where is alsaconf?

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 19 August 2008 12:31, oxy wrote:
> > The ouput of the following commands may be a start.
> > cat /proc/asound/cards
> > cat /proc/asound/version
> > lsmod | grep snd
> > lspci   (just the bits for the sound card/s
>
> Ok, here we go ...
>
> # cat /proc/asound/cards
>  0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
>                       HDA ATI SB at 0xd0400000 irq 18
>
> # cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16.
> Compiled on Jun 18 2008 for kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (SMP).
>
> # lsmod | grep snd
> snd_hda_intel         344728  3
> snd_pcm_oss            42144  0
> snd_mixer_oss          17920  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                78596  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_page_alloc         11400  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> snd_hwdep              10500  1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_seq_dummy           4868  0
> snd_seq_oss            35584  0
> snd_seq_midi            9376  0
> snd_rawmidi            25760  1 snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event      8320  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq                54224  6
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer              24836  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device          9612  5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd                    56996  17
> snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd
>_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore             
>  8800  1 snd
>
> # lspci
> 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition
> Audio Controller (rev 01)
>
> I'll post any new info i find. Thanx ...

Apart from you having said in your original post, that you'd installed 
alsa-driver 1.0.17, and 1.0.16 is showing as the driver version, those 
outputs above seem fine.

What do you see when you open alsamixer as user on the CLI? are any controls 
muted? The "M" key will toggle the state, and some sliders may as default be 
down, to save your ears when the sound initially starts. At the top of 
alsamixer you should see a reference to a chipset/codec. Would you post back 
which one it is.

hda-intel cards can be problematic, and you may have to set an options line 
in /etc/modprobe.conf, or /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base (depending on your 
distro), which will load snd-hda-intel using a specific model option. The 
model options available will depend on your codec, and you may have to put 
something like this, as an example, see below.
options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba 

Which make/model of computer is this?

All the best.

Nigel.