I am running KDE 3.5 on OpenSuse 11.1 and out of the box sound has been glitchy. At first reconfiguring the sound card in yast worked, but now all of a sudden the sound stopped and I don’t know why. What should I do? I had no problems in 10.3.
Thanks in advance
I believe the Dell Latitude 600 is not a “young” machine, but rather its been around for a while. It is possible Pulse Audio (which was introduced in 11.0 and is also now present in 11.1) is causing your old machine some hiccups. Some users have been so frustrated by pulse, that they have resorted to removing all pulse audio applications. I note that Gnome and KDE4 are more susceptible to pulse audio hiccups than KDE3 in openSUSE-11.1.
Did your sound come back after a reboot?
I can’t really tell you what your specific problem is. I can pass you some tools so that may be you can localize the problem a bit.
First off, when testing one’s sound, an excellent basic sound test, is to copy and paste the following into a gnome-terminal or kde konsole:speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twavYou should hear a ladies voice saying ‘Front left’, ‘Front right’ … 5 times.
When one’s sound is working, I find it useful to run in a gnome-terminal or konsole: lsof /dev/dsp* /dev/audio* /dev/mixer* /dev/snd/*to get a flavour as to what a good setup looks like (the above will tell you what devices are using your sound). Also to monitor your running processes you can open a second gnome-terminal or konsole and type “top” and let that run.
When the problem reappears, re-run lsof /dev/dsp* /dev/audio* /dev/mixer* /dev/snd/*and compare the earlier output with this current output.
Also check what is showing in “top” Also check your mixer. Many users forget to turn up both PCM volume and Master volume.
Now if your sound simply is not there (at all by any type of test or application), then I would need more information. To provide more information, with your PC connected to the internet copy and paste the following into a gnome-terminal or konsole:/usr/sbin/alsa-info.shWhen the script completes it will pass you a URL. Please post that URL here.
Also, please copy and paste the following one line at a time into a gnome-terminal or konsole and post the output here.rpm -qa | grep alsa
rpm -qa | grep pulse
rpm -q libasound2
uname -a
cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
I ran the tests, the sound is not there.
I ran the alsa script and it didn’t give a URL…
Alsa output:
Your ALSA information is located at
Please inform the person helping you.
The second Output was:
jgehrig@linux-c8wy:~> rpm -qa | grep alsa
alsa-utils-1.0.18-6.4
alsa-plugins-1.0.18-6.12
alsa-1.0.18-8.7
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.12
alsa-devel-1.0.18-8.7
alsa-oss-1.0.17-1.37
jgehrig@linux-c8wy:~> rpm -qa | grep pulse
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.12-9.6
libpulsecore4-0.9.12-9.6
libpulse-browse0-0.9.12-9.6
pulseaudio-utils-0.9.12-9.6
pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.12-9.6
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.12-9.6
pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.12-9.6
libpulse0-0.9.12-9.6
libxine1-pulse-1.1.15-20.8
pulseaudio-0.9.12-9.6
pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.12-9.6
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.12-9.6
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.18-6.12
pulseaudio-module-jack-0.9.12-9.6
jgehrig@linux-c8wy:~> rpm -q libasound2
libasound2-1.0.18-8.7
jgehrig@linux-c8wy:~> uname -a
Linux linux-c8wy 2.6.27.7-9-default #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
jgehrig@linux-c8wy:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
options snd slots=snd-intel8x0
# W60f.N7pivjXDVw1:82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
Thanks for the help
Please try again. It works. …
And if you try again, and you still can not get it to work, then please run /usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh with --no-upload option … ie please try:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
If you use the no-upload option, the information will be in /tmp/alsa-info.txt. Please copy the contents of that file to general pastebin - simplified internet collaboration and post the pastebin URL here.
Also, install “alsa-firmware” , reboot and test your audio.
Here’s the output:
upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.52
!!################################
!!Script ran on: Thu Dec 25 15:51:26 EST 2008
!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------
Welcome to openSUSE 11.1 - Kernel \r (\l). LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-2.0-ia32:core-3.2-ia32" openSUSE 11.1 (i586)
!!Kernel Information
!!------------------
Kernel release: 2.6.27.7-9-default
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686
Processor: i686
SMP Enabled: Yes
!!ALSA Version
!!------------
Driver version: 1.0.17
Library version: 1.0.18
Utilities version: 1.0.18
!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------
snd_intel8x0
!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------
0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with STAC9750,51 at irq 5
!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's
!!--------------------------------------------------------
00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 01)
Subsystem: 1028:011d
!!Loaded sound module options
!!--------------------------
!!Module: snd_intel8x0
ac97_clock : 0
ac97_quirk : <NULL>
buggy_irq : N
buggy_semaphore : N
enable : N
id : <NULL>
index : -1
joystick : 0
spdif_aclink : 0
xbox : N
!!AC97 Codec information
!!---------------------------
--startcollapse--
0-0/0: SigmaTel STAC9750,51
PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1028
PCI Subsys Device: 0x011d
Capabilities : -headphone out-
DAC resolution : 20-bit
ADC resolution : 20-bit
3D enhancement : SigmaTel 3D Enhancement
Current setup
Mic gain : +0dB +0dB]
POP path : pre 3D
Sim. stereo : off
3D enhancement : off
Loudness : off
Mono output : MIX
Mic select : Mic1
ADC/DAC loopback : off
Extended ID : codec=0 rev=1 AMAP DSA=0 SPDIF VRA
Extended status : SPCV SPDIF=10/11 VRA
PCM front DAC : 48000Hz
PCM ADC : 48000Hz
SPDIF Control : Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz
0:00 = 6a90
0:02 = 0000
0:04 = 0000
0:06 = 0000
0:08 = 0000
0:0a = 0000
0:0c = 001f
0:0e = 001f
0:10 = 1f1f
0:12 = 0b0b
0:14 = 1f1f
0:16 = 1f1f
0:18 = 0000
0:1a = 0000
0:1c = 0000
0:1e = 0000
0:20 = 0000
0:22 = 0000
0:24 = 0000
0:26 = 800f
0:28 = 0605
0:2a = 0431
0:2c = bb80
0:2e = 0000
0:30 = 0000
0:32 = bb80
0:34 = 0000
0:36 = 0000
0:38 = 0000
0:3a = 2824
0:3c = 0000
0:3e = 0100
0:40 = 0000
0:42 = 0000
0:44 = 0000
0:46 = 0000
0:48 = 0000
0:4a = 0000
0:4c = 0003
0:4e = ffff
0:50 = 0000
0:52 = 0000
0:54 = 0000
0:56 = 0000
0:58 = 0000
0:5a = 0000
0:5c = 0000
0:5e = 0000
0:60 = 0000
0:62 = 0000
0:64 = 0000
0:66 = 0000
0:68 = 0000
0:6a = 0000
0:6c = 0002
0:6e = 1000
0:70 = 0000
0:72 = 0000
0:74 = 8800
0:76 = 0000
0:78 = 0000
0:7a = 0000
0:7c = 8384
0:7e = 7650
--endcollapse--
!!ALSA Device nodes
!!-----------------
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 2008-12-25 08:10 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 2008-12-25 08:10 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 2008-12-25 13:19 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 2008-12-25 08:10 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 2008-12-25 08:10 /dev/snd/pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2008-12-25 08:10 /dev/snd/pcmC0D3c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 2008-12-25 08:10 /dev/snd/pcmC0D4p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 2008-12-25 08:10 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 2008-12-25 08:10 /dev/snd/timer
!!Aplay/Arecord output
!!------------
APLAY
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ARECORD
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC ADC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 2: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - MIC2 ADC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 3: Intel ICH - ADC2 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - ADC2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
!!Amixer output
!!-------------
!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [I82801DBICH4]
Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with STAC9750,51 at irq 5'
Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9750,51'
Components : 'AC97a:83847650'
Controls : 38
Simple ctrls : 24
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Center',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 15
Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Depth',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 15
Mono: 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM Out Path & Mute',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'pre 3D' 'post 3D'
Item0: 'pre 3D'
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] -34.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -34.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 20 [65%] -4.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 20 [65%] -4.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 0 [0%] -34.50dB] [on]
Front Left: Capture [on]
Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
Item0: 'Mic1'
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] -34.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -34.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 0 [0%] -34.50dB] [on]
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 3
Mono: 3 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] -34.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -34.50dB] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Mix' 'Mic'
Item0: 'Mix'
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
!!Alsactl output
!!-------------
--startcollapse--
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comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
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value true
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control.17 {
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comment.item.2 Video
comment.item.3 Aux
comment.item.4 Line
comment.item.5 Mix
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comment.item.7 Phone
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control.25 {
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control.26 {
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--endcollapse--
!!All Loaded Modules
!!------------------
Module
snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss
snd_seq
snd_seq_device
snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec
ac97_bus
snd_pcm
snd_timer
snd
snd_page_alloc
arc4
ecb
crypto_blkcipher
ieee80211_crypt_wep
xt_tcpudp
xt_pkttype
ipt_LOG
xt_limit
af_packet
binfmt_misc
radeon
drm
xt_NOTRACK
ipt_REJECT
xt_state
iptable_raw
iptable_filter
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack
ip_tables
ip6_tables
x_tables
cpufreq_conservative
cpufreq_userspace
cpufreq_powersave
speedstep_centrino
fuse
loop
dm_mod
pcmcia
ppdev
dcdbas
irda
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piix
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sorry, it’s to long to put it one post.
I was just thinking to myself, I should try KDE4, so i did. And the audio worked!
Any ideas why this might happen?
for now, i guess i’ll have to use KDE4 when i need sound.
Honestly, I believe it because either your PC’s mixer settings are incorrect in KDE3, or there is an an app in your PC’s KDE3 which has seized the sound device, and is not letting it go. If it works in KDE4, it should work in KDE3.
When you ran the speaker-test that I asked you to run in KDE3, what errors did you see? Again, when testing one’s sound, an excellent basic sound test, is to copy and paste the following into a gnome-terminal or kde konsole:speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
You should hear a ladies voice saying ‘Front left’, ‘Front right’ … 5 times.
What output did the lsof give?
Also, was the general pastebin - simplified internet collaboration site not working?
Here is the output from the command:
speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 96 to 1048576
Period size range from 32 to 349526
Using max buffer size 1048576
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 262144
was set buffer_size = 1048576
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.916870
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.501949
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.859887
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.865893
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 3.519116
I didn’t hear anything…
My mixer settings are(yast and kmix):
Master: 100
PCM: 100
If you’d like to look at any other audio chanels ask…
as for lsof
Output:
jgehrig@linux-c8wy:~> lsof /dev/dsp* /dev/audio* /dev/mixer* /dev/snd/*
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
pulseaudi 3244 jgehrig 16u CHR 116,9 0t0 3626 /dev/snd/controlC0
pulseaudi 3244 jgehrig 22u CHR 116,9 0t0 3626 /dev/snd/controlC0
kmix 8361 jgehrig 10u CHR 116,9 0t0 3626 /dev/snd/controlC0
kmix 8361 jgehrig 11u CHR 116,12 0t0 3661 /dev/snd/controlC1
Thanks
I can’t explain it. You should be getting sound.
It could be another mixer setting that you have muted that is resulting in no sound. I do not have your sound hardware, so it is impossible for me to go thru each one (via trial and error) to see which one, if any, it might be. I recommend you try that.
Good luck!
Thanks for the help, I’ll check one last time, but it looks like I’ll have to reinstall.
There are no issues with sound on my D600 in 11.1 KDE 3.5.10.
Check all the mixer settings (both in yast and in kmix). What sound chip does your laptop have? Mine is recognized as “Intel 82801DB-ICH4”, using snd-intel8x0 driver.