sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

[hanout]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

If it can't execute this command maybe it's because there is nothing to REconfigure so I tried:
sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start
and got:
* Setting up ALSA... * warning: 'alsactl restore' failed with error message 'alsactl: load_state:1313: Cannot open /etc/asound.state for reading: No such file or directory'...

then:
vi /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-bas
# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; : ; }
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
@
"/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base" [readonly] 39 lines, 2183 characters

BTW Would it help anyone to know that:

modinfo soundcore:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
alias: char-major-14-*
license: GPL
author: Alan Cox
description: Core sound module
srcversion: 548AA54AF08207316C104F8
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.22-14-generic SMP mod_unload 586

:P Whew

[hanout]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

Oh yeah one other thing:
at some point I was prompted by konsole to run:

dpkg --configure -a
then it said:
dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege
at which point I replied: su root
(was that not the appropriate response??)
and it asked me my password which I input but I got an authentication failure
so how to I execute that?
thanks again

[MoonRise]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[hanout]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

yes sorry that's what I did do sudo dpkg --configure -a

[MoonRise]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

Did it take your password this time? If not, are you a member of the adm and admin groups?

[hanout]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

ok with sudo su I got authorization to run sudo dpkg --configure -a

but I still got:
invoke-rc.d: initscript timidity, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing timidity (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of timidity-interfaces-extra:
timidity-interfaces-extra depends on timidity (= 2.13.2-15ubuntu1); however:
Package timidity is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing timidity-interfaces-extra (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
timidity
timidity-interfaces-extra

and nothing else.
bummer

[MoonRise]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

Here is the reason for that error: dependency problems

See if either of those are reporting being installed: timidity and/or timidity-interfaces-extra

[hanout]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

I've just run sudo aptitude remove timidity

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
timidity-interfaces-extra
The following packages will be REMOVED:
timidity
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 1749kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
timidity-interfaces-extra: Depends: timidity (= 2.13.2-15ubuntu1) but it is not installable
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Remove the following packages:
timidity-interfaces-extra

Score is 119

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
timidity-interfaces-extra
The following packages will be REMOVED:
timidity timidity-interfaces-extra
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 2056kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 135132 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing timidity-interfaces-extra ...
Removing timidity ...
* Stopping TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation... [ OK ]
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Building tag database... Done


Now I can reinstall it right?

[MoonRise]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

Yes, but make sure both are listed to be installed.

[hanout]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

tried to reinstall timidity and its dependencies from synaptic pkg mgr
(timidity-interfaces-extra) and got this error:
E: timidity: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: timidity-el: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: timidity-interfaces-extra: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

again...maybe a bug in the installation program?

[MoonRise]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

It still seems to be a dependency problem:

E: timidity-el: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[hanout]

Re: sound prob on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 1451G with UBUNTU 7.10

I found something very interesting in the Alsa Wiki:

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Aadebug

maybe this is the solution! What do you guys think?
thing is...HOW TO use it...
how do I do the chmod +x aadebugcommand? Because if I just run it as is I get:
chmod: cannot access `aadebug': No such file or directory
What is running the script supposed to do?
Is the konsole the right place to run it?

Im a real beginner...I have no previous scripting experience beyond a little bit of Flash
So thanks to you MoonRise and Dibl!
I speak fluent Spanish and French...so when I get this figured out Im going to leave a big
How to notes in all three sites for any other poor soul who's going through the same thing...
and there seem to be a lot of us!!