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Help with getting sound to work please!

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merl15
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Help with getting sound to work please!

#1 Post by merl15 »

First of all, hi to all forum members who end up reading this.
Now to my question..Everytime I play something on XMMS (even though there is no sound on ALL sound-related software-XMMS just has a, sort of, detailed error message) I get this error: Failed to open audio output: OSS Driver 1.2.10 (I have tried switching from OSS to ALSA, etc.. but none seem to work any better then giving me that error :? ) So...I've followed some advice in re-installing alsa, disabling the "sound system" from the KControl in KDE and a bunch of other things..so any other ideas for me? :cry:

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#2 Post by pigah »

It may be a permissions problem. Try a sound application as root.

y.c.liu

#3 Post by y.c.liu »

you should add your user name to "audio" . run following command as root:

#adduser your_user_name audio

anon

#4 Post by anon »

I'm reading this as, you have no sound whatsoever, is this correct?
To help us help you, could you post the kernel you're using, what distro (stable, testing, unstable) and whether or not this is a fresh install or upgraded from a previous version.

merl(merl15)

#5 Post by merl(merl15) »

This is a fresh install of Debian etch (testing) - here's some useful information that may help people tell me what is wrong:

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sprawl:/home/merlin# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0080 (rev a3)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0084 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0087 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0087 (rev a1)
0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0088 (rev a2)
0000:00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008c (rev a3)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008a (rev a1)
0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008b (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0085 (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 008e (rev a3)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
0000:02:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
also modprobe:

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sprawl:/home/merlin# modprobe -l | grep snd
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/synth/emux/snd-emux-synth.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/synth/snd-util-mem.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pcmcia/vx/snd-vxpocket.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pcmcia/vx/snd-vxp440.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pcmcia/vx/snd-vx-cs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pcmcia/pdaudiocf/snd-pdaudiocf.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/ymfpci/snd-ymfpci.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/vx222/snd-vx222.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/trident/snd-trident.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/trident/snd-trident-synth.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-via82xx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-rme96.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-rme32.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-maestro3.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-sonicvibes.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-fm801.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-es1968.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-es1938.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-ens1371.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-ens1370.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-cs4281.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-cmipci.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-bt87x.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-azt3328.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-atiixp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0m.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/rme9652/snd-hdsp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/rme9652/snd-rme9652.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/mixart/snd-mixart.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/snd-als4000.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/snd-ice1724.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/snd-ice1712.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/ice1712/snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1-synth.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/au88x0/snd-au8830.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/au88x0/snd-au8820.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/au88x0/snd-au8810.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/ali5451/snd-ali5451.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ak4531-codec.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/pci/korg1212/snd-korg1212.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/wavefront/snd-wavefront.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-sscape.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-sgalaxy.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-opl3sa2.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-es18xx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-dt019x.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-cmi8330.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-azt2320.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb8.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb8-dsp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-dsp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb16-csp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sb-common.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-es968.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-emu8000-synth.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/opti9xx/snd-opti93x.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/opti9xx/snd-opti92x-cs4231.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/opti9xx/snd-opti92x-ad1848.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-interwave.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gusmax.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gusextreme.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gusclassic.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-interwave-stb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gus-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/gus/snd-gus-synth.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/es1688/snd-es1688-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4236.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4236-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4232.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4231.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4231-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/ad1848/snd-ad1848.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/ad1848/snd-ad1848-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/ad1816a/snd-ad1816a.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/ad1816a/snd-ad1816a-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-als100.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/i2c/snd-i2c.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/i2c/snd-tea6330t.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/i2c/other/snd-tea575x-tuner.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/i2c/other/snd-ak4117.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/i2c/other/snd-ak4xxx-adda.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/i2c/snd-cs8427.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-virmidi.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/vx/snd-vx-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-mtpav.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-serial-u16550.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/opl4/snd-opl4-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/opl4/snd-opl4-synth.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-synth.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/drivers/snd-dummy.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-timer.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-rtctimer.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-pcm.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-page-alloc.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-virmidi.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi-event.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-instr.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-midi-emul.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/instr/snd-ainstr-iw.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/instr/snd-ainstr-gf1.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/instr/snd-ainstr-fm.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/instr/snd-ainstr-simple.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-dummy.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-pcm-oss.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/oss/snd-mixer-oss.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/sound/core/snd-hwdep.ko
im running the 2.6.8 kernel...thats all the info im thinking anyone SHOULD need..I have KDE and XFCE instealld..Ive tried enabling/disabling the KDE sound system as well as trying alsaconf but that (alsaconf) gives me an error that no sound device was located or something..which matches the inforamtion given by lspci for the audio multimedia controller..the question is: why? SOmeone told me I may be one of the *lucky* :( ones who may need a proprietery driver (I have an nForce2 motherboard) for my onboard sound...I really hope that's not the case and I'm guessing it's not but I'm just giving info you people might find "useful" in helping me out..Thanks

anon

#6 Post by anon »

Try this, disable the kde soundsystem and as root:
apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils alsa-oss && alsaconf
then choose either the alsa or oss output plugin in xmms, if you get any fatal error messages post them here and if you get no sound at all when done, post the output of lsmod.

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