amenditman Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 sunrat and amenditman the trouble with altering my bios is that then I get no sound in my dual boot with Windows 7. Why would Windows 7 not recognize your discrete sound card? If the BIOS was set to disable the onboard sound, the drivers for the card are loaded, and your jacks are plugged into the discrete card, the OS should treat it as the only sound system available. Linux or Windows should not matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Well, everyone here knows that I have three favorite things that I repeatedly (ad nauseum) lampoon... KDE 4, Gentoo, and my BIG HAMMER/BIG NUKE solutions to everyday computer problems. Just ignore me. I'm harmless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Harmless! That's not how I'd describe you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Witless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 That's completely the wrong direction! And harsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Shameless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 The only reason I suggested Eric's method is because you have tried various things and changed configs without fixing the issue. I do not know exactly what the issue is as it should not be that hard to simply blacklist the module for the onboard audio and load the module for the card you want to use. Basically we need to backtrack what you did in this thread to fix it in order to apply this at every boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Shameless? Now that's more like it. Edited March 15, 2012 by amenditman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) Shameless? Something looks familiar here now what could it be hmmmmmmmmmmm http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=shamel...8AF&first=0 Got it. Twer the cigarette Edited March 16, 2012 by abarbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Will get back to this after the weekend as I'm of to York for mums day lunches etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Frank Gallagher, huh? I'm sure that's a common enough Irish name, but one of my best friends was named Frank Gallagher, too. He wasn't shameless, though. He was a good-hearted fellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hi back again. Yeah I know it was a long weekend but I also got Nethacked and Doom 3 interfered along with the fine spring weather. My missing sound is caused by me not having these files shown in the message that shows as Arch starts up. ALSA Lib conf.c:3700:(snd_conf_update_r)cannot access file /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf ALSA Lib control.c:951:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate)Invalid CTL hw:0 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_controls:1485: snd_ctl_open error: no such file or directory ALSA Lib conf.c:3700:(snd_conf_update_r)cannot access file /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf ALSA Lib control.c:951:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate)Invalid CTL hw:1 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_controls:1485: snd_ctl_open error: no such file or directory So the missing file is, /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf Can someone using a Arch 64bit post their output of the above file for me . Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Can someone using a Arch 64bit post their output of the above file for me . Thanks. https://raw.github.com/securitybreach/Cerbe...aster/alsa.conf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) Well the file helped a lot We now have sound at start up and on reboot :thumbsup: http://8tracks.com/brendenden/1-0-0-songs-of-greatness Some nice mixes from the above if you like to try out new music and are lazy like me. However the message I get before i log in has now changed to, /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_controls:1385: failed to obtain info for control #1 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_controls:1385: failed to obtain info for control #2 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_controls:1385: failed to obtain info for control #3 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_controls:1385: failed to obtain info for control #4 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_controls:1385: failed to obtain info for control #5 right through to # 48 /usr/sbin/alsactl: is a executable file so I can make no changes there. So it looks like another .conf file needs a tweak. I can get sound from FF on streaming music and you tube type sites. However no sound from SMPlayer. Does anyone have for a 64bit Arch the following files and would they be so kind as to post the out put for me. ~/.asoundrc /etc/asound.conf /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf /etc/conf.d/alsa Thanks. Edited March 28, 2012 by abarbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Some of the files did not exist on my machine. Here are the ones I uploaded ~/.asoundrc /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf /etc/conf.d/alsa and these are the ones that did not exist: /etc/asound.conf /etc/modprobe.conf Also my alsa.conf is located in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf and not /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf. https://github.com/securitybreach/Cerberus/tree/master/audio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Here are my 64 bit Arch requested files: ~/.asoundrc --> no such file /etc/asound.conf --> no such file /etc/modprobe.conf --> no such file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf --> no such file /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf # # /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf # blacklist usblp /etc/conf.d/alsa # Arguments for alsactl # example: ALSA_ARGS="--file /var/lib/alsa/asound.state" ALSA_ARGS="--file /var/lib/alsa/asound.state" # Enables powersaving mode for AC97 and hda_intel audio chips. # Set to 1 to enable powersaving. # Set to 0 to disable powersaving (default). POWERSAVE=0 # Whether to save volume levels when stopped ("yes" or "no"). SAVE_VOLUME="yes" # Whether to mute the master volume when stopped ("yes" or "no"). # Useful for bad audio cards which make a noise on system poweroff. MUTE_VOLUME="no" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Come on, for a minor little sound issue. The orbital nuke option is a bit over the top. I'm beginning to think you just like pushing the button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 He's been trying to get this sound to work for a month now. I would have nuked it within the first week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Lots of info at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanc...nd_Architecture I would suggest to change your ~/.asoundrc according to the example in the "In User Space" section of that page. pcm.!default { type hw card 1 device 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 1 device 0 #this may cause alsamixer to crash with "cannot open mixer: Invalid argument" } Use aplay -l to find out the correct number for your desired card. The alsa.conf file looks to be a default one. It seems the same as my one in aptosid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Many thanks to all that offered help. I'm keeping me fingers crossed as it looks like I have sound for web sites and in SMPlayer and I still have sound after a reboot so it looks like the solution has been found. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Great news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Great news! Yup just took a couple of numbers in the sun and a few cool sounds. No Nukes needed. just like the good old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Well, maybe you'll get the chance to nuke your system later on down the road. There's always hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 You are a very wicked man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 You are a very wicked man That's what we like best about him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 That's what we like best about him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Can't be serious all the time. Life's too silly and short to take it seriously, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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