On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 10:58:41 -0600, blank <mother.of.gods@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: HaJo Schatz wrote: > > > On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, blank wrote: > > > >> Hello all, > >> > >> New guy to the list here and finally have Linux only on my > >> workstation. I know my hardware is supported as well, it worked > >> perfectly after install and for a week or so afterwards. > >> > >> Anyway, I have no sound now and dmesg only gives "application mplayer > >> uses obsolete OSS audio interface" when I try mplayer and dmesg shows > >> nothing about say, xmms even though it appears to play, but no sound. > >> I've used up2date and yum to upgrade most things. xmms is from source > >> as is mplayer, but I think that is all I've installed from source > >> dealing with sound. > >> > >> I've removed my sound card, let kudzu remove the configuration for > >> it, added the sound card again, let kudzu add it, and still no sound. > >> As I've said, sound used to work and I've checked things like mute > >> and wires and connections. > > > > > > While recommending an "mplayer -ao alsa" to go through alsa rather > > than oss, I could only think of: > > - The sound card having died (any chance to check it in another PC/OS?) > > - The mixer. Today (after upgrading my kernel) sonehow all my mixer > > controls were down to 0 and muted. Just double-check with alsamixer on > > a console, as root (this is important, don't do it as a normal user, > > it didn't help for me either! Dunno yet why not, however) that your > > controls are up and not muted. > > > > > > HaJo > > > Thank you both for the replies. I've logged in as root and made sure the > visible settings are set correctly. I also gave the "mplayer -ao alsa" > as shot, but no dice for me. I do have some more info though. > > Here is "lspci -vvvv" output (for the hardware): > http://www.liquidconfusion.com/lspci_vvvv.txt > > Here is "lsmod" output: > http://www.liquidconfusion.com/lsmod.txt > > Here is some output from xmms: > http://www.liquidconfusion.com/xmms_oss_error_dsp.txt > > It appears as though something, somewhere, somehow (possibly me, no idea > how though) has changed the overall system-preference for sound to OSS > when that's not what I was using, nor want to use. And having decided > this will be the install that I finally keep and upgrade, I wanted to > ask before mucking around in settings I shouldn't. > > Oh, here is the mobo I am using with an althon xp: > http://www.ecsusa.com/products/l7s7a2.html > > Thanks again for any help :) > > jb >From the output of lspci it would appear that you have on-board sound. You mentioned unplugging and plugging your card. Do you have both onboard and plug-in sound enabled?
