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From: maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] after emerge -Du world - - no sound no errors
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:52:04
Message-Id: 20050819154146.98620.qmail@web31711.mail.mud.yahoo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] after emerge -Du world - - no sound no errors by Holly Bostick
1 --- Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl> wrote:
2
3 > maxim wexler schreef:
4 > > Hello everyone,
5 > >
6 > > Sound files played fine prior to the update.
7 > >
8 > > When unit boots speakers thump at "Loading:
9 > > snd-seq-oss..."as before.
10 > >
11 > > blissfix@dayglo ~ $ lsmod
12 > > Module Size Used by
13 > > fglrx 238332 0
14 > > agpgart 33320 1 fglrx
15 > > ppp_deflate 6272 0
16 > > zlib_deflate 22680 1 ppp_deflate
17 > > zlib_inflate 18304 1 ppp_deflate
18 > > ppp_async 11392 1
19 > > crc_ccitt 2176 1 ppp_async
20 > > ppp_generic 23828 6
21 > ppp_deflate,ppp_async
22 > > slhc 7680 1 ppp_generic
23 > > snd_pcm_oss 58784 0
24 > > snd_mixer_oss 19584 1 snd_pcm_oss
25 > > snd_seq_oss 33024 0
26 > > snd_seq_midi_event 7424 1 snd_seq_oss
27 > > snd_seq 54416 4
28 > > snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
29 > > snd_seq_device 8844 2
30 > snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
31 > > uhci_hcd 31244 0
32 > > rtc 8212 0
33 > > ohci1394 32900 0
34 > > ieee1394 103220 1 ohci1394
35 > > snd_intel8x0 31040 0
36 > > snd_ac97_codec 69760 1 snd_intel8x0
37 > > snd_pcm 93320 3
38 > > snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
39 > > snd_timer 24836 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
40 > > snd 56452 10
41 > > snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_m
42 > >
43 >
44 idi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
45 > > soundcore 9184 1 snd
46 > > snd_page_alloc 10372 2
47 > snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
48 > > ohci_hcd 29448 0
49 > > ntfs 207668 1
50 > > displays
51 > >
52 > > Sound files "play" but without sound and without
53 > any
54 > > sort of error. Nothing in dmesg, messages amiss.
55 > > alsasound(newly created in /etc/init.d) is listed
56 > in
57 > > /etc/runlevels/boot and properly linked.
58 > >
59 > > Only hint that something is wrong: boot console
60 > fails
61 > > to display mixer settings as before.
62 > >
63 > > Yes, my username *is* in the audio group.
64 > >
65 > > Must be something simple, but what?
66 > >
67 > >
68 > >
69 >
70 > Idea #1: Put alsasound in default, rather than boot
71 > runlevel. There is
72 > no use for sound in the boot runlevel, and having it
73 > there often causes
74 > (weird, inexplicable) problems.
75
76 Doesn't work. madplay gives the error
77
78 Audio: esd_open_sound() failed
79
80 but the other players xmms, ogg123, mpg123 churn away
81 as if nothing was wrong
82
83 >
84 > Idea #2: might something have gone wonky with your
85 > mixer settings?
86 >
87
88 blissfix@dayglo ~ $ amixer
89 [...]
90 Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
91 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
92 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
93 Limits: Playback 0 - 31
94 Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [on]
95 Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [on]
96 Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
97 [...]
98 everythings else is off
99
100 > HTH,
101 > Holly
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105 >
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