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On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 09:37 +0100, Tony Sumner wrote: > > Try following this: > > http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/sound.htm > > > If that doesn't work then read on. > > As I see it now-a-days there's no need to install any module. The > > kernel will suss out the hardware itself and load the appropriate > > module. > > Well. that is a fair statement of what should happen and doesn't. > > > as root do "lspci" and report back > > 00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3) > 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3) > 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2) > <snip> > 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless > Network Adapter (rev 01) > 01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) > 01:09.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model > 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15) > > > My next trick would be to insert a soundcard in the PCI slot that I know > > works in Linux > > It is a PCI soundcard and it does work in Linux -- because I have had aplay > playing a wav file. > > > A parallel diagnostic at this point is a different OS run from a "Live Cd" > > I do have an alternative OS, it's called Windows, and with that the sound > works fine, both movies and audio CD. So the hardware is ok. I have also > loaded a live disk with Ubuntu 8.04 (a great version that!) and this > identifies the sound card and installs the module snd_cmipci and I can aplay > a wav file. I couldn't test an audio CD since I have only the one drive. > > I have looked at the debian help page and none of it helps much. The > present position is that lsmod says the modules are loaded, including > snd_cmipci, but now nothing works, not even aplay, in root or out of > it. I have esd but not /dev/dsp or /dev/mixer. I have looked in > /etc/modprobe.d and the module is not blacklisted. And no I am not > going to try editing udev rules. I think the problem is essentially this: > > With both OSS and ALSA (when it was working) I can play a wav file and > nothing else. > The hardware is ok > > I am convinced that the only way forward is to re-install Debian. That > means re-installing stuff like TeX and MySQL which are quite tricky > and at present I can't spare the time. So can I leave it like that -- > I'll re-install the OS when I can? > > Tony > I would think that it is just the Users profile that is broken have you created a new user and tried that? -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq