Sound card no longer works...

[jp21280]

I installed the kubuntu-desktop meta package and my sound card quit working (it worked perfectly in GNOME). I fiddled a little bit and decided to just reinstall Kubuntu clean but my onboard sound still isn't working. I tried searching Google but could not find any relevant articles, so here I am. It looks like the module is loaded, right?


0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
joel@Punisher:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_dummy           3844  0
snd_seq_oss            33536  0
snd_seq_midi            9376  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7552  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51984  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_via82xx            28696  1
gameport               15496  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec         92704  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus            2304  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            53664  0
snd_mixer_oss          18688  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                89736  3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              25220  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         10632  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         7680  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi            25504  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8716  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd _rawmidi
snd                    55268  13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd _pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu40 1_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore              10208  1 snd

joel@Punisher:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: V8235 [VIA 8235], device 0: VIA 8235 [VIA 8235]
  Subdevices: 4/4
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
  Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
  Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
card 0: V8235 [VIA 8235], device 1: VIA 8235 [VIA 8235]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Unfortunately, I have no idea what this means, I have never had any problems before, and like i said it did work in GNOME... Any help provided would be greatly appreciated.

[jp21280]

Re: Sound card no longer works...

Hmmmm...

Sound works in KDE with Fedora Core 5...

Looks like I'll come back when Kubuntu gets a little more mature

[askrieger]

Re: Sound card no longer works...

Before you do something drastic, try the stupid things1) start kmix and turn up the volumes on everything in sight on all tabs. (2)start SystemSettings>sound&multimedia>soundsystem>hardwa re and try alternate sound drivers.

[jp21280]

Re: Sound card no longer works...

Yeah, I did all that. It was a little puzzling. I did install FC5 though, but it was only on my PC for 1 day (yum sucks, ). I am back to ubuntu for now. Hopefully I can figure it out, because it'd be nice to run KDE... thanks anyway

[Nirvana]

Re: Sound card no longer works...

Yeah, I did all that. It was a little puzzling. I did install FC5 though, but it was only on my PC for 1 day (yum sucks, ). I am back to ubuntu for now. Hopefully I can figure it out, because it'd be nice to run KDE... thanks anyway

can't you just set Kubuntu to use Ubuntus ESD (enlightened sound daemon)?

[askrieger]

Re: Sound card no longer works...

I notice that you have the snd-seq-oss and snd-pcm-oss modules loaded. Why not try changing your sound driver to "Open Sound System" in K>Settings>Sound&Multimedia>SoundSystem>Hardware>" Select the audio device"?

Also, pleasetake a look at this Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems