Slackware 9.1 with KDE, no sound

[darkhaste]

i have installed Slackware 9.1 with the KDE WM, but there is no sound.

i have a soundblaster card installed, and speakers plugged into the card.

i don't know what soundblaster i have, but its an internal one, (any way of finding out what it is within linux? i don't know much about linux, only basic commands within the konsole)

any ideas?

[mdwatts]

See if

lspci

in the konsole as root will tell you which soundcard you have.

Also type

lsmod

to check to see which soundcard related modules are loaded. Ensure you have PnP OS disabled in the bios.

We do have LOTS of previous threads here on soundcard related problems of which you should find all sorts of suggestions you can first try.

[jme]

Run lspci to see details of the cards that are connectet to your computer...

I think that there are more options to get more detailed views as well so that you can find out what the chipset of the card is. See:
man lspci
for more information on the different arguments that you can give it.

Once you findout what the chipset is then you can see if there are any drivers you could visit the ALSA website for more information on installing the correct driver for you.

HTH

Jamie

[jme]

Beeten to it by mdwatts.

Have to be quicker nextime!!

[darkhaste]

thanks a lot what is the ALSA website?

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by darkhaste
thanks a lot what is the ALSA website?

http://www.alsa-project.org/

Bookmark www.google.com/linux as it will come in very handy for most Linux problems etc. I searched there for 'alsa' and found their homepage.

So does

lsmod

show any soundcard modules as being loaded? Search the JL forums for i.e. sblive and you will find lots of troubleshooting suggestions to try for yourself.

[darkhaste]

i have slackware 9.1 installed on my computer, and i have looked on the alsa site for the drivers, but i have no idea what it means
Here (http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=ESS+Technology&card=ES1371&chip=ES1371&module=ens1371#Inst) is the page i've been looking at.

can anyone point me in a more simplified direction? (i've been using linux for about a day now, and know a few basic commands at a push!)

thanks in advance.


(btw i have searched the forum, and found a few unrelating posts)

[mdwatts]

I've merged your new thread into this one since they are both on 'no sound'.

[darkhaste]

ok thanks

i have edited my BIOS config, and pnp os is now disabled, yet no sound...

[mdwatts]

And again...

What does

lsmod

show as for module loaded?

[mengle]

I hate to ask this but you did check your volume options in your mixer program, right? Often by default it seems like the sound is turned off in KDE. If you open Kmixer you just need to verify that your output volume is up at least half and that your input from your computer (I think they call it "line") is also up 70% or so.

Good luck!

P.S. There's also a sound check volume in the KDE control center somewhere. Have you given that a test?

[darkhaste]

what is displayed after running lsmod

Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-psm-oss 37252 0
snd-micer-oss 11992 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
uhci 24496 1 (unused)
usbcore 58400 0 [uhcii]
snd-ens1371 11596 0
gameport 1452 0 [snd-ens1371]
snd-pcm 55904 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ens1371]
snd-timer 13252 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc 6004 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi 12512 0 [snd-ens1371]
snd-seq-device 3920 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec 37240 0 [snd-ens1371]
snd 27460 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ens1371 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore 3332 6 [snd]
pcmcia_core 40032 0
ide-scsi 9424 0
agpgart 39576 0 (unused)

[darkhaste]

erm, may sound like a really stupid question, but where the heck is the mixer settings?

[darkhaste]

omg, how stupid am i??

i found it, and they were turned off, doh

sorry for this immense thread waste!

[mdwatts]

All the required modules for your soundcard ARE loaded, so it must be device permission related (/dev/dsp etc.), volume levels or sound is muted.

Run the ALSA soundcard mixer and check all settings.

Then startup a sound app at the commandline (konsole etc.), play a sound file and see what errors you get.

Please try searching the JL forums as this has to be the most popular problem posted here.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by darkhaste
omg, how stupid am i??

i found it, and they were turned off, doh


Do you really want an answer? :p

[mengle]

Originally posted by darkhaste
omg, how stupid am i??

i found it, and they were turned off, doh

sorry for this immense thread waste!

Don't feel stupid; I think everyone has had that problem at one time or another (I know I have). The important thing is that you were able to fix it and you can tell someone else how to fix it.