VOOLUME CONTROL PROBLEM

[Maurice Murphy]

Richard,
Here's something I found that might be applicable. (My Dell 8250 is 
getting on in years, like its master!).  Would you advise giving the 
recommendation below a try?

no sound 
<http://www.ubuntux.org/still-no-sound-in-ubuntu-edgy-eft-6-10#comment-650>
Submitted by opensourcepcs on Sat, 2007-04-07 05:01.

I did a bit of searching on the Internet and your sound card appears to 
be made prior to 2002.  If you have an older sound card, the kernel 
modules may be considered obsolete for the current build (2.6).  You can 
still load the kernel module and use it in the current build but you 
will need to discover what kernel module your sound card needs.       I 
had the same problem with a Dell GX1. I used an older version of a 
Knoppix Live CD (version 3.7, using kernel 2.4) to determine the correct 
kernel module.  The name of the sound card and module name flashed on 
the screen while booting (snd-cs4236 in my case).  Now, knowing the 
correct module, I loaded it in Ubuntu (temporarily) with the command 
"sudo modprobe snd-cs4236" (this only works till you reboot) to make 
sure it worked OK.   After I knew it worked, I added the module to 
/etc/modules which loads the module every time the machine boots.     I 
would first suggest you try a good live CD (like Knoppix 3.7) to 
determine the appropriate sound module.  If that does not work you may 
have success  with kernel 2.2.  the module may be on you system already 
(my module was in "/lib/modules/2.6.10/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x), if not 
you should be able to download it.



Maurice Murphy wrote:
> Richard,  I'm trying to recall my similar experience with Xandros.  I'm 
> not sure, but I think it's a driver problem for the Intel internal sound 
> card.  I'll Google around a bit to see what I can find.
>
> Richard Seguin wrote:
>   
>> It's possible it could be a keyboard mapping issue or it could be that
>> it's using the wrong sound device all-together.  Lets find out which one
>> it is...    Right click on the speaker icons in your system tray (right
>> click on the volume control icon) and select mute, does the icon change
>> and do the speakers mute?
>>
>> Maurice Murphy wrote:
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>>> Richard,  I have three options:  the 
>>>
>>> Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (ALSA mixer) I I noted in my original message , Brooktree 878 (ALSA mixer) for my tv connection, and Analog Devices AD1981A (OSS mixer)
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>>> Richard Seguin wrote:
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>>>> In the volume control applet under File menu there will be a "change 
>>>> device" option.  Click that and let me know how many devices it sees? 
>>>> I'll look into it further from there.
>>>>
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>>>> Maurice Murphy wrote:
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>>>>> Thanks, Pedro.  Can you be a little more specific by what you mean by 
>>>>> PCM control.  My applet is currently selected to Master.  If I change to 
>>>>> PCM, the applet still doesn't work.
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>>>>> Pedro I. Sanchez wrote:
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>>>>>>> I recently changed computers, reverting to my old Dell 8250 to get rid 
>>>>>>> of a BIOS error on my HP Media Centre box.  The Dell has an Intel 
>>>>>>> 82801BA-ICH2 sound card.  I now find that my volume/mute control does 
>>>>>>> not work. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But, I can control the volume and mute when in TVtime by use of the 
>>>>>>> arrow keys and 'M' on the keyboard.  Similarly, the volume control 
>>>>>>> included in Totem-xine works just fine, enabling me to mute all sound by 
>>>>>>> holding down the '-' sign on the Totem volume control.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone have an idea how I might get the regular Feisty volume 
>>>>>>> control to work? (I have tried all the available preferences and ensured 
>>>>>>> that none of the choices available in 'Open Volume Control' are muted.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks, Maurice
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>>>>>> Just a guess. Your sound applet may be configured to operate on the
>>>>>> wrong PCM control (there might be more than one). Right-click on it and
>>>>>> select the right "track" to control.
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