[SOLVED]No Sound In PCLinuxOS 2011.6 KDE

[gdawg]

After a recent installation of pclos 2011.6 KDE I'm unable to get sound from videos. I searched the forums for this problem and tried several recommended fixes but none worked. I have the following driver installed: Your card currently use the ALSA "snd_hda_intel" driver (default driver for your card is "snd_hda_intel"). I have enabled Pulse Audio and made the following changes to /etc/modprobe.conf file:

From:
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel

To:
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd_hda_intel index=1

I get the boot sound only. Any help will be appreciated.

uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.38.8-pclos1.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 4 04:13:21 CDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[Rudge]

After a recent installation of pclos 2011.6 KDE I'm unable to get sound from videos. I searched the forums for this problem and tried several recommended fixes but none worked. I have the following driver installed: Your card currently use the ALSA "snd_hda_intel" driver (default driver for your card is "snd_hda_intel"). I have enabled Pulse Audio and made the following changes to /etc/modprobe.conf file:

From:
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel

To:
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd_hda_intel index=1

I get the boot sound only. Any help will be appreciated.

uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.38.8-pclos1.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 4 04:13:21 CDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Have you tried the usual "from a root console" ( alsaconf ) and following the instructions?

You say what drivers you have but you don't say what hardware you have.

The more information you can give, the more likely someone will be able to help. 

[gdawg]

Sorry I failed to include that I am running from a Dell Inspiron 530S desktop with Win 7 and multiple Linux distros installed on sda and sdb (which is a Seagate external hd). Following your advice I setup 'alsaconf' but experienced no change. I have PCLinuxOS Enlightenment installed and have had no sound problems with it or any other distros. Thank you for your help.

Problem solved. I also have Full Monty 2011.09 KDE installed and since sound worked fine there, I copied it's '/etc/modprobe.conf' file, printed it and made changes to subject 2011.6 KDE and it worked. Here is what it looks like now:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /bin/true
alias eth0 e1000e
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel
alias pci:v00008086d000010C0sv00001028sd0000020Dbc02sc00i00 e1000e

Thanks for your help.

Even though this issue is solved I noticed that the final configuration is the same as it was before I altered it. So the solution was probably running ALSA, as root, which wasn't something I'd ever done before on previous PCLinuxOS KDE installations. Since I'd already altered '/etc/modprobe.conf' before I ran ALSA I didn't have any video sounds until I restored '/etc/modprobe.conf' to it's original configuration. I have never had to run ALSA in any previous PCLinuxOS installations. Should it always be run when having sound issues?

[Rudge]

Sorry I failed to include that I am running from a Dell Inspiron 530S desktop with Win 7 and multiple Linux distros installed on sda and sdb (which is a Seagate external hd). Following your advice I setup 'alsaconf' but experienced no change. I have PCLinuxOS Enlightenment installed and have had no sound problems with it or any other distros. Thank you for your help.

Problem solved. I also have Full Monty 2011.09 KDE installed and since sound worked fine there, I copied it's '/etc/modprobe.conf' file, printed it and made changes to subject 2011.6 KDE and it worked. Here is what it looks like now:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /bin/true
alias eth0 e1000e
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel
alias pci:v00008086d000010C0sv00001028sd0000020Dbc02sc00i00 e1000e

Thanks for your help.

Even though this issue is solved I noticed that the final configuration is the same as it was before I altered it. So the solution was probably running ALSA, as root, which wasn't something I'd ever done before on previous PCLinuxOS KDE installations. Since I'd already altered '/etc/modprobe.conf' before I ran ALSA I didn't have any video sounds until I restored '/etc/modprobe.conf' to it's original configuration. I have never had to run ALSAconf in any previous PCLinuxOS installations. Should it always be run when having sound issues?

Right after checking the wires and volume controls, it's one of the things I do first.