No sound?

[onemyndseye]

Originally Posted by onemyndseye

Show us the output from the following commands:

uname -a
cat /etc/lsb-release
lsmod |grep snd_
aplay -L
amixer scontrols
speaker-test -t w -c 2

we need more info.

The commands above?
Sound working in other applications/games?

[Thrik]

Great tip, i had the same problem and it's nice to have sound now. libopenal1 did the job.

[skytramp]

I'm running a linux 64 client and all dependecies installed but still no sound.

~ $  uname -a
 2.6.30-2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 7 05:21:45 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
~ $  cat /etc/lsb-release
cat: /etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory
~ $  lsmod |grep snd_
snd_hda_codec_analog    74896  1 
snd_hda_intel          26680  2 
snd_hda_codec          75264  2 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               8152  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            37200  0 
snd_mixer_oss          15072  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                78472  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi            6976  0 
snd_rawmidi            23008  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      7712  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51264  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              21856  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          7476  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    63880  13 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
snd_page_alloc          9936  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
~ $  aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
~ $  amixer scontrols
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
Simple mixer control 'Front Line',0
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
Simple mixer control 'Side',0
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Default PCM',0
Simple mixer control 'Beep',0
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
Simple mixer control 'Capture',2
Simple mixer control 'Analog Mix',0
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
Simple mixer control 'HDMI',0
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',2
~ $  speaker-test -t w -c 2

speaker-test 1.0.22

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 8192
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 8192
 0 - Front Left
 1 - Front Right
Time per period = 2.855812
 0 - Front Left
^C
~ $