Newbie problem: Hoary live makes sound, installed version silent

[Alvin Thompson]

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-alvin


On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 12:39 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I've been puzzled about linux sound from the beginning.  Now I really want it,
> and it's got me stumped.  I could use some help.
> 
> When I boot my Hoary live disk, it comes up loud.
> When I boot the same kernel from my hard-disk installation, I can't get it
> so so much as squeak.  Here's what I've done so far to no avail:
> 
> I've visited Ssytem -> Preferences -> Sound -> SoundEvents, and even
> if I locate a .wav and assign it, "play" produces no sound at all.  Not even
> a click.
> 
> I've visited Applications->Sound+Video -> Volume Control and unmuted the
> playback stuff and set the volume controls mid-range.  No help.
> 
> I've compared the outputs of lsmod, and while there are some differences,
> it appears all the sound stuff is loaded.  Here's an extract of the hard-drive
> version:
> 
> snd_fm801              18052  1
> snd_tea575x_tuner       3904  1 snd_fm801
> videodev                9792  1 snd_tea575x_tuner
> snd_ac97_codec         74144  1 snd_fm801
> snd_pcm_oss            52132  1
> snd_mixer_oss          19680  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                94696  3 snd_fm801,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_page_alloc          9732  1 snd_pcm
> snd_opl3_lib           10720  1 snd_fm801
> snd_timer              25060  2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
> snd_hwdep               9380  1 snd_opl3_lib
> snd_mpu401_uart         7680  1 snd_fm801
> snd_rawmidi            24480  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device          8460  2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
> snd                    55012  11 snd_fm801,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mi
> xer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi
> ,snd_seq_device
> soundcore              10016  2 snd
> i2c_piix4               8560  0
> i2c_core               22320  1 i2c_piix4
> 
> 
> 
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> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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