Hello Slackware Users,

I had been running Slackware 9.0, and had sound without having to do
anything other than install slackware on my machine.

I recently upgraded to Slackware 9.1, and i have no sound.
the kernel is 2.4.22, using the bare.i kernel, with hdc-ide-scsi

If I do an lsmod - i get all kinds of "sound" information, including the
correct chips, etc (ymf for yamaha sound card)

What do I need to do to get the sound to come on? Volume is up, etc,and
the "volume" control appears in the upper right of Gnome 2.4 screen.

Below is output of lsmod:
Module Size Used by Not tainted
tdfx 32448 1
snd-pcm-oss 37252 0
snd-mixer-oss 11992 1 [snd-pcm-oss]
uhci 24496 0 (unused)
usbcore 58400 1 [uhci]
ne2k-pci 5504 1
8390 6000 0 [ne2k-pci]
crc32 2880 0 [8390]
snd-ymfpci 42816 1
gameport 1452 0 [snd-ymfpci]
snd-pcm 55904 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ymfpci]
snd-page-alloc 6004 0 [snd-ymfpci snd-pcm]
snd-opl3-lib 5764 0 [snd-ymfpci]
snd-hwdep 4672 0 [snd-opl3-lib]
snd-timer 13252 0 [snd-pcm snd-opl3-lib]
snd-mpu401-uart 3136 0 [snd-ymfpci]
snd-rawmidi 12512 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 3920 0 [snd-opl3-lib snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec 37240 0 [snd-ymfpci]
snd 27460 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ymfpci
snd-pcm snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi
snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore 3332 4 [snd]
ide-scsi 9424 0
agpgart 39576 0 (unused)

help!

Thanks,

Can you hear me now?

eric

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> What do I need to do to get the sound to come on? Volume is up, etc,and
> the "volume" control appears in the upper right of Gnome 2.4 screen.
>
IIRC Alsa has the sound muted by default, have you unmuted it?

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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 23:44:32 +0000, Eric W. Holzapfel wrote:

> I recently upgraded to Slackware 9.1, and i have no sound.
> the kernel is 2.4.22, using the bare.i kernel, with hdc-ide-scsi

Did you run alsamixer and unmute?

Jim

"Eric W. Holzapfel" <e.male@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:AlLFb.1793$NZ1.1031@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> Hello Slackware Users,
> I recently upgraded to Slackware 9.1, and i have no sound.
> the kernel is 2.4.22, using the bare.i kernel, with hdc-ide-scsi
>
> If I do an lsmod - i get all kinds of "sound" information, including the
> correct chips, etc (ymf for yamaha sound card)

try alsaconfig or alsacfg i can't remember exactly

Patryk

Hello Bartosz, et al.

I have run alsamixer, but it does not seem obvious how to "mute" or
unmute the sound card. I see the MASTER, and MASTER mono graphs, and
can run volume up and down and select "off" by pressing "M", but still
no luck in terms of sound. The Gnome cd player thinks it can play, and
the aplay -t wav ding.wav thinks it plays a ding, but my ears hear nothing.

Is there a separate "mute/un-mute" command?

Thanks for the info,

eric

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>>What do I need to do to get the sound to come on? Volume is up, etc,and
>>the "volume" control appears in the upper right of Gnome 2.4 screen.
>>
>
> IIRC Alsa has the sound muted by default, have you unmuted it?
>
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> IIRC Alsa has the sound muted by default, have you unmuted it?

You are going to have problems, as well, if you use pgp. But
that's ok because, not only is there no reason to use pgp in this
ng, but its inline use violates usenet netiquette and this group's
policy.

You are asked not to inline pgp unless it is absolutely necessary.

Thank you.

cordially, as always,

rm

Eric W. Holzapfel <e.male@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello Bartosz, et al.

> I have run alsamixer, but it does not seem obvious how to "mute" or
> unmute the sound card. I see the MASTER, and MASTER mono graphs, and
> can run volume up and down and select "off" by pressing "M", but still
> no luck in terms of sound. The Gnome cd player thinks it can play, and
> the aplay -t wav ding.wav thinks it plays a ding, but my ears hear nothing.

Do you have the cable running from your sound card to the cdrom?
You don't need the cable for windoze but you need it for linux.

cordially, as always,

rm

Yep, what he say...
run
alsaconfig
then
alsamixer
to unmute the channels (see 'man alsamixer'). There's a bunch of stuff
you have to turn on. Also make sure isapnp is not trying to load OSS
modules (isapnp.conf should be empty of sound) and modules.conf should
only have Alsa entries. Too many pnp modules fighting for dominance.

I fought for ages on Slack 8.1/9.0 with the OSS modules for a Yamaha
OPL3Sa2 (IBM thinkpad), upgraded and hade al those /etc/ files getiing
in the way... A clean install and I went straight to alsaconf.

Note: If you ungrade (upgradepkg) to the 2.4.23 kernel and associated
pkgs from ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/ , removepkg
asla-???-0.9.6-???? and then installpkg alsa-???-0.9.8-??? and run
alsaconfig & alsamixer again. For some reason upgrading alsa didn't
work after upgrading the kernel and kernal libs.

Patryk wrote:

>"Eric W. Holzapfel" <e.male@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:AlLFb.1793$NZ1.1031@nwrddc02.gnilink.net.. .
>
>
>>Hello Slackware Users,
>>I recently upgraded to Slackware 9.1, and i have no sound.
>>the kernel is 2.4.22, using the bare.i kernel, with hdc-ide-scsi
>>
>>If I do an lsmod - i get all kinds of "sound" information, including the
>>correct chips, etc (ymf for yamaha sound card)
>>
>>
>
>try alsaconfig or alsacfg i can't remember exactly
>
>Patryk
>
>
>
>
>

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Beowulf <edkchem@netscape.net> is thought to have typed
the following text on 2003-12-23:

> I fought for ages on Slack 8.1/9.0 with the OSS modules for a Yamaha
> OPL3Sa2 (IBM thinkpad), upgraded and hade al those /etc/ files getiing
> in the way... A clean install and I went straight to alsaconf.
>
I never had a problem with that card using OSS.

> Note: If you ungrade (upgradepkg) to the 2.4.23 kernel and associated
> pkgs from ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/ , removepkg
> asla-???-0.9.6-???? and then installpkg alsa-???-0.9.8-??? and run
> alsaconfig & alsamixer again. For some reason upgrading alsa didn't
> work after upgrading the kernel and kernal libs.
>
See the relevant FAQ-entry at:
<URL:http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/cgi-bin/fom>

p.s. please stop top-posting[0] and start trimming[1] your posts, it
makes discussion easier to follow, especially with longer threads.

[0] Post your reply *below* the quoted text instead of above.
[1] remove anything you're not replying to.

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Bartosz Oudekerk

Play Rogue, visit exotic locations, meet strange creatures
and kill them.
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Good Point! about cable, I can't remember if I put one in!
I will have to open the box!
I did get the sound going for wav files, and streaming audio over the I-net.

Thanks,

eric

cdba@cdba.org wrote:
> Eric W. Holzapfel <e.male@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>Hello Bartosz, et al.
>
>
>>I have run alsamixer, but it does not seem obvious how to "mute" or
>>unmute the sound card. I see the MASTER, and MASTER mono graphs, and
>>can run volume up and down and select "off" by pressing "M", but still
>>no luck in terms of sound. The Gnome cd player thinks it can play, and
>>the aplay -t wav ding.wav thinks it plays a ding, but my ears hear nothing.
>
>
> Do you have the cable running from your sound card to the cdrom?
> You don't need the cable for windoze but you need it for linux.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm