My soundcard works, but alsaconf don't find it.

GOS · n00b Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 42 Location: Germany

Hello,

i created a stage4 archiv from one of my two PC's, to install gentoo on my second PC in an easy manner. Everything works fine, the intel-hda soundcard included.

For fun, i tried alsaconf. But alsaconf don't find my soundcard even though my soundcard work's proper. So my soundcard works with the old configuration from the first PC (with intel-hda as well), but i can't reconfigurate it, because alsaconf find nothing.

I installed the sound-modules in the way "NeddySeagoon" explained it in this article http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-842411-start-50.html (The third entry on this page). The only option i didn't use is

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7020

Ignore alsaconf, it's not needed. It hasn't recognized my soundcards for many years.

<3 · l33t Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 650

GOS I too have had many problems with the ALSA intel-hda driver. Not sure what it is but it doesn't recognize my hardware either. But as PaulBreadbury said udev might be able to configure your hardware automagicly so try starting alsa without running alsaconfig and see what happens.

dmpogo · Advocate Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 2166 Location: Canada

It is more robust to see what hardware is actually seen by your system using aplay, amixer, and arecord

GOS · n00b Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 42 Location: Germany

Hello again,

@ <3 and PaulBredbury: Does this mean, that alsaconf is a bit out-dated, because udev manage these things now ??!

@ dmpogo: aplay doesn't work, but mpg123, audacious, totem, timidity++ and vlc work well!

Thanks for your answers!

GOS

dmpogo · Advocate Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 2166 Location: Canada

GOS · n00b Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 42 Location: Germany

Hello again,

yes, I am sure: ALSA is in use. But, what i said above wasn't correct. I tested again and aplay works with .wav files, but not .mp3 files. So aplay has the ability to play something, but not mp3. I think, that isn't a problem of ALSA or of the soundcard at all.

When I posted the lines above, i tested aplay only with .mp3 and because of this i thought that it want play. (Excuse me!)

Bye GOS

dmpogo · Advocate Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 2166 Location: Canada

GOS · n00b Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 42 Location: Germany

Hello,

Ok, this was a missunderstanding! aplay -l or -L shows all sound devices correctly, like it sould be. The only programm that doesn't recognize the sound-hardware is alsaconf.

Bye