[Gllug] Audio Problem

[Ben Whyte]

On 29/12/2008 20:36, Chanka Perera wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Ben Whyte <ben at whyte-systems.co.uk
> <mailto:ben at whyte-systems.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     Wonder if anyone can help me, i am running debian unstable and have a
>     problem with my audio, it was working up until recently. Now when I try
>     and play it just plays but produces no output through the speakers.
>
>
> check any logs on /var/log and also try aumix ; apt-get install aumix
> and run and see whether you are on mute

If I am understandning aumix properly there is nothing on mute.
>
>
>     I have rereun alsaconf cause it appeared to have lost the settings for
>     my sound card but that made no difference.
>
>
> lsmod and check whether your sound card modules loaded,
> lspci to identify make of sound card and check the modules loaded
>

lspci shows
01:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)

lsmod shows.


snd_cmipci             28992  3
gameport               10700  1 snd_cmipci
snd_pcm_oss            32800  0
snd_mixer_oss          12320  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                62596  3 snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc          7816  1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib            9344  1 snd_cmipci
snd_hwdep               6212  1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart         6368  1 snd_cmipci
snd_seq_dummy           2660  0
snd_seq_oss            24992  0
snd_seq_midi            5728  0
snd_rawmidi            18496  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6432  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                41456  6 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              17800  4 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          6380  6 
snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd


That suggests to me the drivers are loaded.

What logs should I be looking at ?

Ben
>
>     I believe I have checked the mixer is set correctly though I am not
>     entirely sure.
>
>
> aumix will help you again
>
>
>
>     I also have checked the speakers work on a different machine. Any and
>     all suggestions gratefully accepted.
>
>
> so this is really good, so the problem is with your drivers ..
>
>
> - Chanka Perera
>
>
> --
> http://chanka.paunix.org/
>

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