[olug] Debian Sound Problem

Adam Lassek adam.lassek at gmail.com
Mon Aug 6 19:11:45 UTC 2007


Make sure you have permission to access /dev/sound/dsp and /dev/sound/mixer.
Usually this can be accomplished by adding your user to the audio group, but
each distro does this a little differently. You can test this by logging in
as root and trying to use the sound card.

On 8/4/07, Russell Monaghan <russellmonaghan at cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>        Hey, guys, I'm new to the mailing list, and I just found out
> there was LUG in Omaha a few days ago. Anyway, I'm running Debian Etch,
> and I'm having a problem with my sound. Usually, when I try to play
> music, or a program plays a sound, I get a message box that says
> something like 'Cannot open sound server; will continue using null
> output device.'
> I'm new enough to linux that I have NO experience with sound, so if
> someone could help out, that'd be great.
>
>        If I run /*lspci*/, I get this:
>
> *russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$ lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM
> Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation
> 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2
> EHCI Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC
> Interface Bridge (rev 02)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller
> (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
> SMBus Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
> (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
> 01:02.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM)
> Ethernet Controller (rev 82)
> russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$
>
>        *And if I run /*lsmod*/, I get this:
>
> *russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$ lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> nls_utf8                2208  0
> nls_cp437               5920  0
> vfat                   11872  0
> fat                    46684  1 vfat
> i915                   17600  3
> drm                    61332  4 i915
> nfs                   202828  0
> nfsd                  197936  17
> exportfs                5600  1 nfsd
> lockd                  54344  3 nfs,nfsd
> nfs_acl                 3584  2 nfs,nfsd
> sunrpc                138812  13 nfs,nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl
> ppdev                   8676  0
> lp                     11012  0
> button                  6672  0
> ac                      5188  0
> battery                 9636  0
> ipv6                  226016  25
> xt_tcpudp               3136  96
> xt_state                2272  71
> ipt_REJECT              5248  4
> xt_limit                2752  6
> ipt_LOG                 6112  6
> ip_conntrack_ftp        7760  0
> ip_conntrack_irc        6800  0
> ip_conntrack           49088  3 xt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_irc
> nfnetlink               6680  1 ip_conntrack
> iptable_filter          3104  1
> ip_tables              13028  1 iptable_filter
> x_tables               13316  6
> xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ipt_REJECT,xt_limit,ipt_LOG,ip_tables
> fuse                   39828  3
> dm_snapshot            15552  0
> dm_mirror              19152  0
> dm_mod                 50232  2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
> loop                   15048  0
> sd_mod                 19040  0
> tsdev                   7520  0
> snd_intel8x0           30332  2
> snd_ac97_codec         83104  1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_ac97_bus            2400  1 snd_ac97_codec
> usblp                  12768  0
> snd_pcm_oss            38368  1
> snd_mixer_oss          15200  1 snd_pcm_oss
> floppy                 53156  0
> parport_pc             32132  1
> parport                33256  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
> snd_pcm                68676  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              20996  1 snd_pcm
> serio_raw               6660  0
> psmouse                35016  0
> i2c_i801                7468  0
> i2c_core               19680  1 i2c_i801
> pcspkr                  3072  0
> snd                    47012  8
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore               9248  2 snd
> rtc                    12372  0
> snd_page_alloc          9640  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> intel_agp              21148  1
> agpgart                29896  3 drm,intel_agp
> shpchp                 33024  0
> pci_hotplug            28704  1 shpchp
> joydev                  9088  0
> evdev                   9088  1
> ext3                  119240  2
> jbd                    52456  1 ext3
> mbcache                 8356  1 ext3
> ide_cd                 36064  0
> cdrom                  32544  1 ide_cd
> ide_disk               14848  6
> usb_storage            71840  0
> scsi_mod              124168  2 sd_mod,usb_storage
> usbhid                 37248  0
> piix                    9444  0 [permanent]
> generic                 5476  0 [permanent]
> ide_core              110504  5 ide_cd,ide_disk,usb_storage,piix,generic
> e100                   32232  0
> mii                     5344  1 e100
> ehci_hcd               28136  0
> uhci_hcd               21164  0
> usbcore               112644  6 usblp,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
> thermal                13608  0
> processor              28840  1 thermal
> fan                     4804  0
> russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$
>
>        *Like I said, I have little knowledge of sound, so help will be
> greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Russell Monaghan
>
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