On 01/14/2013 12:56 PM, Russell Johnson wrote: > On Jan 14, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Here's another sound issue that might be at the root of the problem: for a >> reason I have not been able to determine, a user on the Sony cannot run >> 'alsamixer'; not even '/usr/bin/alsamixer'; the kernel returns 'file or >> directory not found.' > Stab in the dark here... Is /usr/bin/alsamixer an executable, or a script of > some kind? If it's a script, you'll get the same error if something within > the script isn't found. What is the output of 'file /usr/bin/alsamixer' on > both machines? > > Russell Johnson > [email protected] > On Slackware "alsamixer" is a binary file and should be permissions 755, root:root and set executable. Also, the user should be in the "audio" group. Is "alsamixer" actually present and not a link to elsewhere?
Rich, do you have issues with hearing sound logged in as root or just when logged in as a regular user? This could indicate a permissions problem. alsamixer may run but then can't find the correct nodes. For example, these are the recommended groups for desktop users: audio cdrom floppy plugdev video power netdev lp scanner. For example, $ ls -l /dev | grep audio crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 14 Jan 13 10:47 admmidi crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 12 Jan 13 10:47 adsp crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 13 Jan 13 10:47 amidi crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 4 Jan 13 10:47 audio crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 9 Jan 13 10:47 dmmidi crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Jan 13 10:47 dsp crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 2 Jan 13 10:47 midi crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Jan 13 10:47 mixer crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 1 Jan 13 10:47 sequencer crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 8 Jan 13 10:47 sequencer2 $ ls -l /dev/snd crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 11 Jan 13 10:47 controlC0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Jan 13 10:47 hwC0D0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Jan 13 10:47 midiC0D0 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Jan 13 10:47 midiC0D1 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 10 Jan 13 10:47 pcmC0D0c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 9 Jan 14 13:04 pcmC0D0p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 8 Jan 13 10:47 pcmC0D1c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 7 Jan 13 10:47 pcmC0D2c crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 6 Jan 13 10:47 pcmC0D2p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 Jan 13 10:47 pcmC0D3p crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Jan 13 10:47 seq crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Jan 13 10:47 timer (These and for a SoundBlaster Audigy, your exact node name may differ a bit for Intel). If root has no sound, then you may want to try uninstalling and reinstalling the alsa packages in the AP and L series Slackware directories because something may have gotten borked. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
