Hi! .....no sound! (SOLVED)

[sw4qw]

~new to forum~
Hmm... Well first off hello to all.

Soo, I've trudged my way through my first gentoo install. I don't think I've had that much fun in a long time.... ~not sure whether or not that was sarcasm~.

Seems the only thing I have left to figure out.....

after xorg.conf not working with monitor settings that EXACTLY matched those of the owners manual and a mouse that fought with everything it had to not have to let me use the scroll wheel.....

...is SOUND.

Like...i can't hear any.

I like to figure these things out as much on my own as i can... because i am relatively clueless and have a complex about it... but i find myself here needing a point in the right direction.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone has to offer.

[smindinvern]

I would say that most likely the problem is that you haven't configured alsa, try running from a terminal/cli:

alsamixer

make sure that everything is unmuted and configured correctly, then do:

alsactl save

[sw4qw]

Tried to run alsamixer and couldn't....
emerge alsa-driver gave me this result:

>>> emerge (1 of 1) media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.8 to /
>>> md5 src_uri alsa-driver-1.0.8.tar.bz2
* Determining the location of the kernel source code
* Found kernel source directory:
* /usr/src/linux
* Found sources for kernel version:
* 2.6.11-gentoo-r5
* Checking for suitable kernel configuration options
* ALSA is already compiled into the kernel.
* Please check to make sure these options are set correctly.
* Once you have satisfied these options, please try merging
* this package again.

!!! ERROR: media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.8 failed.
!!! Function check_extra_config, Line 439, Exitcode 0
!!! Incorrect kernel configuration options
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

...?
[edit]
This is from my kernel config file:
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=y

#
# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
#
CONFIG_SND=y
CONFIG_SND_TIMER=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=y
# CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY is not set
CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y
CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=y
CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y
# CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set
# CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set

..i think that matters...
[edit]

[jaboua]

Make sure alsa is compiled as modules, and then run this:

emerge alsa-utils

And then finally:

alsaconf

That should take care if everything for you. By the way, with the mouse wheel, add this to the xorg.conf file under the mouse section:

    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

[sw4qw]

I will try that .....
but as far as the mouse i DID get it working...
but besides the zaxismapping option it also required that the protocol option be changed from
PS/2 to IMPS/2.
[edit]
OK! So it was kind of a mix of the two suggestions.... i emerged alsa-utils
then used the alsamixer command and unmuted everything... followed by alsactl store

But anyway works now. On to the printer then I'll have everything taken care of.

Thanks so much for the help.
[edit]

[sarumont]

I will try that .....
but as far as the mouse i DID get it working...
but besides the zaxismapping option it also required that the protocol option be changed from
PS/2 to IMPS/2.
[edit]
OK! So it was kind of a mix of the two suggestions.... i emerged alsa-utils
then used the alsamixer command and unmuted everything... followed by alsactl store

But anyway works now. On to the printer then I'll have everything taken care of.

Thanks so much for the help.
[edit]

rc-update add alsasound default

This will store/load your mixer levels for you upon reboot. Ahh...the power of init scripts.

[smindinvern]

As far as I know, just doing alsactl store will do that much... but I didn't know that you could do it that way

[CoffeeMonster]

Wow thanks guys you kick ass, this will help me on my quest to enlightenment, in 5 minutes when I shall cast my inferno on the ntfs partition, and the debian ext3 partition and install Gentoo and FreeBSD!!! muahaha...