CDs, need to be handled by Alsa.

In the GUI menues are multimedia setting applications. I think there have been rare occasions when I had to tweak them a little bit, but I have done many Etch installations on many different computers, both laptops and desktops, and very rarely is there any problem at all. The trouble shooting sequence should go like this:

# lspci | grep audio
# lsmod | grep snd
# aptitude (or apt-get) install alsa-base alsa-utils
# alsaconf

...and start listening.

If nothing shows up on the lspci query, you have hardware problems. If nothing shows up on the lsmod query, you have driver problems. Assuming those are OK, and alsaconf recognized the card, the only thing left is sound mixer problems for which there are quite a few solutions, including alsamixergui

[ameysalvi81]

Are you using sarge, etch, sid? What kernel are you runnning (uname -a)?

ya i am using the sarge R4,will let u know the kernel version i hv 2 check it.

[ameysalvi81]

click desktop>preferences>sessions

and then , at third section , there is startup aplications.
And add your sound managers name there. For example
>>>gnome -sound-manager<<<

Big probably your sound system doesn't start and you must manuelly start it from applications menu. But if you add your prefered sound driver to startup it will automatically start when you start your system

it might be like that (I may be wrong wrote. you can find right on your system)
gnome -sound-manager

i tried doing all this but not able to start the sound
not able 2 get "click desktop>preferences>sessions"

[smygel]

# lspci | grep audio
# lsmod | grep snd
# aptitude (or apt-get) install alsa-base alsa-utils
# alsaconf

...and start listening.


-- i have the same problem!! Sometimes i am able to use xmms.. but thats just sometimes i have tryed *gnome -volume-manager* in sesjon, now its stands >> gnome -volume-manager --sm-disable<<!!! why? i delete it and wright gnome -volum agien (dosent work!) i have tryed ispci | grep audio and so on, On apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils--> i have the latest!!

im using debian gnu/linux. is it my sound card? in that case, HOW too install it and where to download it?? its à AC-97!
please help. thank you so mutch..

[iwanabeguru]

ameysalvi:
are you a member of the audio group? add yourself to the audio group
usermod -G audio "your username"

smygel:
while you are trying to use xmms , do you run any application which use soundcard?

[smygel]

smygel:
while you are trying to use xmms , do you run any application which use soundcard?[/QUOTE]

hey..
No im just run gaim.. but do i have to install my sound driver? or is that automatic in debian???

tnx

[Slijp]

I have also a sound problem and don't want to make a new thread.

Yesterdag, everything works fine exept adobe flash-player. (I had the latest version: Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31)

I wanted to fix it and tried a lot of things, but the result was that I got no sound at all.

I have no audio with Totem-mediaplayer, Mplayer, VLC...
I have the latest alsa-base and alsa-utils installed

I run:


alsaconf
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-ac97-bus snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-page-alloc (failed: modules still loaded: snd-pcm snd-timer snd-page-alloc).
Building card database...

Running update-modules...
Loading driver...
Setting default volumes...
================================================== =============================
Now ALSA is ready to use.
For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.

Have a lot of fun!



lspci | grep audio

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)

lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0 30620 0
snd_ac97_codec 83360 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2688 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 68996 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,cx88_alsa
snd_timer 21316 1 snd_pcm
snd 47524 5 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,cx88_alsa,snd_pcm,snd_ timer
soundcore 9568 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9928 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm