No sound

[OrangeyJuice]

Hey,

I have been unable to get sound to work in my kubuntu 10.04 install. While I'm not entirely new to linux, I have absolutely no idea how to fix this problem - I tried updating alsa, then promptly gave up. I do not know what other information I need to give to you, so sorry in advance for that.

Btw, I honestly do not know what soundcard I have installed. I know it has something to do with azalia, but short of that I have been unable to ID it correctly. Its just a feature in my motherboard manual. I have an Asus AM3 motherboard if that helps.

*Another question, I had issues getting the live CD to work - I had to enable nomodeset in order for anything to appear on my screen after launching without installation or installing. After I got it installed, using the proprietry ATI drivers fixed my issue, yet now I am unable to use most desktop gfx enhancements. Is this related? My card is a HD 4770



Thanks
OJ

[Snowhog]

Re: No sound

Open a console and type:

lspci

and post the output.

[OrangeyJuice]

Re: No sound

Heres the output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RX780/RX790 Chipset Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port A)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port E)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 41)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller (rev 40)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:15.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 43a0
00:16.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:16.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
02:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0)
03:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation Device 0194 (rev 03)
04:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB361 AHCI/IDE (rev 02)
04:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB361 AHCI/IDE (rev 02)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 4770 [RV740]
05:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730

Thanks

[Snowhog]

Re: No sound

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
05:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730

Do you have two audio cards installed - an on-board and a card?

[OrangeyJuice]

Re: No sound

I only have the onboard one.

[Snowhog]

Re: No sound

Top 20 Kubuntu FAQs & Answers

See #6

[OrangeyJuice]

Re: No sound

It took a bit of struggling to compile the update script provided in #6, but in the end it worked, so thanks!

Any chance you can help me out with the desktop issues?

[Snowhog]

Re: No sound

Your welcome.

No, I can't (on your video card issue), but others here can. So, as they say, "Stay tuned to this channel."

[OrangeyJuice]

Re: No sound

More issues :-/

I had to reinstall Kubuntu today due to some weird issue with the GFX driver - I took a stab at fixing it myself but did not succeed. Once I restarted I ran the script I used last night, but this time I have no audio. I am 100% sure I ran the script correctly too. When I open the mixer, I only have 2 channels, just master and pcm. Last night after the script fixed it I had a couple of options, like front and center. I guess the lack of options confirms I did not fix it. Also, if I run alsamixer i can access the two channels, but neither of them have a mute box under them so that can not be it.

I have to guess that whatever script I ran in earlier yesterday fixed it when combined with this one, but since my firefox history is gone I have no clue what script that was. Any advice?

Thanks