Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Sound problem

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OK I`m at the stage where If I had any hair I`d be pulling it out by now,:D

Aopen Xcube 915G
Pentium 4 3.4
1 gig Geil Golden Dragon PC3500
Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon ,Full install (No dual boot)

I`m a total linux beginner ,I`ve installed a TF2 server (which works ;)) Got the basics up and running ,backed up the system, etc. Just this sound problem,

Ubuntu see`s my onboard sound , Intel ICH6 realtek ALC 655 rev 0

dave@dave-ubuntu:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
dave@dave-ubuntu:~$

lspci -v

00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: AOPEN Inc. Unknown device 04f1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at d000
I/O ports at dc00
Memory at d02c1000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at d02c2000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>

I have searched through Ubuntu forums and found this post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205449&highlight=ich6+sound+problems

Alsa drivers

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main

I have been working my way through the Guide but I`m finding it tough going ,I have a creative soundblaster card which I installed , same thing happens (I disabled onboard sound), Alsa mixer detects both sound devices I can see both in sound properties when testing but no sound output ,I can move sliders etc , I have checked to see if they have been muted ,they weren`t.
Sound would be nice but I`ts not a big problem as its on a spare machine ,I got my TF2/CSS home server up and running which is what I set out to do.This is not putting me off Linux ,I can see me sticking with it and using the Aopen box as a HTPC

thanks in advance

liking this Ubuntu malarky ;) :D

tommysdad
 
If you mean typing alsaconf in terminal , I get "bash : alsaconf :command not found"

thanks

tommysdad

I`ve got the creative card fitted again ,and I`m trying various things


dave@dave-ubuntu:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Audigy [Audigy 1 [SB0090]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback]
Subdevices: 32/32
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
Subdevice #8: subdevice #8
Subdevice #9: subdevice #9
Subdevice #10: subdevice #10
Subdevice #11: subdevice #11
Subdevice #12: subdevice #12
Subdevice #13: subdevice #13
Subdevice #14: subdevice #14
Subdevice #15: subdevice #15
Subdevice #16: subdevice #16
Subdevice #17: subdevice #17
Subdevice #18: subdevice #18
Subdevice #19: subdevice #19
Subdevice #20: subdevice #20
Subdevice #21: subdevice #21
Subdevice #22: subdevice #22
Subdevice #23: subdevice #23
Subdevice #24: subdevice #24
Subdevice #25: subdevice #25
Subdevice #26: subdevice #26
Subdevice #27: subdevice #27
Subdevice #28: subdevice #28
Subdevice #29: subdevice #29
Subdevice #30: subdevice #30
Subdevice #31: subdevice #31
card 0: Audigy [Audigy 1 [SB0090]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback]
Subdevices: 8/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 0: Audigy [Audigy 1 [SB0090]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
dave@dave-ubuntu:~$
 
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If
Code: 
# alasconf
returns a command not found, install alsa-utils and then try again. alsaconf is a script which will automatically configure alsa for your sound card - but must be run as root.

once you've run alsaconf you'll need to run
Code: 
# alsactl store
to save the settings - however, sometimes this doesn't restore the settings automatically after a reboot so
Code: 
# alsactl restore
needs to be run.
 
=walls= said:
If
Code: 
# alasconf
returns a command not found, install alsa-utils and then try again. alsaconf is a script which will automatically configure alsa for your sound card - but must be run as root.

once you've run alsaconf you'll need to run
Code: 
# alsactl store
to save the settings - however, sometimes this doesn't restore the settings automatically after a reboot so
Code: 
# alsactl restore
needs to be run.
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Thanks for the help ,how do I log in as root using Sudo ? I have enabled root at login but have read that it is a not advised to do this ,I have been using linux for less than 24 hrs please bear with me.

Tommysdad
 
no probs :D

It isn't advisable to log in as root into x - that is correct, so everything that needs to be done as root can be done with sudo or su - so just add sudo to the start of all those commands :D
 
you might also want to check that you're in the correct group (i.e. audio) - as your creative card is being detected correctly and a suitable driver is being used (emu10k1).

to do this - type
Code: 
$ groups <your_username>

p.s. the $ at the start means as a user and the # at the start means as root :)
 
Yes I am in the correct group, its the installing of alsa utils that I having trouble with, I have the latest version in a tar.gz file on my desktop

Thanks
 
i take it that the tarball is source?

You might want to try using apt-get or synaptics instead, as that will be easier for you.

Code: 
$ sudo apt-get install alsa-utils

the version in the ubuntu repositories should be suitable.
 
Happy days , I got sound. Thanks for your help Walls, I learned a lot off you,

gksu gedit /etc/modules

snd-sb16 at the end ,saved and restarted.

I restarted and sound was coming from the speakers but hissing.I opened alsamixer had a play around then it finally worked,

Thanks again

tommysdad
 
=walls= said:
no probs.

wish that i could have helped more :)
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You did mate, If I hadn`t searched the Ubuntu forum for an explanation of the code you posted I would never have found the solution:D ,
It only took me about 12 hrs to sort it :o

I`m enjoying mucking around with this.

cheers

tommysdad
 
kewl :D

If this is your first time installing and playing with linux - form your replies, I can tell that you're going to enjoy it as much as I do :D:D:D:D
 
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