Archived thread 1059956 from Arch and derivatives. Markdown source: Arch_and_derivatives/thread_1059956_sound_not_working.md
i logged in as non-root user and then went to the terminal,and typed in "alsamixer" to configure sound settings.but,the following was the output:
[sonujha@arch ~]$ alsamixer
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory [sonujha@arch ~]$
i have configured my sound card as per the instructions on the arch's beginner's guide i found at http://archlinux.org.
What's wrong,and how do i fix this?
You sure you have the correct driver installed for your sound card? What card is it, by the way?
Did you add your user to the 'audio' group?
i believe i have installed the proper driver.i did add my user to audio group.
You have to log out and log back in after you added the user to the audio group. Did you try to run alsamixer as root?
What's the output of:
aplay -l
lspci -v
lsmod | grep sndthe output of the first and last commands were as follows:
[sonujha@arch ~]$ aplay -l aplay: device_list:217: no soundcards found... [sonujha@arch ~]$ lsmod | grep snd snd_page_alloc 10120 0 [sonujha@arch ~]$
the output of the second command was:
[sonujha@arch ~]$ lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 2770 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: fc000000-febfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 0888 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at fbefc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cff00000-00000000cfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: fbf00000-fbffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27c8 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at d480 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27c9 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at d800 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27ca Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at d880 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27cb Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 I/O ports at dc00 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27cc Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at fbefbc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=32 Capabilities: <access denied>
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27b8 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: intel-rng, iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27df Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1] I/O ports at 0170 [size=8] I/O ports at 0374 [size=1] I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] Kernel driver in use: ata_piix Kernel modules: piix, ata_piix
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27c0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at d400 [size=8] I/O ports at d080 [size=4] I/O ports at d000 [size=8] I/O ports at cc00 [size=4] I/O ports at c880 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ata_piix Kernel modules: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27da Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 0400 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 8136 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 764 I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Memory at fbfff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at fbfc0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device 2147 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at fc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at febe0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb
[sonujha@arch ~]$ clear
[sonujha@arch ~]$ aplay -l aplay: device_list:217: no soundcards found... [sonujha@arch ~]$ lsmod | grep snd snd_page_alloc 10120 0 [sonujha@arch ~]$ clear
[sonujha@arch ~]$ lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 2770 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: fc000000-febfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 0888 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at fbefc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cff00000-00000000cfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: fbf00000-fbffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27c8 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at d480 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27c9 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at d800 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27ca Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at d880 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27cb Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 I/O ports at dc00 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27cc Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at fbefbc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=32 Capabilities: <access denied>
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27b8 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: intel-rng, iTCO_wdt
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27df Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1] I/O ports at 0170 [size=8] I/O ports at 0374 [size=1] I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] Kernel driver in use: ata_piix Kernel modules: piix, ata_piix
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27c0 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at d400 [size=8] I/O ports at d080 [size=4] I/O ports at d000 [size=8] I/O ports at cc00 [size=4] I/O ports at c880 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ata_piix Kernel modules: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 27da Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 0400 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 8136 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 764 I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Memory at fbfff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at fbfc0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device 2147 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at fc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at febe0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb
[sonujha@arch ~]$
load the module. as root:
modprobe snd-hda-inteli did the following: #modprobe snd-hda-intel and got the following output:
FATAL:Error inserting snd-hda-intel(/lib/modules/2.6.28-ARCH/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko):Unknown symbol in modules or unknown parameter(see dmesg)
I am using the same driver, and got no such problems. Seems like a corrupt module.
I'm in the middle of installing Arch myself and ran into this problem last night. Did you run alsaconf as root already? That was my problem. Once I ran it, my sound worked as it should.
so,what should i do now?
After I ran alsaconf and it set up my soundcard, I then reopened alsamixer just to make sure all my levels were set, then I ran the soundfile: $ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav and everything seemed to work fine. Then I added alsa to the DAEMONS section in /etc/rc.conf.
Hopee that works for you... :)
Sunflower1970 said: After I ran alsaconf and it set up my soundcard, I then reopened alsamixer just to make sure all my levels were set, then I ran the soundfile:
$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav and everything seemed to work fine. Then I added alsa to the DAEMONS section in /etc/rc.conf.
Hopee that works for you... :)
Do you have sound after a reboot? I do on a desktop but not on an old laptop that I'm playing with. The command # alsactl store doesn't help the problem. Alsaconf finds the card and works for me until I reboot. Then nothing. I have to run alsaconf again to have sound.
Yes, I do have sound afterwards. I'm using Arch on an old PII desktop. Not sure what the soundcard is at the moment (I'm at work). Never tried putting Arch on my laptop...
Did you try the part in the Archlinux beginner's guide about having snd_pcsp load after alsamixer? (here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide#Configure_sound_with_alsamixer) Or have you tried blacklisting it? (also in the above link?)
Found this on troubleshooting too: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA#Troubleshooting
Sunflower1970 said: Yes, I do have sound afterwards. I'm using Arch on an old PII desktop. Not sure what the soundcard is at the moment (I'm at work). Never tried putting Arch on my laptop...
Did you try the part in the Archlinux beginner's guide about having snd_pcsp load after alsamixer? (here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide#Configure_sound_with_alsamixer) Or have you tried blacklisting it? (also in the above link?)
Found this on troubleshooting too: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA#Troubleshooting
Yes, I've tried all of those and they didn't solve the problem. I've spent quit a bit of time googling and just got through trying a technique a debian user used to fix his but still no go here.
What was odd was the first time I tried Front_Center.wav while installing it worked. I went ahead and put X on and loaded some programs and then hit the hay. Next morning, no sound. I first figured maybe the kernel upgrade had hosed it but after examining the packman log, it was apparent that wasn't what did it. Never dawned on me that shutting the machine off was the culprit until I stumbled across it while googling. Only way I've been able to get sound back is by using the alsaconf script but it won't stick and googling again has told me this is a common problem with this script. I don't know where to go next except back to google or to just forget about it. Sound and everything works fine in XP, maybe this laptop is doomed to always be a windows machine. Wireless card works flawlessy too in XP but is a hassle in Linux and may not even be possible to ever get configured.
Thanks for the reply.
*@wolfvorkian1:* I wonder if you can call the script in ~/.xinitrc ?
Give it a try, if that works then it will initialise sound for you every time you boot, which I'm sure will make you happy. :-)
Make sure you put an "&" after the command or your .xinitrc won't work properly.
handy said: *@wolfvorkian1:* I wonder if you can call the script in ~/.xinitrc ?
Give it a try, if that works then it will initialise sound for you every time you boot, which I'm sure will make you happy. :-)
Make sure you put an "&" after the command or your .xinitrc won't work properly.
Thanks Handy. This alsaconf "script" though is one which requires manual intervention. You have to tell it to do this and that and my expertise with these machines isn't much more than being able to hit the button to start them and to click a mouse. ;)
Most of the "fixes" I've googled seem to revolve around modules. The few success stories come from blacklisting certain ones and I've done that 'til I'm blue in the face. So, I gotta keep googling until I find another fix, *if* there is one. It takes maybe a couple of minutes to run this alsaconf program, so I can always do it if I can't ever find one but not having something 'right' bothers me.
If it's not a notebook, you could stick another sound card in it.
PCI sound cards are very cheap brand new, let alone what you might find 2nd hand. For $5- you could be out of trouble.
Just a thought.
handy said: If it's not a notebook, you could stick another sound card in it.
PCI sound cards are very cheap brand new, let alone what you might find 2nd hand. For $5- you could be out of trouble.
Just a thought.
Those inexpensive PCI cards work fine for a desktop. I found the cheapest one available at Newegg a couple years ago and it is still going strong on an old desktop.
Arch simply doesn't like the audio card ( Maestro3 ESS....) on this little laptop I'm finding out. Why, I just don't know and that is after hours of googling but Puppy finds it instantly and sends out sound. Arch though does like the cheapy card I mentioned and also likes a vanilla intel onboard on another old desktop. Arch hated the onboard video card on the 2 old desktops ( gparted live cd's too) but loves an old Nvidia. I'm finding out that matching the hardware and distributions up are more important than I originally realized.
I quit using Mutt basically because of the hassle of cutting and pasting like you were asking about with Nano. So easy with a mouse but trying to remember the keyboard combinaions was a pia. I was never able to get the mouse to work in Nano but I never tried that hard either.
But thanks anyhow for the suggestion. I appreciate any and all suggestions concerning the audio glitch I got on this like brand new 6 year old laptop that I got for exactly the right price. Zero dollars.
You might be very lucky & find a cheap 2nd hand external sound module that plugs in via USB.
handy said: *@wolfvorkian1:* I wonder if you can call the script in ~/.xinitrc ?
Give it a try, if that works then it will initialise sound for you every time you boot, which I'm sure will make you happy. :-)
Make sure you put an "&" after the command or your .xinitrc won't work properly. Just fyi- putting a script in .xinitrc will run it when starting X, not upon boot. ;) You could put last minute scripts in /etc/rc.local. In this case, however, alsaconf is not a script which can be run at boot, (unless you want to run through an interactive ncurses program which probes for hardware and attempts to configure your soundcard.) ;)
Thanks MisfitI38.
Forgive my inappropriate use of the terminology, but hey, I'll always be a beginner at this Linux stuff. :-)
handy said: Thanks MisfitI38.
Forgive my inappropriate use of the terminology, but hey, I'll always be a beginner at this Linux stuff. :-)
lol. It is I who should be sorry, since you obviously knew what I posted, and merely erred in your terminology.. I'll always be a beginner too..why do you think I contributed so much to the *beginners guide*.
MisfitI38 said: lol. It is I who should be sorry, since you obviously knew what I posted, and merely erred in your terminology..
I'll always be a beginner too..why do you think I contributed so much to the *beginners guide*.
I'm sure that we ALL thank you for your extremely helpful contributions in the guide & elsewhere.
If I don't keep looking at this stuff, I will VERY quickly forget the little that I do know. :-| Occasionally being of use to someone else is a nice bonus. ;-)
handy said: I'm sure that we ALL thank you for your extremely helpful contributions in the guide & elsewhere.
If I don't keep looking at this stuff, I will VERY quickly forget the little that I do know. :-| Occasionally being of use to someone else is a nice bonus. ;-)
Misfit certainly does have a unique talent for writing very clear directions. He is able to not make the mistake that many make ( unconsciously I believe) in leaving out a step that a non-computer literate fellow might not know.
But Hallelujah Hardy, I found a fix for the laptop! The short of a very long was the addition of a line to my ~/.xinitrc file like you suggested except it was this.
aumix -v0 && aumix -v100 & What I finally stumbled across after trying a zillion different fixes was that even though both alsamixer and aumix showed everything unmuted after a reboot, they were lying.
Just for the hell of it, (sort of a last resort attempt) I muted and then unmuted a sound mixer and sound played without running alsaconf again! Actually alsaconf isn't needed, there is a glitch apparently in the Alsa program that does this on some machines during the booting process.Sound is muted but the mixers don't show this. My problem had nothing to do with modules or adding options to certain modprobe files. I tried them all I think.
So I've got a work around. I have no idea if there is any hope to ever get it fixed correctly. Already a lot of bug reports sent in.
That's great news wolfvorkian1. :-D