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[ross549]

OK, the other day, I ran some updates, and rebooted my computer. Sound is now dead. I do not recall if the sound died immediately after the updates or not, but the updates were done earlier this week. I get no errors during startup, and from what I can tell, all is well, ecept my sound card is silent.

[adam@localhost ~]$ aumix -qvol 67, 67bass 53, 53treble 48, 48synth 80, 80pcm 100, 100speaker 80, 80line 77, 77mic 80, 80cd 77, 77line1 84, 84dig1 80, 80phin 77, 77phout 77, 77

[root@localhost adam]# lsmod | grep sndsnd_seq_dummy		   2596  0snd_seq_oss			31424  0snd_seq_midi_event	  5664  1 snd_seq_osssnd_seq				47952  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_eventsnd_pcm_oss			48032  0snd_mixer_oss		  16896  1 snd_pcm_osssnd_emu10k1		   113540  1snd_rawmidi			19616  1 snd_emu10k1snd_seq_device		  6892  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidisnd_ac97_codec		 82588  1 snd_emu10k1snd_pcm				80324  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codecsnd_timer			  20740  3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcmsnd_page_alloc		  8488  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcmsnd_util_mem			3264  1 snd_emu10k1snd_hwdep			   6880  1 snd_emu10k1snd					46436  13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdepsoundcore			   7008  1 snd

[root@localhost adam]# lspcidrake -v | fgrep AUDIOsnd-emu10k1	 : Creative Labs|EMU10K2 Audigy Audio Processor [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:1102 device:0004 subv:1102 subd:1002)

[root@localhost adam]# grep sound-slot /etc/modules.conf[root@localhost adam]# cat /etc/modules.conf

[root@localhost adam]# /sbin/chkconfig --list soundsound		   0:off   1:off   2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off[root@localhost adam]# /sbin/chkconfig --list alsaalsa			0:off   1:off   2:on	3:on	4:on	5:on	6:off

Now my only concern is that there is nothing in modules.conf. What can I do at this point?

[ross549]

More info:

[adam@localhost ~]$ ls -al /dev/dspcrw-rw----  1 adam audio 14, 3 Oct  7 09:46 /dev/dsp[adam@localhost ~]$ ls -al /dev/mixercrw-rw----  1 adam audio 14, 0 Oct  7 09:46 /dev/mixer

[ross549]

[root@localhost adam]# cat /etc/modprobe.preload# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.## This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY# for old kernel use /etc/modulesevdevbttvradeonemu10k1-gphw_randomintel-agp

 [root@localhost adam]# cat /etc/modprobe.confinstall usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/truealias eth0 8139tooalias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1remove snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-emu10k1install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }remove emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove emu10k1install emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install emu10k1

[teacher]

Before you jump a bunch of hoops here, have you checked to see if you have sound in any other distro?  It is possible to be hardware related!

[ross549]

That was one of the first things I checked......But I did discover the problem. I had installed and set the latest kernel to be the default in LILO. I backed down to an earlier kernel and all is well.

[Bruno]

Hi AdamLOL . . . you did find the replacement for /etc/modules.conf yourself: "/etc/modprobe.preload" that is good ! :thumbsup:Now the issue with the kernel would make you think that there would be missing modules when booting the new kernel . . . but your lsmod does show a good bunch of them.I would file a bug-report and stick to the old kernel as long as there is no replacement for the new one. Bruno

[teacher]

I love self-fixing threads!    Glad you figured that one out.  

[ross549]

Oh, I will be posting a bug report with the developers.

[ross549]

Well, I sent a plea for help on the PCLos mailing list..... we shall see what the problem is.

[ross549]

Surprising! All I had to do was run alsaconf. My sounds have returned.

[Bruno]

ross549, on Oct 8 2005, 07:32 PM, said:

Surprising! All I had to do was run alsaconf. My sounds have returned.

LOL . . . well, that was simple wasn't it ?? . . . .    ( I had to reinstall the Nvidia drivers after the recent updates . . . ) Bruno