On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:38:17 -0500 "Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com" suggested this:
>I've purposely not used sound in my linux setups for yrs... never had >much need of sound... and only really needed it for my video editing >work which is done with Adobe tools and therefore all on windows. > >Anyway, cutting to the chase... like I said its been literally yrs >since I even thought about sound on linux... now I'm kind of lost as >to how to test, configure debug, etc. > >Trying to play a wav file with mplayer, it seems to play the file just >fine except I hear nothing. > >My audio hardware is the hugely common, at least on older PCs, AC'97. >And I seem to have a herd of modules running that appear sound >related. (See the output of lspci and lsmod below). > >Maybe its just a question of turning something on or setting volume >somewhere? >------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- > >lspci |grep audio > > 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation > 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) > >------- --------- ---=--- --------- -------- > >And I seem to have a whole herd of modules that are apparently sound >related. > >lsmod |grep snd > > snd_intel8x0 22382 5 > snd_ac97_codec 84197 1 snd_intel8x0 > ac97_bus 12462 1 snd_ac97_codec > snd_pcm 53315 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec > snd_seq 39539 0 > snd_timer 22027 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq > snd_seq_device 12985 1 snd_seq > snd 38562 15 > snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq, soundcore > 12992 1 snd snd_page_alloc 12899 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm Florian Kulzer helped me to debug this a couple of years ago. Very comprehensive and excellent run through, but this might be all you need: amixer set Master unmute amixer set PCM unmute Hope that helps Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *********************************************** The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. ---Henry Ward Beecher *********************************************** Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic ----------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111028093746.5b9ade5f@taowild