daveydoom Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 (edited) Hi all .I just installed Linux Mint 8 on a spare PC and the install went extremely smooth except I have no sound. I found a link online that told me to open a terminal window and type aplay -l. The output was: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1371/1 [ES1371 DAC2/ADC] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 1: ES1371/2 [ES1371 DAC1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #I then typed lspci -v and the output was:00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880B [AudioPCI] (rev 02) Subsystem: Ensoniq Device 8001 Flags: slow devsel, IRQ 10 I/O ports at dc00 [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ENS1371 Kernel modules: snd-ens1371 And now I'm lost . It appears as though the hardware has been found (Ensoniq 5880B) but I don't know how to make it work.Any thoughts? Edited March 6, 2010 by daveydoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Volume controls up? Some installs default to volumes muted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urmas Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Tinker with available options in sound settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 $sudo alsaconf ... follow the prompts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urmas Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 $sudo alsaconf ... follow the prompts. Nope. Alsaconf AWOL in Mint. And Ubuntu. And Debian.http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-alsa/trunk/...ils/debian/NEWSalsa-utils (1.0.19-1) unstable; urgency=low This upload removes alsaconf and asoundconf, two scripts which could be used to modify certain ALSA parametres, as they caused more problems than provided solutions, were outdated and generally useless. alsaconf was upstream's way to detect sound cards and generate system-wide ALSA configurations. However, this should have been unnecessary for a very long time, with the introduction of udev support and its automatic hardware detection. If this isn't the case for you, it's a bug which should be filed and fixed properly. asoundconf was a tool introduced by Ubuntu which could be used to generate asoundrc files for systems with special needs. The script was not being maintained and was getting buggy, and the Debian and Ubuntu teams have agreed to get rid of it for the next release. Users can use Pulse or similar technologies to configure their preferred sound devices and sinks. -- Jordi Mallach <jordi@debian.org> Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:53:02 +0100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Well, that's too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveydoom Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 No dice . All sound settings appear correct, nothing mutued. I have a spare identical soundcard that I swapped in and the same thing happens so I assume it's not a hardware issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Check if the module is loaded correctly lsmod Try reloading the module ( need to su to root first) #modprobe -r snd-ens1371 && modprobe snd-ens1371 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveydoom Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 lsmod: Module Size Used bybinfmt_misc 8356 1 dm_crypt 12928 0 snd_ens1371 22016 1 gameport 11368 1 snd_ens1371snd_ac97_codec 101216 1 snd_ens1371ac97_bus 1532 1 snd_ac97_codecsnd_pcm_oss 37920 0 snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_osssnd_pcm 75296 3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_osssnd_seq_dummy 2656 0 snd_seq_oss 28576 0 snd_seq_midi 6432 0 snd_rawmidi 22208 2 snd_ens1371,snd_seq_midiiptable_filter 3100 0 ip_tables 11692 1 iptable_filterx_tables 16544 1 ip_tablessnd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midisnd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_eventsnd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seqsnd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seqppdev 6688 0 parport_pc 31940 1 via686a 12744 0 snd 59204 12 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_devicesoundcore 7264 1 sndpsmouse 56180 0 snd_page_alloc 9156 1 snd_pcmi2c_viapro 7312 0 shpchp 32272 0 serio_raw 5280 0 lp 8964 0 parport 35340 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lpdm_raid45 84228 0 xor 15620 1 dm_raid45natsemi 26944 0 floppy 54916 0 via_agp 7932 1 agpgart 34988 1 via_agp Not sure what to make of anything in there but I don't see any errors reported. I'll try reloading the module now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewmur Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Hi all .I just installed Linux Mint 8 on a spare PC and the install went extremely smooth except I have no sound. I found a link online that told me to open a terminal window and type aplay -l. The output was:I then typed lspci -v and the output was:And now I'm lost . It appears as though the hardware has been found (Ensoniq 5880B) but I don't know how to make it work.Any thoughts?I've had this problem with earlier versions of Mint and the only solution I found was to reinstall Mint. I tried uninstalling just the audio modules and it didn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 lsmod:Not sure what to make of anything in there but I don't see any errors reported. I'll try reloading the module now .Odd, I do not see snd-ens1371 listed in lsmod. I would first try what Sunrat suggested:# modprobe snd-ens1371 Your lspci -v output shows the mdoule but it does not seem to be loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveydoom Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) Odd, I do not see snd-ens1371 listed in lsmod. I would first try what Sunrat suggested:# modprobe snd-ens1371 Your lspci -v output shows the mdoule but it does not seem to be loaded. Thanks for pointing that out, I wasn't aware . I tried all that and it didn't seem to help so I just reinstalled Mint and now I have sound .Thanks everyone, I appreciate your time and efforts. You'd all make Bruno proud . Edited March 7, 2010 by daveydoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggdog Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) I've had this problem with earlier versions of Mint and the only solution I found was to reinstall Mint.Is this a case where sometimes the audio modules are configured correctly during installation and sometimes they just aren't? I'm sure that sounds like an overly basic question, but I'm not trolling, I'm just wondering if this does appear to be a "random bug" in Mint. I'm sure that a bazillion things go on simultaneously in an installation, and it's possible for processes to collide at some points depending on the type of memory & processor speed, &c.Anyway, glad the "back up the truck" option worked for you, Daveydoom Edited March 7, 2010 by Eggdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 COOL! Another satisfied customer. Don't be a stranger, Davey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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