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GrumpyWookie

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Registered: 2011-12-27

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[SOLVED!] No Sound :(

I have a soundcard

02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Voyetra Technologies Santa Cruz

But I can't get any sound. volume control and alsa mixer give me this:

GStreamer was unable to detect any sound devices. Some sound system specific GStreamer packages may be missing. It may also be a permissions problem.

/proc/asound/cards also says "no cards" so i think maybe i might be missing something...  the computer i installed this on has been running xubuntu some.. years, since feisty fawn. and sound has worked, so i know it can be supported. i tried to randomly install alsa packages hoping one might have the needed driver or something, but that has proved an ineffective strategy, so any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by GrumpyWookie (2011-12-27 04:55:25)

snowpine

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Re: [SOLVED!] No Sound :(

Welcome to the forums, love your nickname!

Debian cannot distribute the firmware for your card, but they have a nice how-to on their wiki (try the instructions for "Squeeze"):

http://wiki.debian.org/snd-cs46xx

I don't know your level of experience, so let me know if you need help. I am not familiar with your card personally, but I can try to help you interpret the instructions.

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GrumpyWookie

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Registered: 2011-12-27

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED!] No Sound :(

hm.. everything goes well until step 9 when i write "sudo modprobe -r snd-cs46xx ; modprobe snd-cs46xx" i get

WARNING: Error inserting snd_ac97_codec (/lib/modules/2.6.39-bpo.2-486/kernel/sound/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko): Operation not permitted
WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq_device (/lib/modules/2.6.39-bpo.2-486/kernel/sound/core/seq/snd-seq-device.ko): Operation not permitted
WARNING: Error inserting snd_rawmidi (/lib/modules/2.6.39-bpo.2-486/kernel/sound/core/snd-rawmidi.ko): Operation not permitted
WARNING: Error inserting gameport (/lib/modules/2.6.39-bpo.2-486/kernel/drivers/input/gameport/gameport.ko): Operation not permitted
FATAL: Error inserting snd_cs46xx (/lib/modules/2.6.39-bpo.2-486/kernel/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.ko): Operation not permitted

any ideas? at /usr/local/lib/firmware/cs46xx is cs46xx-old.fw, is that the way it's supposed to be, since it isn't "old" at all i just installed it...
oh, and thanks

snowpine

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Registered: 2008-11-24

Posts: 2,950

Re: [SOLVED!] No Sound :(

You must use 'sudo' for each as-root step, so:

sudo modprobe -r snd-cs46xx ; sudo modprobe snd-cs46xx

A hint: you can get a root terminal with the following command, then you don't need to type sudo for each step:

sudo -i

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GrumpyWookie

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Registered: 2011-12-27

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED!] No Sound :(

sweet it works!  i'll have to remember that. thank you!

snowpine

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Re: [SOLVED!] No Sound :(

You have sound now, awesome!

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GrumpyWookie

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Re: [SOLVED!] No Sound :(

ikr how do i mark this as solved now?

snowpine

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Re: [SOLVED!] No Sound :(

ikr how do i mark this as solved now?

We aren't fancy here; just edit your 1st post in the thread and you can change the thread title.

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GrumpyWookie

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Registered: 2011-12-27

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Re: [SOLVED!] No Sound :(

ah i see, thanks.