Sound problems

_tyrone · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 16

I've installed ALSA and followed the ALSA guide here, but I'm getting the error

batistuta · Veteran Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1384 Location: Aachen

more info please. Are you running alsa in the kernel or as a module? Although you don't say it, I assume you get that error when starting X. Take one step back. Can you play from the command line?

_tyrone · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 16

X is working fine, using ALSA from module.

SZwarts · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:42 am Post subject:

Maybe you can provide a little bit more information. Who is giving this error message? a program? a desktop manager sound daemon? What kind of sound card do you have? what kind of driver have you installed? are you trying to use a program with oss emulation? are the sound devices there? does an lspci list your sound card?
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batistuta · Veteran Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1384 Location: Aachen

again: Take one step back. Can you play from the command line?

when do you get the error? Does the alsa module start without problems? Can you run alsamixer?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject:

_tyrone,

Show us your sound devices ... thats

_tyrone · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 16

KDE is giving me the message, on start up. Using nForce 2.

ls -l /dev/snd

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject:

_tyrone,

That looks reasonable. Are you in the audio group ?
Type groups to check. Add yourself, log our and login to pick up the new groups membership, if needed.
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_tyrone · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 16

My user is in the audio group. Still not workin'

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batistuta · Veteran Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1384 Location: Aachen

Quit X. Then does alsamixer work? .

_tyrone · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 16

aslamixer works.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:12 pm Post subject:

_tyrone,

Set up your sound in KDE - its trying to use the defualt device - whatever that is.
It may be set to a device you don't have, or an input only device ...

Trying to play sound through a webcam is usually disapporing.
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batistuta · Veteran Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1384 Location: Aachen

can you try playing something from xmms or amarok, talking directly to ALSA (rather than arts)???

I was gonna suggest again playing something from the console, to make sure that ALSA is working, but I know that for some reason you don't like that idea

_tyrone · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 16

Okay, I think it's KDE/aRt side that's the problem.
If I change a setting in art, it will say "Starting sound system" and once it reaches 100% go back to 0% and repeat.

batistuta · Veteran Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1384 Location: Aachen

this sounds like it is trying to start arts and it can't. The thing is that you don't really need arts. Disable for the moment all sounds in kde. Then open up xmms or something and try to play some music by selecting ALSA directly (Rather than arts) as your sound device.

I would really also try things outside X. Try sending some random noise to the sound device, that doesn't require any special program.

_tyrone · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 16

Aye, still not working.

I added myself into the audio group, but when I type groups in terminal, I can't see audio in it.

more info -

esd

batistuta · Veteran Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 1384 Location: Aachen

esd is something completely different and it doesn't really apply to KDE (which seems to be your DE). I really don't know what you are trying to do.

I've suggested some things that I would try to solve the problem, but it doesn't seem to follow your approaches. Wish you good luck with whatever you do.