<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"> <html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css"> p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } </style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu Sans'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;"> snip.... > > > Hi Karl. Everything above appears to be ok. All modules are loaded, and > > > the soundcard is detected. Looking in /etc/group my user name is not on > > > the audio group, and yet the sounds are working for me. it may be worth > > > adding your user name to the audio group in /etc/group, which should > > > look like this, as below. Just change the user name, which is mine. > > > > > > audio: x: 29: djmons > > > > ==> done, but no result. > > > > > Then logout, and login, or reboot, and see if anything has changed. > > > > > > You can also download a shellscript from the link below. When run this > > > will pick up info about your machine, and all sound related stuff. As > > > default it will upload it to a website, just post back the link to the > > > site in your reply. > > > > > > http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa/raw-file/tip/alsa-info.sh > > > > > > Using save as, save the script as alsa-info.sh, and make it executable. > > > Cd to where the script is saved in Konsole, and run it as. > > > ./alsa-info.sh > > > > > > Just paste the link to the website, where it's been uploaded to in your > > > reply. > > > > > > I'll post the info to the alsa development list, or you can if you're > > > subscribed, and we'll see if we can get your sounds working. > > > > > > All the best. > > > > > > Nigel. > > > > Nigel, > > The ALSA information is located at > > http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=be2b03e6019904df43e68328594bb1b9e6d95f3 > >a > > > > (ps: i'm not subscribed to the als list) > > > > Regards, Karl > > Hi Karl. > > Thanks for providing the link above. There's a lot of usefull info provided > when running that script, but I can't see anything that shows itself as a > problem with your sound not working. > > You say that alsamixer has everything unmuted, and sliders like Master, > PCM, Front, and CD are up. Have a look also in Kmix. On Intrepid, it > doesn't open from the K menu for some strange reason, but if you click on > the speaker icon in KDE's panel, there is a mixer button, which displays > kmix. check that nothing is muted here, and that all sliders are up. > > I've often seen problems with kmix, when it has the "restore volumes on > login" box checked, but that was on earlier distros than Intrepid. What > happened is that when booting up Alsa was started, and alsactrl restore was > run, which restored the alsamixer settings from when you last shutdown. Now > you login to KDE, and Kmix (if the "restore volumes on login" box is > checked) resets the Alsamixer settings, to the settings that were in Kmix > when you first installed Intrepid. I don't think that this is your problem, > as I didn't have this problem on my Kubuntu Intrepid install, but is worth > a look. > > You could try changing the options line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. > > Remove the model=acer-aspire bit, and replace it so the options line shows > as below. > > options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=1 ==> I've changed this and rebooted... No sound at all... > This will only use the first codec on the list, and in your case ALC889. > > I doubt if there will be any changes with your sound problems, but one > never knows. > > As you see when receiving this reply, I have changed the subject line, > which may bring someone else in, who also has an Acer 6920, and maybe has > resolved any sound problems. > > Hopefully we will get your sounds working. > > Nigel. </body></html>