I installed suse 11.2 I have nvidia motherboard builtin sound and a creative x-fi sound card. I have no sound on either. I have a 5.1 speaker system. Can someone help?
Which desktop? KDE4 or Gnome? or other ?
If I had to guess, with no more details, I would guess your sound DOES work, but either:
a. your mixer is setup wrong (kmix under KDE and alsamixer under gnome) or
b. your sound test is inadequate and instead this is a multimedia codec problem,
As caf4926 noted, start trying to work your way through the openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide:SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE
Please do NOT use the startup system sound as your criteria for stating sound does not work. Also be certain to check your mixer. Its not uncommon for a mixer setting (master, pcm or speaker) to be muted upon boot. In KDE your mixer is “kmix” (the small speaker in right hand corner). In Gnome your mixer is “alsamixer”.
Note, when testing if you have sound, please copy and paste the following speaker-test into a Gnome terminal or a kde konsole:
speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav
Note Linux is case sensitive, and “D” is not the same as “d”. To stop the above test, while the konsole/xterm has the mouse focus, press <CTRL><C> on the keyboard. Note you should check your mixer settings (kmix if using KDE, and alsamixer if using Gnome) to ensure that PCM and Master Volume are set around 95%. Once you have basic sound established you can back off to lower volume levels. Note the test for surround sound is different.
If that test yields errors (and its not uncommon to get errors there), try instead this more simple test: speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twavYou should hear a female voice saying ‘FRONT LEFT’, ‘FRONT RIGHT’ five times. Its quite common that one of those speaker tests will work and one will NOT work, so don’t be distressed if that is the case. IF that test gives sound, stop now, post that the sound test gives sound, and we will look at other possible causes for your applications not giving you the sound you want (such as missing codecs, using the wrong packaged version … etc … ).
Or alternatively, for testing the simple playback, use aplay program. Prepare a WAV file and simply run like:
aplay -vv somefile.wav
With the option -vv, aplay shows the verbose information of the PCM device, and a VU-peak meter during playing the file.
Try those speaker-tests as both a regular user, and also with root permissions. If you have a headset, try with your headset plugged in, and also with your headset not plugged in (for speakers).
Assuming no sound, can you provide more very detailed information so a good recommendation can be given? For openSUSE-11.2, you can do that, with your laptop connected to the internet, by opening a gnome-terminal or a kde konsole and twice copy and paste the following into that terminal/konsole
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh
Run it the 1st time with root permissions. It will ask if you wish to do an update of the script. Select YES.
Then run it again (as either a regular user or as root). This time it will diagnose your PC’s hardware and software configuration for audio, and it will ask you if you wish to share the information (select YES) and it will post its output on the Internet/web. And when finished it will give you the URL of the web site where the information is posted. Please post that URL here. JUST the URL.
Also, please copy and paste the following commands one line at a time into a gnome-terminal or a konsole and post here the output: rpm -qa ‘alsa’
rpm -qa ‘pulse’
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a
cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf… with that information I may be able to make a detailed recommendation. (but try the alsa-firmware installation/reboot first)
Also, do NOT waste too much time on this. Simply post on our forum if you get stumped, and continue to look for help that way.
KD4 suse 11.2 using 11.1 burned dvd
If I had to guess, with no more details, I would guess your sound DOES work, but either:
a. your mixer is setup wrong (kmix under KDE and alsamixer under gnome) or
b. your sound test is inadequate and instead this is a multimedia codec problem,
As caf4926 noted, start trying to work your way through the openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide:SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE
Please do NOT use the startup system sound as your criteria for stating sound does not work. Also be certain to check your mixer. Its not uncommon for a mixer setting (master, pcm or speaker) to be muted upon boot. In KDE your mixer is “kmix” (the small speaker in right hand corner). In Gnome your mixer is “alsamixer”.
I had the problem of volume set to zero on install. I checked that first, normal volume. surround, center, lfe are muted in kmix tab hda invidia(“not functioning switching to side speakers”) On CA0106, ie958 is muted. Volumes look normal.
Note, when testing if you have sound, please copy and paste the following speaker-test into a Gnome terminal or a kde konsole:
[QUOTE]If that test yields errors (and its not uncommon to get errors there), try instead this more simple test: speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twavYou should hear a female voice saying ‘FRONT LEFT’, ‘FRONT RIGHT’ five times. Its quite common that one of those speaker tests will work and one will NOT work, so don’t be distressed if that is the case. IF that test gives sound, stop now, post that the sound test gives sound, and we will look at other possible causes for your applications not giving you the sound you want (such as missing codecs, using the wrong packaged version … etc … ).
No sound, even if I unmute the items in kmix. Works find in mswin.
Or alternatively, for testing the simple playback, use aplay program. Prepare a WAV file and simply run like:
aplay -vv somefile.wavWith the option -vv, aplay shows the verbose information of the PCM device, and a VU-peak meter during playing the file.
Try those speaker-tests as both a regular user, and also with root permissions. If you have a headset, try with your headset plugged in, and also with your headset not plugged in (for speakers).
Don’t have a headset. play what and where?
Assuming no sound, can you provide more very detailed information so a good recommendation can be given? For openSUSE-11.2, you can do that, with your laptop connected to the internet, by opening a gnome-terminal or a kde konsole and twice copy and paste the following into that terminal/konsole
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.shRun it the 1st time with root permissions. It will ask if you wish to do an update of the script. Select YES.
Then run it again (as either a regular user or as root). This time it will diagnose your PC’s hardware and software configuration for audio, and it will ask you if you wish to share the information (select YES) and it will post its output on the Internet/web. And when finished it will give you the URL of the web site where the information is posted. Please post that URL here. JUST the URL.
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=3d6555d2323116aa4afc44e5f9c07506cde03040
Also, please copy and paste the following commands one line at a time into a gnome-terminal or a konsole and post here the output: rpm -qa ‘alsa’
rpm -qa ‘pulse’
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a
cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf… with that information I may be able to make a detailed recommendation. (but try the alsa-firmware installation/reboot first)
Also, do NOT waste too much time on this. Simply post on our forum if you get stumped, and continue to look for help that way.[/QUOTE]
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KD4 suse 11.2 using 11.1 burned dvd
If I had to guess, with no more details, I would guess your sound DOES work, but either:
a. your mixer is setup wrong (kmix under KDE and alsamixer under gnome) or
b. your sound test is inadequate and instead this is a multimedia codec problem,
As caf4926 noted, start trying to work your way through the openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide:SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE
Please do NOT use the startup system sound as your criteria for stating sound does not work. Also be certain to check your mixer. Its not uncommon for a mixer setting (master, pcm or speaker) to be muted upon boot. In KDE your mixer is “kmix” (the small speaker in right hand corner). In Gnome your mixer is “alsamixer”.
I had the problem of volume set to zero on install. I checked that first, normal volume. surround, center, lfe are muted in kmix tab hda invidia(“not functioning switching to side speakers”) On CA0106, ie958 is muted. Volumes look normal.
Note, when testing if you have sound, please copy and paste the following speaker-test into a Gnome terminal or a kde konsole:
[QUOTE]If that test yields errors (and its not uncommon to get errors there), try instead this more simple test: speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twavYou should hear a female voice saying ‘FRONT LEFT’, ‘FRONT RIGHT’ five times. Its quite common that one of those speaker tests will work and one will NOT work, so don’t be distressed if that is the case. IF that test gives sound, stop now, post that the sound test gives sound, and we will look at other possible causes for your applications not giving you the sound you want (such as missing codecs, using the wrong packaged version … etc … ).
No sound, even if I unmute the items in kmix. Works find in mswin.
Or alternatively, for testing the simple playback, use aplay program. Prepare a WAV file and simply run like:
aplay -vv somefile.wavWith the option -vv, aplay shows the verbose information of the PCM device, and a VU-peak meter during playing the file.
Try those speaker-tests as both a regular user, and also with root permissions. If you have a headset, try with your headset plugged in, and also with your headset not plugged in (for speakers).
Don’t have a headset. play what and where?
Assuming no sound, can you provide more very detailed information so a good recommendation can be given? For openSUSE-11.2, you can do that, with your laptop connected to the internet, by opening a gnome-terminal or a kde konsole and twice copy and paste the following into that terminal/konsole
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.shRun it the 1st time with root permissions. It will ask if you wish to do an update of the script. Select YES.
Then run it again (as either a regular user or as root). This time it will diagnose your PC’s hardware and software configuration for audio, and it will ask you if you wish to share the information (select YES) and it will post its output on the Internet/web. And when finished it will give you the URL of the web site where the information is posted. Please post that URL here. JUST the URL.
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=3d6555d2323116aa4afc44e5f9c07506cde03040
Also, please copy and paste the following commands one line at a time into a gnome-terminal or a konsole and post here the output: rpm -qa ‘alsa’
rpm -qa ‘pulse’
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a
cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf… with that information I may be able to make a detailed recommendation. (but try the alsa-firmware installation/reboot first)
Also, do NOT waste too much time on this. Simply post on our forum if you get stumped, and continue to look for help that way.[/QUOTE]
Before alsa-firmware install, do you want me to install it now? I’ll assume wait until you see this output.
rpm -qa ‘alsa’
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.13
alsa-oss-1.0.17-1.43
alsa-oss-32bit-1.0.17-1.37
alsa-plugins-1.0.18-6.13
alsa-1.0.18-8.12.1
alsa-utils-1.0.18-6.4
rpm -qa ‘pulse’
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.13
pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-module-jack-0.9.14-2.2.1
libxine1-pulse-1.1.15-23.3.3
libpulse0-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.14-2.2.1
libpulse-browse0-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-lang-0.9.14-2.2.1
pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.14-2.2.1
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.14-2.2.1
rpm -q libasound2
libasound2-1.0.18-8.12.1
uname -a
Linux linux-lskg 2.6.27.37-0.1-default #1 SMP 2009-10-15 14:56:58 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
cat: /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf: No such file or directory
Is there a driver for x-fi audio?
2.6.27.37 is not a 11.2 kernel, it’s 11.1.
X-Fi works “out of the box” on 2.6.30+ and 2.6.31 which is what comes with openSUSE 11.2 - you have 11.1 installed.
Please verify this by typing;
cat /etc/SuSE-release
in any terminal.
Ok, your built in sound card is based on an ALC883 hardware audio codec. Its possible that we can get that to work by forcing a model option upon boot. However the auto probe of 1.0.21 of alsa works well, and it might be easier to update to it, as opposed to forcing a model option.
I also note that X-Fi requires 1.0.21 of alsa to give sound.
Ergo, I recommend you update your alsa sound driver to 1.0.21 of alsa, to attempt to solve both audio hiccups.
First go to YaST > Software > Repositories and disable your CD/DVD drive as a repository.
Then to update alsa, with your PC connected to the internet, by opening a terminal and typing ‘su’ (no quotes - enter root password when prompted) to get root permissions and then copy and paste and execute in sequence the following commands one by one. Note also if they do not install via the zypper command, you may need to download the rpms to your hard drive and install them that way:
zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/libs/openSUSE_11.1/ multimedia
zypper install alsa alsa-firmware alsa-plugins-pulse alsa-oss alsa-oss-32bit alsa-plugins alsa-utils alsa-docs libasound2
zypper rr multimedia
zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/audio:/KMP/openSUSE_11.1_Update/ multimedia
zypper install alsa-driver-kmp-default
zypper rr multimedia
once the download is complete and the rpms appear installed, do a quality check with "rpm -qa ‘alsa’ " to confirm you have 1.0.21 of alsa. Then reboot your PC and test your audio.
I checked it’s 11.1 I thought it was 11.2 since the KDE interface looked so different. I’ll have to download 11.2, but that’s a 5 hour download. 
Oldcpu please wait… I should be able get it by tonight and post new info.
The commands I gave you were for 11.1, and I believe would have worked for 11.1. I hope 11.2 works for you. From a sound perspective, it may ‘just work’.
11.2 would work fine if he disables onboard in BIOS and uses X-Fi solely, I have a similar setup and it’s 100% right out of the box totally functional, including SPDIF passthrough to a 7.1 amp.
I spent a total of 15 hours downloading through bit torrent, bad checksum. Downloaded again, 9 1/2 hours, direct link. Searched menu for dvd burn, checksum verified. Burn dvd program said data verify mismatch. Now, I try to transfer the file to another drive(a->b) so windows can burn it with the software I have. The file copy errors. ARG!!!
What now??
15 hours downloading through bit torrent, bad checksum.
A torrent client has re-check which just makes sure all the pieces are there, so you should never need to re-download (I never have).
Load the .iso in k3b and it will tell you the md5 or in a terminal
md5sum /path_to/file
When I tried to do the md5sum manually, it gives a read error. The dvd program says the checksum for the iso is correct. After that, I checked read verify. It burned successfully. It then said “read verify error”. Is there a way to verify the checksum on the burned dvd?
There is, but its painful. 
… Take a read here: openSUSE Forums - View Single Post - NEWBIES - Suse-11.0 Pre-installation – PLEASE READ - check DVD meda
That was so complex, we pulled it out of the 11.1 and 11.2 stickie.
Did you try the “mediacheck” on the newly burned DVD ?
After not able to copy it from linux -> Fat32, I tried another download(10 hours), bad checksum.
I just installed it, sound, printer, and network are functioning.
As to the other errors, I’ll post in a different forums. Thanks.
Downloading a DVD iso to a FAT32 is a really really really bad idea.
If this is indeed what you did, then I would not be surprised if you have other unexpected problems crop up, that can not be explained.
I’v done it many times before to burn suse with no problems, since I kept getting the read verify on linux. Downloading to linux was just a mistake this time.