No Sound in Mandrake 9.2

[Freak_Tweak]

Hey, I've been looking through these forums for the answer to this problem, buti haven't found it.

So, here's the problem:

I recently changed over to Mandrake 9.2 from Red Hat 9, but i have a problem. Everything works great, except i am not getting any sound. I have a Soundblaster 4.1 Digital sound card. I believe the problem is with the drivers, but I don't know what to do. By the way, I am new at linux, been using it for about 2 months now, and I love it.

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

[bosox79]

Originally posted by Freak_Tweak
Hey, I've been looking through these forums for the answer to this problem, buti haven't found it.

So, here's the problem:

I recently changed over to Mandrake 9.2 from Red Hat 9, but i have a problem. Everything works great, except i am not getting any sound. I have a Soundblaster 4.1 Digital sound card. I believe the problem is with the drivers, but I don't know what to do. By the way, I am new at linux, been using it for about 2 months now, and I love it.

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

what info does hardrake list about your sound card? does it list any modules? what happens if you run type modprobe emuk101? ( this should be the module for your card) from a root console? please post any errors/ messeges you recieve? do you get any errors while linux is booting?

and welcome to JL
:)

bosox

[leonpmu]

In Mandrake, as from 9.0 I think, go to the multimedia menu, sounds and Aumix and turn the volume up.

L

[Freak_Tweak]

Ok, well, I am at school right now (unfortunately). But, as soon as I get home, I will check that out, Because I havent looked for errors on startup. Thanx again for all the help on this. I wanna listen to my music!

[Freak_Tweak]

ok, i started it up, but i noticed no errors, and i checked in HardDrake, and here they are:

Vendor: Ensoniq
Alternative drivers: snd-ens1371
Bus: PCI
Bus identification: 1274:5880:1274:8001
Location on the bus: 0:d:0
Description: CT5880
Module: es1371
Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO

Vendor: VIA Technologies
Alternative drivers: via82cxxx_audio
Bus: PCI
Bus identification: 1106:3059:1043:80a1
Location on the bus: 0:11:5
Description: VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller]
Module: snd-via82xx
Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO

One of those is my integrated sound card, which i have tried to use, but that doesnt work either, and im not sure which one is which. Anyway, if this helps, let me know, otherwise, tell me what else you need thanx

[JesterDev]

Have you tried alsaconf ? (man alsaconf)

That worked for me with my sound blaster live.

[Freak_Tweak]

umm, no i ahvent but ill try that.. ill let u know how it turns out

[Freak_Tweak]

ok, i tried that, but i got an unrecognized command error thanx for trying tho

[mdwatts]

Try loading the SBLive module.

modprobe emu10k1

or

modprobe snd-emu10k1 (for ALSA drivers)

Remove or disable in the bios the other soundcards if you are not planning on using them.

[Freak_Tweak]

ok, thanx, ill give that a shot as soon as i get home. should be in about 3 or 4 hours

[Freak_Tweak]

hey guys, im back

i think i figured out the problem, lemme know:

I did the modprobe as you said, but i got the following error:

[root@localhost root]# modprobe emu10k1
/lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz failed
modprobe: insmod emu10k1 failed

ok, thats what the readout said.
i did some looking around, and i realized that emu10k1 is not in that directory, but is instead in /lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/pci/emu10k1/

what do i do about this, just move it to the right diretory, or is it not that simple?

[JesterDev]

Sorry my bad. You have to be root to use alsaconf otherwise it wont run so just su in a console. You don't need to be in the same dir but just in case it's in /usr/sbin/

[Freak_Tweak]

sorry, still not working, command unrecognized

[mdwatts]

modprobe emu10k1

No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.


Those errors can be caused by not having PnP OS disabled in the bios.

Does

whereis alsaconf

show anything?

# rpm -qf /usr/bin/alsaconf
alsa-0.9.6-66

[Freak_Tweak]

OK, i tried what you showed. Here are the results:

[root@localhost bin]# ls *alsa*
alsalisp*
[root@localhost bin]# rpm -qf /usr/bin/alsaconf
error: file /usr/bin/alsaconf: No such file or directory
[root@localhost bin]# whereis alsaconf
alsaconf:
[root@localhost bin]#

[Freak_Tweak]

I was looking throught the BIOS checking to see that PnP OS was disabled, when i happened upon the onboard options in the BIOS. Per the recommendations of mdwatts, i disabled the onboard audion controller... i booted back into linux, and viola! the sound now works. i can't belive i missed that one earlier. thanx for helping out everyone!!!!

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by Freak_Tweak
I was looking throught the BIOS checking to see that PnP OS was disabled, when i happened upon the onboard options in the BIOS. Per the recommendations of mdwatts, i disabled the onboard audion controller... i booted back into linux, and viola! the sound now works. i can't belive i missed that one earlier. thanx for helping out everyone!!!!

Glad to hear that and that we all could help. Enjoy !!