On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 the mental interface of [EMAIL PROTECTED] told: > > [...] > > > I still get a hard lockup. > > > The file ~/asound_user.names is not created. > > > > > > I checked around in /var/log, all I could find were boot-time messages > > > in /var/log/messages, eg > > > Oct 18 20:46:42 tinsley kernel: es1968: not attempting power management. > > > Oct 18 20:46:42 tinsley kernel: es1968: clocking to 48000 > > > > Why do you need /etc/asound.names? > > I don't necessarily. I don't really know what it is for. I tried alsactl > names to see what devices alsa thought were there, and hit a hard lockup > which I thought I should report. > > > Is sound working properly? > Sound is not working correctly. I can see sound devices and mucking around > in alsamixer allows me to get a soft clicking sound if I turn the volume > way up. But I have been unable to get any sound files to play back. My > attempts so far have been with xmms and an mp3 file (the file is known > good).
We have first to fix your soundsystem then. [...] > > Please provide the output of: > > $ ls -al /dev/snd > > witch has to look like: > > user$ ls -al /dev/snd > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 140 2006-10-18 20:46 . > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 13620 2006-10-21 08:59 .. > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 2006-10-18 20:46 controlC0 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 8 2006-10-18 20:46 midiC0D0 > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 24 2006-10-18 20:46 pcmC0D0c > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 16 2006-10-18 20:46 pcmC0D0p > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 2006-10-18 20:46 timer That seems to be ok. Are you able to play your known good mp3 with alsaplayer, mpg321 or similar? Make sure nothing is muted in alsamixer. Are you a member of group audio? $ id Hmm, all relevant packages are installed (etch versions) and I don't know yet, what is wrong. Did your sound ever works with older versions (kernel, alsa)? Elimar -- On the keyboard of life you have always to keep a finger at the escape key;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
