[SOLVED!!!!!]no sound , and no speakers found

[NIKK]

Alright, i know i've got to be the 100th person to go on about how my sound is buggy, but i've spent all day researching this problem and i'm stuck at square one. i've already run alsaconf, several times, i've run kmix, added all the channels i could find and set the volumes up max, i've opened up the laptop to check the wires ( and ended up fixing my touchpad), but still nada.  I have no headphones to test the headphone jack, i have no sound on the internet, nor do i get a nice little tune when my laptop starts up and logs in.  i will try to provide any information necessary if you want, but i'd like to know i'm still a little new to linux.  I'm running a Toshiba Satalite m115-s1061, i'm using pclinuxos ldxe.  i came accross something that said drag the speakers over to the chanel list in kmixer, but the speaker channel is not there. Infact, i have no idea how to check and see if my speakers are there at all.

[Texstar]

Nope you are the first! 

[NIKK]

maybe its because i accidently put this topic under desktop ,instead of laptop

[Ramchu]

Have you selected the master channel ?
KMix>settings>Select Master Channel

[Just18]

IIUC, you are referring to the built-in speakers of the laptop only.
You have no headphone - or external speakers to plug into the headphone socket?

First part is to get the hardware details for the sound card. In a terminal type

lspci      <Enter>

and copy and paste the line that refers to your sound card into your next post.

Then go into PCLinuxOS Control Centre - Hardware and get the details of the sound card from there.
In particular the Driver Module.

Does your laptop have a HDMI output connector? If yes it is possible that the sound it being routed to that instead of the speakers.

The above info should help someone to assist you  

..... and welcome to the PCLinuxOS Forum! 

[NIKK]

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
05:06.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
05:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)





Identification
Vendor: ‎ATI Technologies Inc

Description: ‎IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller

Media class: ‎Audio device

Connection
Bus: ‎PCI

PCI domain: ‎0

Bus PCI #: ‎0

PCI device #: ‎20

PCI function #: ‎2

PCI revision: ‎0x01

Vendor ID: ‎0x1002

Device ID: ‎0x437b

Sub vendor ID: ‎0x1179

Sub device ID: ‎0xff10

Driver
Module: ‎snd_hda_intel

Alternative drivers: ‎unknown

[Just18]

Try the following .....  not certain, but worth a try ....


Add the following line

options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba

to the file

/etc/modprobe.conf

Ensure the file ends in a blank line before saving it.

You will need to open the file 'as root' to be able to edit it.


There are other options you can try if the line above does not work, for instance

options snd-hda-intel model=3stack

options snd-hda-intel model=asus

options snd-hda-intel model=asus-laptop


I hope one of those gets you going.

regards

[NIKK]

hmm, well it all looked very helpfull, but when i punched in etc/modprobe.conf, it told me the access was denied, so after i told the computer off, i decided to go into /etc and find modprobe.conf in pcman.  i found it, and opened it as a txt to add the file. strange, it said the file didnt exist (as i was oppening it, go figure) and asked if i wanted to create one. i created it, and added the script.  it whent on and on (using all the options you gave me) and it continued to blabber about how the "path not found".  so i decided to keep the first setting, and save and exit. it wont let me save, because of the previous error message. any ideas?

[Just18]

You will need to open the file 'as root' to be able to edit it.

I guess you missed that bit 

[NIKK]

i was in root, which  is why i'm a little dumfounded ,

[root@localhost nikk]# /etc/modprobe.conf
bash: /etc/modprobe.conf: Permission denied
[root@localhost nikk]#

[Old-Polack]

i was in root, which  is why i'm a little dumfounded ,

[root@localhost nikk]# /etc/modprobe.conf
bash: /etc/modprobe.conf: Permission denied
[root@localhost nikk]#

Wrong command!

Try this;

[root@localhost ~]# <text editor> /etc/modprobe.conf                    <Enter>

Replace <text editor> with the actual name of the text editor you normally use.

[NIKK]

alright, that helped me add the line atleast.  But now what, i still cant find my speakers in kmixer, and there is yet to be sound, i know i'm getting a little hasty but i was wondering if there was a step two?

[Old-Polack]

alright, that helped me add the line atleast.  But now what, i still cant find my speakers in kmixer, and there is yet to be sound, i know i'm getting a little hasty but i was wondering if there was a step two?

In your terminal, enter the following;

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep snd                                   <Enter>

Post your results, including the prompt, command, and output.

Example:

On my machine I get this;

[root@fatman ~]# lsmod | grep snd

Code:

snd_usb_audio          86582  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek   299104  1
snd_hda_intel          22445  2
snd_hda_codec          77278  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_usbmidi_lib        18892  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hwdep               6182  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_rawmidi            19688  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_seq_dummy           1503  0
snd_seq_oss            29380  0
snd_seq_midi_event      5700  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                51718  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          5401  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            39289  0
snd_pcm                75283  4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19497  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          15417  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    57032  20 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               5681  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7225  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
usbcore               141571  10 snd_usb_audio,uvcvideo,snd_usbmidi_lib,uas,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid

The above is a listing of all the kernel modules, related to sound, currently in use. Putting the output in a code box keeps column and line integrity, so makes it easier to read.

[NIKK]

[root@localhost nikk]# lsmod | grep snd

Code:

snd_usb_audio          70727  0
snd_usbmidi_lib        15440  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hda_codec_realtek   226487  1
snd_hda_intel          19173  6
snd_hda_codec          66310  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_opl3sa2            10864  0
snd_wss_lib            18390  1 snd_opl3sa2
snd_opl3_lib            7226  1 snd_opl3sa2
snd_hwdep               4820  3 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart         4983  1 snd_opl3sa2
snd_rawmidi            15287  2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_dummy           1135  0
snd_seq_oss            25264  0
snd_seq_midi_event      4648  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42136  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4457  5 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            33854  0
snd_pcm                60702  7 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_wss_lib,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              15383  6 snd_wss_lib,snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          12981  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    43189  26 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_opl3sa2,snd_wss_lib,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               5025  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          6037  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_wss_lib,snd_pcm
usbcore               118087  6 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd

[Old-Polack]

NIKK:

That looks good. Now try;

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf                <Enter>

Post your results.