Where did my sound go?

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Fri Mar 30 00:36:21 UTC 2007


On 3/29/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 March 2007 02:07, david walcroft wrote:
> >> Kam Leo wrote:
> >>> On 3/27/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> >>>>>> Kam
> >>>>>>     My "sytem-config-soundcard" does not work,the software is there
> >>>> but
> >>>>
> >>>>>> it does not run.
> >>>>> What do you mean by "tt does not run"?  Are you root or using sudo
> >>>>> when invoking this program?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>   David
> >>>> I have got "system-config-soundcar"d going now,but 'updating driver'
> >>> In system-config-soundcard->System click "Reload audio driver". Then
> >>> click "Apply". It may take a few seconds for your system to respond to
> >>> the Apply command. After that go to system-config-soundcard->Sound
> >>> Test and click on the Start button ">".
> >> I have done that with no result
> >>
> >>>> does nothing and the error '/dev/dsp' is not installed or similar on a
> >>>> reboot; "ls -l /dev/dsp" shows nothing.
> >>>> My modprobe.conf is
> >>>>
> >>>>  install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0: &&
> >>>> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> >>>>
> >>>> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
> >>>> }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> >>> By the way, do you have ACPI enabled on your system. My system is so
> >>> old that it does not have ACPI capabilities.
> >>>
> >>>> Hope this helps   David
> >> /dev/dsp does not exist,how do I set it up as a device with Major and
> >> Minor numbers.
> >>
> >>     David
> >
> > I may have missed a bit of this thread, but looking back through my inbox I
> > found a reference to /dev/dsp. It said, if you are you are using OSS (open
> > sound system) /dev/dsp should be automatically created on bootup. For Alsa,
> > you need to have the alsa-oss package installed.
> >
> > Creating a /dev/dsp is probably going to be a waste of time, as when you
> > reboot it won't be recreated.
> >
> > OSS is pretty much deprecated, so to be able to use apps that need OSS, you
> > need to install the alsa-oss package.
> >
> > alsa-oss wasn't available at first on FC5, but I see that it turned up in
> > extras later on, and am presuming it's available for FC6 as well.
> >
> > 2¢ worth of perhaps useless info.
> >
> > Nigel.
> >
> No my sound system is Alsa.

In another message on this list a poster recommended a fix for his
Intel chipset sound problem. You might try this:

Append the following lines to /etc/rc.local :

modprobe -r snd-ens1371
modprobe snd-ens1371

After editing the file reboot your system and see if that works..


>     David




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