No sound with Realtek soundcard

[zhfm622]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

another try was:

i installed "asoundconf-gtk" via Adept_Manager,
first, this "Default Sound Card " appears in my K menu, but when i clicked it, it 's always loading and
loading but finally disappeared ...

ok, just putting away this problem for a while, i started it in a terminal by command "asoundconf-gtk",
and guess what ?
it says "You need at least one ALSA sound card for this to work !"

I was totally freaked out! REALLY!

[SheeEttin]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

Try "locate libasound.so". This'll find any files with "libasound.so" in its name.

[zhfm622]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

i tried.

there is no such file... i only have a lot of files with "libasound2"

[SheeEttin]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

Oh, didn't even notice your second post up there.

Well, if you've got all the drivers and things installed, I'm not sure what to do from here.
it might be that your sound card isn't supported.

One last thought, though: does selecting different sound methods (e.g. aRts, OSS) do anything?

[zhfm622]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

i fixed "libasound.so.2" problem and now my "System settings"->"Sound system" works well.
( it's because when i installed the drivers from Realtek webpage, those drivers removed "libasound.so.2". )
also i know the "asoundconf-gtk" problem. this is the description from Synaptic Package Manager:

"Useful if you have two cards, and switch between the two.
There is already this functionality in GNOME, but this is
indeed useful if you do not use that desktop environment."

I only have one sound card, so that 's why the terminal said "you need at least one ALSA for this to work ! "

However i still don't have sound .... although it seems to be closer to the solution....

i wanted to try aRTs and OSS, but there are so many packages that i don't know which are really needed for system.

and now i 'm a little scared of installing things because you never know what will happen....

[SheeEttin]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

The main package for aRts is libarts1c2a. This'll probably pull down a bunch of other things necessary.

Try also playing around in Sound System > Hardware. See if anything makes it work, or at least changes.

[zhfm622]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

The main package for aRts is libarts1c2a. This'll probably pull down a bunch of other things necessary.

Try also playing around in Sound System > Hardware. See if anything makes it work, or at least changes.

i installed libarts1c2a, both in kubuntu and ubuntu, still not working....

i'm going crazy...really...

i also tried "Sound System > Hardware.", it always says "restarting sound system", but whenever after it restarts, it still doesn't work , even i restarted system.

God...

[xsist]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

This worked for me:

1. Extract /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/ALSA-Configuration.txt.gz to your /home and open it up. This file contains extra config options for each ALSA module. Scroll down to ' Module snd-hda-intel' and read through this section. You may need to refer to your computer/motherboard's manual to find out which codec you have (ALC883, AD1988 etc). Then determine which of the model options applies to you - eg. you have an ASUS laptop, in which case you would choose the 'asus' option. Or you have a desktop with 5.1 or 7.1 onboard audio with digital out, in which case the right model is '6stack-digout'.

2. Once you have ascertained which HDA model applies to you, do this -
Code:

sudo gedit (or whichever editor you use) /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.modprobe
add this line (it's a new file) -
options snd-hda-intel model=your-HDA-model
save and exit

3. Now do this -
Code:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
add this line at the end, with a two-line break from whatever is before -
options snd-hda-intel model=your-HDA-model
save and exit

4. Reboot, and you should now have sound



found it on the ubuntu forums a while back cant remeber where though,,,,,

[zhfm622]

Re: No sound with Realtek soundcard

This worked for me:

1. Extract /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/ALSA-Configuration.txt.gz to your /home and open it up. This file contains extra config options for each ALSA module. Scroll down to ' Module snd-hda-intel' and read through this section. You may need to refer to your computer/motherboard's manual to find out which codec you have (ALC883, AD1988 etc). Then determine which of the model options applies to you - eg. you have an ASUS laptop, in which case you would choose the 'asus' option. Or you have a desktop with 5.1 or 7.1 onboard audio with digital out, in which case the right model is '6stack-digout'.

2. Once you have ascertained which HDA model applies to you, do this -
Code:

sudo gedit (or whichever editor you use) /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.modprobe
add this line (it's a new file) -
options snd-hda-intel model=your-HDA-model
save and exit

3. Now do this -
Code:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
add this line at the end, with a two-line break from whatever is before -
options snd-hda-intel model=your-HDA-model
save and exit

4. Reboot, and you should now have sound

found it on the ubuntu forums a while back cant remeber where though,,,,,

Thanks your advice first,
but, unfortunately.....

i still don't have sound ...
my sound card is Realtek High Definition Audio ALC260, this is what i found when i had Windows.

is that "options snd-hda-intel model=ALC260" ?

i did all what you said....