[olug] Debian Sound Problem

Russell Monaghan russellmonaghan at cox.net
Tue Aug 21 12:33:58 UTC 2007


  Thanks for the links. I checked out both parts, but they didn't seem 
to help me much.
Most tools I've used say it's working, but I still don't have sound. It 
says the system device or resource is busy, so I thought maybe some 
other device might be hogging the resources. I played around with that 
idea a bit, but I didn't get anywhere. I might still try a few things. I 
was also reading that KDE likes to take over ALSA, and since I have it 
installed, I checked it out. Normally I use GNOME, so I didn't see how 
KDE could be doing anything if it wasn't running, but I turned of the 
sound system under it anyway. Nothing. So I don't know. Sound used to 
work okay when I first installed Debian, but it seems to have dumped on me.


Kevin wrote:
> Troubleshooting Linux Audio, Part 1: http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000244
> Troubleshooting Linux Audio, Part 2: http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000254
>
> 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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