On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 15:24 -0800, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > > Douglas Phillipson wrote: > > > > > > Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 19:10 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>> On Monday 20 November 2006 10:54, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > >>>> After upgrading to FC6 from FC4 I have no audio. I have a standard > >>>> sound blaster live card. There seems to be no /dev/audio or /dev/sound > >>>> devices. Output from alsamixer is: > >>>> > >>>> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device > >>>> > >>>> RealPlayer plays viseo but with no sound. My KMix Icon has a red > >>>> "X" on > >>>> it, I think indicating it is inop. > >>>> > >>>> Anyone have any suggestions? > >>>> > >>> Try running system-config-soundcard, checking that it is seeing your > >>> card correctly. When it asks if you can hear the sound, say 'yes' > >>> even if you can't, or the driver will not be installed. Once the > >>> driver is installed, look at alsamixer in a terminal, using arrows > >>> for navigation and M for mute/unmute. You should be able to find the > >>> culprit there. > >>> > >>> Several people found themselves in your situation, including me, and > >>> the above worked for most of us. > >>> > >>> Anne > >> Let me mention something since we all went through this before, on my > >> machine the following problems still exist: > >> booting just ignores the lines in the modprobe.conf which relate to the > >> sound card. No module is mounted. The error message mentioned by the OP > >> occurs when the soundcard module is not loaded and not configured. > >> I can load the module rc.local by using a modprobe command but the > >> result is that the detection of the soundcard must be done after every > >> boot. > >> > >> I spent the whole morning trying to deal with this problem and failed > >> miserably. No boot errors occur related to the sound card so I ma > >> stumped. > >> > >> Needless to say there are no entries in /proc/asound/. > >> > >> Does anyone have a suggestion (maybe arguments to an install modprobe > >> command) that I could place in rc.local to properly load the sound > >> module so it will work? > >> > >> For completeness let me note that sound worked in FC3-FC5. > >> -- > >> ======================================================================= > >> Your conscience never stops you from doing anything. It just stops you > >> from enjoying it. > >> ======================================================================= > >> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > > > > Oops, missed the full path: > > > > Ah, I now remember that in order for my FC6 system to boot, I had to > > comment out the modprobe in /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules. This line > > would hang the system on boot. So perhaps my sound module isn't loading??? > > > > Doug P > > > > After searching for all the sound related kernel modules (*.ko), I did a > "modprobe snd-i2c" and my /dev/dsp appeared and audio started working. > > I guess I'll have to put this in a startup script, rc.local perhaps??? > > Doug P > In my experience that does not help in the sense that if you put the modpeobe <snd-module> in rc.local you have to run the detection of the sound module after every boot. -- ======================================================================= squatcho, n.: The button at the top of a baseball cap. -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
