Re: Can't run alsamixer and can't get sound from xawtv

[david walcroft <david_walcroft yahoo com au>]

Gerrit wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm unable to run alsamixer:
>
> $ alsamixer
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
>
> What's happening? I do have sound, but not in xawtv.
> I figured it might be a 
> My sound card is a intel8x0 chiptset, module snd_intel8x0.
>
> I'm having tv card problems also...
>
> I can get video but I'm unable to get audio output. The autodection of
> my Pinnacle PCTV Studio/Rave is fine. For sound, I have an Intel 810
> chipset. This system is sold as it is now, so all hardware should be OK.
$ lsmod
You should have modules =
#
snd-emu10k1            84900   0
snd-rawmidi            18080   0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1]
snd-util-mem            3096   0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1]
snd-pcm                84772   0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1]
snd-page-alloc          9716   0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-timer              19300   0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         57932   0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1]
snd-seq-device          5976   0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd-hwdep               6144   0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1]
snd                    46020   0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss 
snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi snd-util-mem snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec 
snd-seq-device snd-hwdep]
soundcore               6500   8 (autoclean) [snd]

If you use KDE is arts disabled and what is in modules.conf,did you need 
to reboot.Sometimes alsa modules replace oss modules only on reboot as 
rmmod can not remove them.

david