ALSA: no sound, no error!
I'm experiencing a similar problem with similar hardware. I have a sager np3880-v laptop, the sound works great in windows. In gentoo linux, everything seems to be working fine as far as I can tell, except no sound comes out. cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp makes no sound. Maybe someone knows what they're looking at here better than I do. I'll paypal $50 to whoever provides the magic solution. [EMAIL PROTECTED] lspci | grep -i audio :00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) /etc/init.d/alsasound start * Loading ALSA modules ... * Loading: snd-card-0 ... [ ok ] * Loading: snd-seq-oss ... [ ok ] * Loading: snd-pcm-oss ... [ ok ] * Restoring Mixer Levels ... [ ok ] alsamixer: PCM and Front, Front Mi, Surround, Center, LFE are all up and unmuted. There is no Master volume. Line, Mic, Headphon are all muted and down. cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0x8000 irq 10 cat /proc/asound/devices 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture 0: [0- 0]: ctl 1: : sequencer 33: : timer cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.9b emulation code) Kernel: Linux wookie 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 #3 Wed Jul 20 23:58:09 Local time zone must be set--see zic manu i686 Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: HDA Intel at 0x8000 irq 10 Audio devices: 0: ALC880 Analog (DUPLEX) Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Timers: 7: system timer Mixers: 0: Realtek ALC880 lsmod | grep -i snd snd_pcm_oss48160 0 snd_mixer_oss 17408 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_oss34560 0 snd_seq_midi_event 6016 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq50704 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 7436 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_hda_intel 13952 0 snd_hda_codec 69248 1 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm82696 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_timer 21892 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd47204 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc 7940 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oh no! I meant to send this to the list. I need to check my fields better. It seems when I hit reply on debian-user, it sends to the person who sent the message instead of sending it back to the list like most lists do. I usually catch it, but this time I didn't. My appology. Charles Mims's comments on ALSA: no sound, no error! were as follows: # snd_pcm_oss48160 0 # snd_mixer_oss 17408 1 snd_pcm_oss # snd_seq_oss34560 0 # snd_seq_midi_event 6016 1 snd_seq_oss # snd_seq50704 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event # snd_seq_device 7436 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq # snd_hda_intel 13952 0 # snd_hda_codec 69248 1 snd_hda_intel # snd_pcm82696 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec # snd_timer 21892 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm # snd47204 9 # snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer # snd_page_alloc 7940 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm # Hmm. My lsmod on my working system shows also soundcore 9760 2 snd Could this be the problem? modprobe soundcore and see if that fixes the problem. If so, echo soundcore /etc/modules HTH, Lorenzo - -- - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s:+ a- C+++ UL P+ L+++ E- W++ N o K- w--- O M V- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5+ X+ R tv-- b++ DI-- D+ G e* h r+++ y+++ - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- - - End forwarded message - - -- - -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s:+ a- C+++ UL P+ L+++ E- W++ N o K- w--- O M V- PS+++ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5+ X+ R tv-- b++ DI-- D+ G e* h r+++ y+++ - --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC3+LUG9IpekrhBfIRAjVlAKCBd8MX0b/rAzjDLE6m3IlwiDZ4OACfRe7a mwrHmpxLxDImYHN4aU/e1Mc= =ioWp -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
In gentoo linux, everything seems to be working fine as far as I can tell, except no sound comes out. cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp makes no sound. [...] alsamixer: PCM and Front, Front Mi, Surround, Center, LFE are all up and unmuted. There is no Master volume. Line, Mic, Headphon are all muted and down. Some laptop sound chips require Headphone to be unmuted and / or a switch called external amplifier to be on to actually produce sound. If the chip can do digital out (even if there's no connector on the laptop), try turning it off. I think the mixer switch is called IEC-something. C.
ALSA: no sound, no error!
Hi, My system is an unstable Debian box and was running sound (with ALSA) under KDE(and sometimes GNOME) without any problem till a few weeks ago. But now I get no sound what soever. There is no sound if I do $cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp Also, when I try to play audio (audio CD or mp3s) with XMMS everything seems to be running fine but there is no sound! XMMS, xine, or other multimedia applications do not complain about anything regarding sound system. Could someone help or give tips on how to go about debugging the sound problem? Below are some details about the system: arts is set to release the sound device after 2 seconds, and it looks that its working. Testing sound from the Control CenterSound and Multimedia doesn't give any error either. ~$ lspci | grep Multimedia :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) ~$ lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 33216 0 snd_ac97_codec 78360 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss53344 0 snd_mixer_oss 19872 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm92712 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24644 1 snd_pcm snd55300 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9664 1 snd snd_page_alloc 10020 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm ~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981A at 0xfebff800, irq 201 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ALSA: no sound, no error!
run alsamixer and turn your volume back up? Cameron Matheson On 6/23/05, [KS] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, My system is an unstable Debian box and was running sound (with ALSA) under KDE(and sometimes GNOME) without any problem till a few weeks ago. But now I get no sound what soever. There is no sound if I do $cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp Also, when I try to play audio (audio CD or mp3s) with XMMS everything seems to be running fine but there is no sound! XMMS, xine, or other multimedia applications do not complain about anything regarding sound system. Could someone help or give tips on how to go about debugging the sound problem? Below are some details about the system: arts is set to release the sound device after 2 seconds, and it looks that its working. Testing sound from the Control CenterSound and Multimedia doesn't give any error either. ~$ lspci | grep Multimedia :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) ~$ lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 33216 0 snd_ac97_codec 78360 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss53344 0 snd_mixer_oss 19872 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm92712 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24644 1 snd_pcm snd55300 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9664 1 snd snd_page_alloc 10020 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm ~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981A at 0xfebff800, irq 201 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
Cam wrote: run alsamixer and turn your volume back up? Cameron Matheson Sorry, I forgot to tell that everything in alsamixer is at full volume, nothing is muted and that running alsaconf does not help either. Thanks, /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 12:21:09PM -0400, [KS] wrote: Hi, My system is an unstable Debian box and was running sound (with ALSA) under KDE(and sometimes GNOME) without any problem till a few weeks ago. But now I get no sound what soever. There is no sound if I do $cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp Also, when I try to play audio (audio CD or mp3s) with XMMS everything seems to be running fine but there is no sound! XMMS, xine, or other multimedia applications do not complain about anything regarding sound system. Could someone help or give tips on how to go about debugging the sound problem? Below are some details about the system: arts is set to release the sound device after 2 seconds, and it looks that its working. Testing sound from the Control CenterSound and Multimedia doesn't give any error either. ~$ lspci | grep Multimedia :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) ~$ lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 33216 0 snd_ac97_codec 78360 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss53344 0 snd_mixer_oss 19872 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm92712 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24644 1 snd_pcm snd55300 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9664 1 snd snd_page_alloc 10020 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm ~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981A at 0xfebff800, irq 201 That looks good to me. Obvious question first. Have you used alsamixer (or a GUI equivalent) to unmute the output? -- PJR :-) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
En/La [KS] ha escrit, a 23/06/05 18:30: Cam wrote: run alsamixer and turn your volume back up? Cameron Matheson Sorry, I forgot to tell that everything in alsamixer is at full volume, nothing is muted and that running alsaconf does not help either. Thanks, /KS Have you run alsaconf lately? Does it see your card? What about the bootup messages (in dmesg)? Do they whinge about anything regarding alsa? Jonathan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
Peter J Ross wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 12:21:09PM -0400, [KS] wrote: Hi, My system is an unstable Debian box and was running sound (with ALSA) under KDE(and sometimes GNOME) without any problem till a few weeks ago. But now I get no sound what soever. There is no sound if I do $cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp Also, when I try to play audio (audio CD or mp3s) with XMMS everything seems to be running fine but there is no sound! XMMS, xine, or other multimedia applications do not complain about anything regarding sound system. Could someone help or give tips on how to go about debugging the sound problem? Below are some details about the system: arts is set to release the sound device after 2 seconds, and it looks that its working. Testing sound from the Control CenterSound and Multimedia doesn't give any error either. ~$ lspci | grep Multimedia :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) ~$ lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 33216 0 snd_ac97_codec 78360 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss53344 0 snd_mixer_oss 19872 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm92712 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24644 1 snd_pcm snd55300 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9664 1 snd snd_page_alloc 10020 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm ~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981A at 0xfebff800, irq 201 That looks good to me. Obvious question first. Have you used alsamixer (or a GUI equivalent) to unmute the output? Yes, I did check the settings in alsamixer before posting. Master, Master Mono, Headphone, PCM, Line,CD, Mic, Phone, Aux are all 100% and unmuted. Heaphone Jack Sense, Line Jack Sense, Mic Boost, External Amp are all 0 and I can't increase their volume or mute them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
Jonathan Kaye wrote: En/La [KS] ha escrit, a 23/06/05 18:30: Cam wrote: run alsamixer and turn your volume back up? Cameron Matheson Sorry, I forgot to tell that everything in alsamixer is at full volume, nothing is muted and that running alsaconf does not help either. Thanks, /KS Have you run alsaconf lately? Does it see your card? What about the bootup messages (in dmesg)? Do they whinge about anything regarding alsa? Jonathan Yes, I did it a few minutes before posting. It detects my sound card as always. And I can't see anything in bootup log about anything related to sound. PS: The sound works if I boot in Windows and with live Knoppix CD. ~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
[KS] a écrit : [...] alsamixer is at full volume, nothing is muted [...] [...] It detects my sound card as always. And I can't see anything in bootup log about anything related to sound. May I suggest something like : # /etc/init.d/alsa stop # rm /var/lib/alsa/asound.state # /etc/init.d/alsa start (and, ough, try and reboot, if everything else fails) That seems to have solved my last no sound no error problem with ALSA (and left me without any clue as of why). HTH. -- Daniel Déchelotte http://yo.dan.free.fr/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Daniel Déchelotte wrote: [KS] a écrit : [...] alsamixer is at full volume, nothing is muted [...] [...] It detects my sound card as always. And I can't see anything in bootup log about anything related to sound. May I suggest something like : # /etc/init.d/alsa stop # rm /var/lib/alsa/asound.state # /etc/init.d/alsa start (and, ough, try and reboot, if everything else fails) That seems to have solved my last no sound no error problem with ALSA (and left me without any clue as of why). HTH. Ah, that made sound work. Thanks. But the solution does not seem to solve the problem permanently. The sound came back after stopping alsa, removing the file asound.state and then starting alsa again. However, there was no sound when I rebooted the machine. Just checking a little more about asound.state, I checked the diff of the file before sound was working and after sound was working. There was no difference! So although sound works, it hasn't solved the problem completely. Thanks for the suggestion though. /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 01:38:25PM -0400, [KS] wrote: Peter J Ross wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 12:21:09PM -0400, [KS] wrote: Hi, My system is an unstable Debian box and was running sound (with ALSA) under KDE(and sometimes GNOME) without any problem till a few weeks ago. But now I get no sound what soever. There is no sound if I do $cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp Also, when I try to play audio (audio CD or mp3s) with XMMS everything seems to be running fine but there is no sound! XMMS, xine, or other multimedia applications do not complain about anything regarding sound system. Could someone help or give tips on how to go about debugging the sound problem? Below are some details about the system: arts is set to release the sound device after 2 seconds, and it looks that its working. Testing sound from the Control CenterSound and Multimedia doesn't give any error either. ~$ lspci | grep Multimedia :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) ~$ lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 33216 0 snd_ac97_codec 78360 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss53344 0 snd_mixer_oss 19872 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm92712 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24644 1 snd_pcm snd55300 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 9664 1 snd snd_page_alloc 10020 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm ~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981A at 0xfebff800, irq 201 That looks good to me. Obvious question first. Have you used alsamixer (or a GUI equivalent) to unmute the output? Yes, I did check the settings in alsamixer before posting. Master, Master Mono, Headphone, PCM, Line,CD, Mic, Phone, Aux are all 100% and unmuted. Heaphone Jack Sense, Line Jack Sense, Mic Boost, External Amp are all 0 and I can't increase their volume or mute them. Here's the next really obvious question: Are the speakers plugged in to the right socket, switched on, and not muted by their own volume control? Sorry for asking, but I'm at a loss to account for your problem when everything seems right. -- PJR :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
En/La [KS] ha escrit, a 23/06/05 20:42: snip Ah, that made sound work. Thanks. But the solution does not seem to solve the problem permanently. The sound came back after stopping alsa, removing the file asound.state and then starting alsa again. However, there was no sound when I rebooted the machine. Just checking a little more about asound.state, I checked the diff of the file before sound was working and after sound was working. There was no difference! So although sound works, it hasn't solved the problem completely. Thanks for the suggestion though. /KS Since you're running kde, have a look at the control centre sound multimedia sound system hardware tab Is it set to Alsa? I've noticed that when it's set to auto some of my apps are unhappy and don't produce sound. This is corrected when I switch to alsa. Also don't forget to run #alsactl store when you get the sound working, otherwise it may default back to mute and you have to reset the mixer every time you reboot. Cheers, Jonathan signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
(in my earlier reply, I accidently sent it only to the author. apologies for that). Jonathan Kaye wrote: En/La [KS] ha escrit, a 23/06/05 20:42: snip Ah, that made sound work. Thanks. But the solution does not seem to solve the problem permanently. The sound came back after stopping alsa, removing the file asound.state and then starting alsa again. However, there was no sound when I rebooted the machine. Just checking a little more about asound.state, I checked the diff of the file before sound was working and after sound was working. There was no difference! So although sound works, it hasn't solved the problem completely. Thanks for the suggestion though. /KS Since you're running kde, have a look at the control centre sound multimedia sound system hardware tab Yes, it is set to ALSA and full duplex. Is it set to Alsa? I've noticed that when it's set to auto some of my apps are unhappy and don't produce sound. This is corrected when I switch to alsa. Also don't forget to run #alsactl store I did that too. After reboot, I can hear noise when I do cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp. But the sound stops working as soon as I login to KDE! I notice that after I log into KDE, I have to stop alsa, remove the file from /var/lib/alsa and start alsa again to get sound working again. At present, sound is working perfectly, but /var/lib/alsa has no file in it. Does that make any sense? thanks. when you get the sound working, otherwise it may default back to mute and you have to reset the mixer every time you reboot. Cheers, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
[KS] wrote: I did that too. After reboot, I can hear noise when I do cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp. But the sound stops working as soon as I login to KDE! I notice that after I log into KDE, I have to stop alsa, remove the file from /var/lib/alsa and start alsa again to get sound working again. At present, sound is working perfectly, but /var/lib/alsa has no file in it. Does that make any sense? I'd disable KDE sounds completely. They seem to get in the way for me all the time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error!
Colin wrote: [KS] wrote: I did that too. After reboot, I can hear noise when I do cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp. But the sound stops working as soon as I login to KDE! I notice that after I log into KDE, I have to stop alsa, remove the file from /var/lib/alsa and start alsa again to get sound working again. At present, sound is working perfectly, but /var/lib/alsa has no file in it. Does that make any sense? I'd disable KDE sounds completely. They seem to get in the way for me all the time. Well, I don't use all the KDE sounds that much. But the real concern is why sound is not working when logging on into KDE (maybe I should also check what happens when I login to Gnome). Earlier it was working fine with allt he sounds in KDE if they were enabled. So I think there is still something wrong which needs to be taken care of. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA: no sound, no error! -- Solved
[KS] wrote: Colin wrote: [KS] wrote: I did that too. After reboot, I can hear noise when I do cat /dev/urandom /dev/dsp. But the sound stops working as soon as I login to KDE! I notice that after I log into KDE, I have to stop alsa, remove the file from /var/lib/alsa and start alsa again to get sound working again. At present, sound is working perfectly, but /var/lib/alsa has no file in it. Does that make any sense? I'd disable KDE sounds completely. They seem to get in the way for me all the time. Well, I don't use all the KDE sounds that much. But the real concern is why sound is not working when logging on into KDE (maybe I should also check what happens when I login to Gnome). Earlier it was working fine with allt he sounds in KDE if they were enabled. So I think there is still something wrong which needs to be taken care of. After more investigation I found out that KDE was playing spoil sport. When I loged in with Gnome, sound worked. After that when I tried logging in with KDE, sound didn't work. Thus KDE login was causing some problem. I removed all the KDE settings from my account and tried logging in. Walla! Everything worked as expected. KDE login audio greeting was back as earlier and other sounds are working fine. The KDE problem has happened the second time. I have had to remove the KDE settings to get sound working. I am still confused as to what causes this corruption or when it happens. So, for making the sound to work I had to do the following: 1. ~$ /etc/init.d/alsa stop 2. ~$ rm /var/lib/alsa/asound 3. ~$ /etc/init.d/alsa start 4. Log out of KDE and remove all KDE settings Thanks to everyone who helped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
