Problems with Alsa

[Mithrilhall]

I'm trying to run alsamixer from the command line and I keep getting the following error message:

doom@Innorruk:~$ alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
doom@Innorruk:~$

It was working the other day and I don't think I changed anything. I might have applied some updates but I can't remember for sure.

The odd thing is sound is still working for some things. I'm listening to MP3s via Amarok but the audio in streaming video in Firefox isn't working. I don't think any of my system sounds are working.

I can play DVDs via Kaffeine and get sound as well.


Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this? It's driving me nuts.

[Mithrilhall]

Re: Problems with Alsa

Here's an update.

doom@Innorruk:/usr/bin$ alsamixer -c 0
wrong -c argument '0'

doom@Innorruk:/usr/bin$

But if I run

alsamixer -c 1

it works.

Now, how come certain programs and the OS can't play sounds? Amarok works fine but other things don't.

[Mithrilhall]

Re: Problems with Alsa

Is there a way I can trick linux to think alsamixer -c 1 is alsamixer -c 0?

[Mithrilhall]

Re: Problems with Alsa

Ok..I'm still having the same issue here. I can't seem to figure this out. Any suggestions would be helpful.

eric@Innorruk:~$ lsmod|grep snd
snd_intel8x0 33692 2
snd_ac97_codec 93088 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 89864 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm
snd 55268 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10208 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

[Mithrilhall]

Re: Problems with Alsa

Well I finally got it working again.

I changed this line in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2

to

options snd-via82xx-modem index=0

[Mithrilhall]

Re: Problems with Alsa

Well..I'm not sure it worked actually. I have sound in Firefox now but I can't start alsa-utils from Sound System.