On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 21:28:48 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 14:46:06 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: >> >> after being on the phone with Tyan -- i have realized how useless they >> >> are. >> >> I am trying to get the audio working on the board. >> >> I have a debain 4.0 AMD 64 version. >> >> >> >> i did an lspci on my server and got this: >> > >> > [...] >> > >> >> 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio >> >> Controller (rev a2) > > [...] > >> rider:/# lsmod | grep snd >> snd_usb_audio 88736 0 > > You don't seem to have an active USB audio card, so why is this module > loaded? Did you add it to /etc/modules? (The presence of this module > should not hurt, but it is better if we understand why it is loaded.) > > [...] > >> snd_intel8x0 39592 4 >> snd_ac97_codec 106456 1 snd_intel8x0 >> snd_ac97_bus 7296 1 snd_ac97_codec >> snd_pcm_oss 48672 0 >> snd_mixer_oss 21888 1 snd_pcm_oss >> snd_pcm 89096 6 >> snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss >> snd_timer 29192 4 snd_seq,snd_pcm >> snd 65256 16 >> snd_usb_audio,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer >> soundcore 15392 1 snd >> snd_page_alloc 15504 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > > This looks OK. > >> rider:/# cat /dev/sndstat >> Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation code) >> Kernel: Linux rider 2.6.18-6-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 16 22:30:01 UTC 2008 x86_64 >> Config options: 0 >> >> Installed drivers: >> Type 10: ALSA emulation >> >> Card config: >> NVidia CK804 with AD1981B at 0xb0002000, irq 209 >> >> Audio devices: >> 0: NVidia CK804 (DUPLEX) >> >> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG >> >> Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG >> >> Timers: >> 7: system timer >> >> Mixers: >> 0: Analog Devices AD1981B >> >> >> >> rider:/# cat /proc/asound/cards >> 0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804 >> NVidia CK804 with AD1981B at 0xb0002000, irq 209 > > That all seems to be fine, so what is the problem, the volume level? > > I would log in at a terminal without starting X (or without logging in > with [xkg]dm if you normally use graphical login), and then run > > speaker-test -t sine > > If that starts without errors, keep it running, go to another terminal > (e.g. CTRL+ALT+F2), log in and start "alsamixer". Experiment with the > volume levels (CURSOR UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT), especially "Master" and > "PCM", until you hear the sound from speaker-test at an adequate volume. > (Use ESC if you want to exit alsamixer.) > > Does that work? > > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
the volume was the issue. thanks..it worked like a charm. mjh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
