Hi all,
According to the suggestion at the end of this email, in order to try
to get sound on my linux box, I was told to run alsamixer and/or
aumix. Well, as a newbie, I wasn't sure how to install it, so...I apt
get the Gnome Desktop environment, then I used the add/remove
application in Gnome. Then I installed Alsamixergui, and Gnome Alsa
Mixer. I couldn't find aumix. After both were installed, I invoked
them from the Applications, Sound & Video, menu. When I invoked Gnome
Alsa Mixer, I got
An error occurred while loading or saving configuration information
for GNOME ALSA Mixer. Some of your configuration settings may not work
properly.
then I hit details, and the window said...
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Master":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Master":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Master_Mono":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Master_Mono":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-3D_Control_Sigmatel_-_Depth":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-3D_Control_Sigmatel_-_Depth":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-3D_Control_Sigmatel_-_Rear_Depth":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-3D_Control_Sigmatel_-_Rear_Depth":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-PCM":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-PCM": `,'
is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Surround":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Surround":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Line":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Line": `,'
is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-CD":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-CD": `,'
is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mic":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mic": `,'
is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Video":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Video":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Phone":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Phone":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-PC_Speaker":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-PC_Speaker":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Aux":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Aux": `,'
is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Capture":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Capture":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/slider_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Sigmatel_Surround":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_sliders/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Sigmatel_Surround":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-3D_Control_-_Switch":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-3D_Control_-_Switch":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mic_Boost___20dB_":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mic_Boost___20dB_":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mic_Select":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mic_Select":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mono_Output_Select":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mono_Output_Select":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mix":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mix": `,'
is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mix_Mono":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Mix_Mono":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Analog_Digital_Output_Jack":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Analog_Digital_Output_Jack":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-External_Amplifier":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-External_Amplifier":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Sigmatel_4-Speaker_Stereo":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Sigmatel_4-Speaker_Stereo":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Sigmatel_Output_Bias":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Sigmatel_Output_Bias":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/toggle_display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Sigmatel_Surround_Phase_Inversion_Playback_":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_toggles/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11-Sigmatel_Surround_Phase_Inversion_Playback_":
`,' is an invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_mixers/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11": `,' is an
invalid character in key/directory names
Bad key or directory name:
"/apps/gnome-alsamixer/display_names/SigmaTel_STAC9708,11": `,' is an
invalid character in key/directory names
when I invoked Alsamixergui, I clicked on Proc Info. It gave me
information which might be useful. The information cosisted of the
following....
vso...@tiberius:~$ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16.
Compiled on Jun 1 2010 for kernel 2.6.24-28-server (SMP).
vso...@tiberius:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Live ]: EMU10K1X - Dell Sound Blaster Live!
Dell Sound Blaster Live! at 0xdcc0 irq 19
vso...@tiberius:~$ cat /proc/asound/devices
0: [ 0] : control
1: : sequencer
8: [ 0- 0]: raw midi
16: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
17: [ 0- 1]: digital audio playback
18: [ 0- 2]: digital audio playback
24: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
33: : timer
vso...@tiberius:~$ cat /proc/asound/oss-devices
cat: /proc/asound/oss-devices: No such file or directory
vso...@tiberius:~$ cat /proc/asound/timers
G0: system timer : 10000.000us (10000000 ticks)
P0-0-0: PCM playback 0-0-0 : SLAVE
P0-0-1: PCM capture 0-0-1 : SLAVE
P0-1-0: PCM playback 0-1-0 : SLAVE
P0-2-0: PCM playback 0-2-0 : SLAVE
vso...@tiberius:~$ cat /proc/asound/pcm
00-02: emu10k1x : EMU10K1X Center/LFE : playback 1
00-01: emu10k1x : EMU10K1X Rear : playback 1
00-00: emu10k1x : EMU10K1X Front : playback 1 : capture 1
Also.....ALSA Mixer says I have Chip: SigmaTel STAC9708,11
So...I've done my newbie best here. Does any of the above information
give anybody some insight on how I should proceed next to get sound to
work on my new Ubuntu 8.04 server. I'm groping along here, and I hope
that the actions that I did above will merit some more advice and/or
help. If worse comes to worse, I'll take my box to the next PLUG, and
hope that someone will get my sound to work.
Also...I've tried reading The Linux Sound HOWTO but it was hard to
make heads or tails of it.....
But mostly, does any of the above information give anyone a clue on
how I should next proceed? I hope I've done my newbie due diligence.
Sincerely,
Victor Soich
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010, Victor Soich wrote:
>
>> the questions? I've gotten part way with watching you tube videos in
>> Firefox on Ubuntu, but I still have no sound, and the video is choppy.
>
> Have you run aumix and/or alsamixer?
>
> Often the sounds of silence are heard when the speakers are turned off.
>
> Rich
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