Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA - No Sound

[dhk]

On 01/23/2011 07:20 AM, Dale wrote:
> dhk wrote:
>> On 01/23/2011 06:10 AM, Dale wrote:
>>
>>> Hazen Valliant-Saunders wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alsaconf will probe the right module for you.
>>>>
>>>> have you run alsamixer? (Or gmixer or whichever mixer you like to
>>>> unumte the channels with?)
>>>>
>>>> You need to unmute the channells;
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I will add this.  It seems every time I do a install, I have to unmute
>>> the sound with both alsa and Kmix to get sound.  I assume alsa controls
>>> the card itself and kmix is sort of like software.  You may have hit
>>> something similar here.  If even one thing is muted, no sound.  Finding
>>> them all is fun tho.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> :-)  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I had all the channels unmuted.  I ran alsamixer and
>> gnome-volume-control to unmute and to verify, but still no sound.  In
>> the /etc/make.conf I have ALSA_CARDS="AC97" set, but I don't think that
>> matters according to the documentation.
>>
>>
>
> Does lspci -k show it is using some sort of driver?  Mine for example
> shows this:
>
> 01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0be2 (rev a1)
>         Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 069a
>         Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
>
> If yours doesn't show a kernel driver in use, then it is likely a driver
> problem.  If it does show one, make sure it is the correct one.  I
> usually use this as a guide:
>
> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/
>
> Just run the lspci -n command and paste it in there.  It works well.  If
> it shows it is loading the correct driver, something is muted somewhere
> or maybe it is as simple as you have the speakers plugged into the wrong
> plug.  I did that once on my first build.  I had two green plugs.  Sort
> of got the wrong one.  ;-)
>
> I can't think of anything else at the moment.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>

It looks like it's got a driver from the following:
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb
AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

The full output is below.

# lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-amd64
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management
(rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ohci-hcd
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ohci-hcd
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0
Controller (rev a2)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
	Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
	Kernel modules: forcedeth
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb
AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
	Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller
(v2.5) (rev a2)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: AMD_IDE
	Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi, pata_amd
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Serial ATA Controller
(rev a2)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K8N-E
	Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
	Kernel modules: ata_generic, pata_acpi, sata_nv
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI
Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge
(rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX
5700LE] (rev a1)
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidia