No sound with Realtek ALC662 on Intrepid

[Kevin B. O'Brien]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Saturday 15 November 2008 03:41, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
>   
>> I am having a problem with a system that has Realtek ALC662 sound. It is
>> not giving me any sound. I probably need to do some trouble-shooting,
>> but can anyone point me in the right direction?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> --
>> Kevin B. O'Brien         TANSTAAFL
>>     
>
> Hi Kevin.
>
> What is the make and model of your Laptop/PC?
>
> Can you post a bit of output as below.
>
> cat /proc/asound/cards
> lsmod | grep snd
> lspci    (just the bit for the sound card)
>
> Open alsamixer as user in Konsole, and check that nothing is muted (M key 
> toggles the mute/unmute), and that sliders are not at zero. Controls like 
> Master, PCM, and Front are the main ones you need to look at. Also scroll 
> along the list with the right arrow key, and push the CD one up if it exists.
>
> Open Kmix as well, and check for anything muted, because sometimes it messes 
> with settings already set in Alsamixer. Open Kmix's settings > configure 
> Kmix, and uncheck the load volumes at login box, if it's checked.
>
> That's probably enough for the moment.
>   
Thnaks, Nigel. Turns out PCM was turned down on KMix, so now I have full 
sound! Now on to the video problem...

Regards,

-- 
Kevin B. O'Brien         TANSTAAFL
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