On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, at 8:36am, Ray Olszewski wrote: > 1. Check (and tell us, if need be) what "lspci" reports about the sound > hardware. It's hard to troubleshoot sound with no hardware information.
Heres the "relevant" info. from lspci - 0000:00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04) 0000:00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 01) > 2. Check "ls -l /dev/dsp". Make sure it points to the right place. It > should look something like this: > > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Mar 14 2002 /dev/dsp # ls -lF /dev/dsp crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Mar 14 2002 /dev/dsp > 3. Related to #1. please tell us what you know (independently of lspci) > about the sound hardware you are using. Are you certain (if so, how) that > the emu10k1 module is the right one? > [snip] > > 5. Has this sound hardware ever worked previously ... for example, with an > earlier Linux kernel or a different OS? > > 6. Related to 5 ... are you sure your sound cabling is right and your > speakers (or headphones) work? A long shot, but I'm trying to cover all > possibilities you did not address. > I am certain that emu10k1 is the right driver (for SBLive) - my previous installation of redhat used this driver and it worked fine. I think the basic cabling and connection to speakers are fine as well, since the soundcard works alright under windoze. > 4. Might this be an IRQ issue? Check /proc/interrupts before and after you > try to play a sound file. Make sure the access count for the audio device > has incremented. An example from one of my systems (different sound driver): > > 5: 134002133 XT-PIC es1371 Yes, the access count did increment. > 7. Basic questions: Debian Woody, Sid, or Sarge? Stock or custom kernel? > Debian sarge installation, stock kernel. > 8. Throughout my response, I've interpreted "unable to hear audio" as > meaning that the system fails silently ... that is, the "cat" process runs > to its conclusion without objection, but no sound actually comes out. (BTW, > this isn't a very good way to play sound files, but it should make noise > nonetheless.) If this interpretation is wrong, please correct it with > appropriate details. > I am sorry, I should've specified -- its not as if there is silence, I hear some weird buzzing noises on the cat command. Other things are that trying to play mp3 files via xmms gives a dialog box asking me to check: That the soundcard is configured alright The correct output plugin is selected No other program is accessing the soundcard I started with the first suggestion -- the output plugin selected is the OSS driver, and I don't think there are any other applications trying to access the soundcard. Thanks, -K - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
