[SOLVED] Can't get any sound

[jimtyler]

Hi,

I can't seem to get any sound on my Ubuntu 9.10 distro. I've also got 10.04 in a different partition on the same hard drive, and it has sound. My sound card is an ESS Maestro. I ran #lsmod#, and here are the results:

Module                  Size  Used by
isofs                  31620  0 
udf                    80900  1 
crc_itu_t               1852  1 udf
binfmt_misc             8356  1 
pcmcia                 36808  0 
joydev                 10272  0 
yenta_socket           24200  2 
ppdev                   6688  0 
parport_pc             31940  1 
psmouse                56180  0 
lp                      8964  0 
snd_maestro3           19364  1 
snd_ac97_codec        101216  1 snd_maestro3
ac97_bus                1532  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            37920  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16028  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                75296  3 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc          9156  1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_dummy           2656  0 
rsrc_nonstatic         11644  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            35792  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
shpchp                 32272  0 
parport                35340  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
serio_raw               5280  0 
dell_wmi                2564  0 
snd_seq_oss            28576  0 
snd_seq_midi            6432  0 
snd_rawmidi            22208  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6940  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
iptable_filter          3100  0 
snd_seq                50224  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ip_tables              11692  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               16544  1 ip_tables
snd_timer              22276  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6920  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    59204  12 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               7264  1 snd
dcdbas                  7292  0 
i2c_piix4               9932  0 
video                  19380  0 
intel_agp              27484  1 
agpgart                34988  1 intel_agp
output                  2780  1 video
floppy                 54916  0

Any help on solving this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank you much.

Jim

[oz]

Check these troubleshooting articles for some tips that might help to get your sound working:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems

[jimtyler]

Hi,

I'm having a problem getting sound on my Ubuntu 9.10 distro. I also have Ubuntu 1.04 on the same machine, and the sound does work on that distro. I've got an ESS Maestro sound card in my machine. I ran the command #lsmod# on both distros, and the snd line in the results is the same on both. I'm not real familiar with command lines and the results, but the snd line does have the word Maestro3 in it, which I think is the driver. Any help on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Jim

[oz]

Have you tried troubleshooting the problem using the links above yet?

You didn't say in this most recent post, so we have no way of knowing what all you've tried.

[jimtyler]

Hey OZ,

That troubleshooter worked great. I'd forgotten about that website. I've got it bookmarked now. My analog stereo and mono output was muted. That was an easy fix. Thank you very much!

Jim

[oz]

That was an easy fix. Thank you very much!

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best... glad it's working for you now!