Quoting Normand Fisher: > I wrote: > > Normand wrote: > > > Card is SBLive ans EMU10K1 appears loaded. > > > Trying to run alsamixer gives : "function snd_ctl_open failed for > > > default: No such device" > > > > Take a look at your /etc/asound.conf and make sure your "default" > > sound card is set up properly. > > There's no file name asound.conf on the system (yet xmms can play sound > files!) That config file is optional, alsa doesn't require it. You may want to add one, try googling for info on your SBLive. Since xmms works take a look at the output plugin and see what it's writing to (perhaps directly to /dev/dsp ?). > > > > Also do an lsmod and make sure all your alsa modules have loaded > > properly. > > Here's what shows related to sound: > snd_emu10k1 119620 0 > snd_rawmidi 24896 1 snd_emu10k1 > snd_seq_device 8684 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi > snd_ac97_codec 83960 1 snd_emu10k1 > snd_pcm 93416 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec > snd_timer 24644 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm > snd_page_alloc 9860 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm > snd_util_mem 4512 1 snd_emu10k1 > snd_hwdep 9120 1 snd_emu10k1 > snd 56260 7 > snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep I think snd_emu10k1 is your SBLive module. Do you have sound on your motherboard as well? Maybe there's a conflict. Check your "lspci -v" listing for devices listed as "Multimedia audio controller"s. > > You could also try poking around in the /proc/asound/ directory, for > > example, cat /proc/asound/cards should show your SBLive chipset. > > Here I get: "--- no soundcards ---" There is a command called alsactl that may help you, take a look at the man page and also see if you have a file: /var/lib/alsa/asound.state I'm not sure if I can offer much more help than this as I don't have your hardware and I'm really far from being a Linux sound expert. Good luck, Jim