[linux-audio-user] Intel 82801BA Sound

[Michael Solberg]

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 bwc2001 at columbia.edu wrote:

> I did a chmod 777 /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer /dev/midi
> but it still doesn't work. I've never had any hardware fail to work
> in Linux when the software said it was functioning. Even the RH
> sound card configuration tool indicactes it is present, although the
> test sound button doesn't play anything. Please let me know if there
> is anything else I should try before buying a new sound card.

Well, you could always check the logs to see if anything funny's in there.
Why don't you post the output of

# dmesg

?



> Thanks, Brian
>
> Quoting Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey at boosthardware.com>:
>
> > bwc2001 at columbia.edu wrote:
> > > The channel faders up, both on alsamixer and the RH volume
> > control
> > > panel. The speakers do work on the evil side, and I was also
> > trying
> > > it with headphones, but I guess I won't do that anymore. aplay
> > > didn't play any sound, but it indicated that the file was
> > playing at
> > > 4410 hz in stereo and didn't give any error messages.
> > >
> > > using: modprobe snd-intel8x0;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe
> > > snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss
> > >
> > >
> > > I get this output from lsmod:
> > > Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> > > snd-seq-oss            33920   0  (unused)
> > > snd-seq-midi-event      5640   0  [snd-seq-oss]
> > > snd-seq                47504   2  [snd-seq-oss
> > snd-seq-midi-event]
> > > snd-pcm-oss            44388   1
> > > snd-mixer-oss          15384   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
> > > snd-intel8x0           23648   2
> > > snd-pcm                83648   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
> > > snd-timer              15336   0  [snd-seq snd-pcm]
> > > snd-ac97-codec         35332   0  [snd-intel8x0]
> > > snd-mpu401-uart         4796   0  [snd-intel8x0]
> > > snd-rawmidi            18368   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
> > > snd-seq-device          6176   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq
> > snd-rawmidi]
> > > snd                    39180   4  [snd-seq-oss
> > snd-seq-midi-event
> > > snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm
> > snd-timer
> > > snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
> > > sr_mod                 18136   0  (autoclean)
> > > soundcore               6532   5  (autoclean) [snd]
> > > autofs                 13348   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> > > e100                   79704   1
> > > ipt_REJECT              3736   2  (autoclean)
> > > iptable_filter          2412   1  (autoclean)
> > > ip_tables              14936   2  [ipt_REJECT iptable_filter]
> > > ide-scsi               10512   0
> > > scsi_mod              107176   2  [sr_mod ide-scsi]
> > > ide-cd                 33608   0
> > > cdrom                  33696   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
> > > ohci1394               20108   0  (unused)
> > > ieee1394               46892   0  [ohci1394]
> > > mousedev                5524   1
> > > keybdev                 2976   0  (unused)
> > > hid                    22244   0  (unused)
> > > input                   5888   0  [mousedev keybdev hid]
> > > usb-uhci               26188   0  (unused)
> > > usbcore                77024   1  [hid usb-uhci]
> > > ext3                   70368   2
> > > jbd                    52212   2  [ext3]
> > >
> > > Is something wrong here?
> > >
> >
> > Not that I can see.
> >
> > Not that this means anything to aplay but have you
> >
> > chmod a+rwx /dev/dsp
> >
> > It seems like you have everything working on the software side.
> > If you
> > are using an amp have you turned it on or the volume up?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
> > For the discerning hardware connoisseur
> > Http://www.boosthardware.com
> > Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide
> > ========================================
> >
> > "Um...symbol_get and symbol_put... They're
> > kindof like does anyone remember like get_symbol
> > and put_symbol I think we used to have..."
> > - Rusty Russell in his talk on the module subsystem
> >
>
>

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