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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I have two sound cards - and no sound
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 06:33:54
Message-Id: 4133929.9Xgfvkoh6D@dell_xps
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] I have two sound cards - and no sound by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On Thursday 09 Feb 2017 22:19:24 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
2 > On my new box I seem to have two sound cards but no sound.
3 >
4 > cat /proc/asound/cards
5 > 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
6 > HDA ATI SB at 0xfe400000 irq 16
7 > 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
8 > HDA NVidia at 0xfe080000 irq 50
9 >
10 > lspci | grep -i audio
11 > 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia
12 > (Intel HDA) (rev 40) 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP
13 > Audio Controller (rev a1)
14 >
15 > cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep SND_HDA
16 > CONFIG_SND_HDA=y
17 > CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=y
18 > CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y
19 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG is not set
20 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP is not set
21 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER is not set
22 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK is not set
23 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG is not set
24 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL is not set
25 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA is not set
26 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_HDMI is not set
27 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CIRRUS is not set
28 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT is not set
29 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0110 is not set
30 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0132 is not set
31 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA is not set
32 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054 is not set
33 > # CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC is not set
34 > CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT=0
35 > CONFIG_SND_HDA_CORE=y
36 > CONFIG_SND_HDA_I915=y
37 > CONFIG_SND_HDA_PREALLOC_SIZE=64
38 >
39 > #speaker-test
40 >
41 > speaker-test 1.1.2
42 >
43 > Playback device is default
44 > Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
45 > Using 16 octaves of pink noise
46 > ALSA lib
47 > /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.2/work/alsa-lib-1.1.2/src/pcm/pcm_
48 > dmix.c:1041:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave Playback open error:
49 > -2,No such file or directory
50 >
51 > What am I missing?
52
53 You are missing the correct sound driver for your hardware.
54
55
56 > Doesn't matter which card I select via "alsamixer" I get:
57 >
58 > " This sound device does not have any controls."
59
60 You could use Google to find out which kernel module is required for your
61 hardware; or, quicker and potentially more accurate would be to set up *every*
62 driver as a module in your kernel and reboot. The correct module will be
63 loaded and will show up in dmesg and lsmod. Then you can deselect the rest
64 and rebuild your kernel.
65 --
66 Regards,
67 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] I have two sound cards - and no sound Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] I have two sound cards - and no sound "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>