Sound in 7v6p4...

[quint]

Hi all,

I'm inexperienced with 7linux, but finally managed to install it with "desktop" & "kde". My main question is:

How do I configure sound?

I have other questions, but this is the first.

Thanks. :smile:

[ren]

Hi quint & welcome to 7linux.
 
If anything is not clear in in this explanation or you still have problems then please repost or chat with one of us in irc.freenode.net #7linux or via the chat link on our homepage.

You may of course have tried some of this already but here goes....

As our packages our continually updated it is possible that the alsa version you have installed does not match your kernel version. It is essential they are the same.
To check the kernel version type...
 
uname -r
 
Now you need to check that the alsa package in /7pkg has the same kernel version number in it.
 
e.g. if uname -r gives 2.6.16.18 then alsa-1.0.11-2.6.16.18 is the package you need
 
The text file /7pkg/epkg.log has a list of what 7pkg packags are installed or removed.
 
An incorrect package can be removed by typing as root whilst in the /7pkg dir...
 
epkg -r packagedirname
 
The 7pkg package should setup the inits for you so it should work on your next reboot & udev should detect & load the appropriate drivers for your sound devices.
 
You will need to check the channels for the sound are turned up as they are at zero by default. You can use aumix for this or kmix.
 
If it doesn't go try as root...
 
alsaconf
 
.. which some systems seem to need for setup.
 
If you still have problems please post back or drop in irc & we will try to sort your problem.

[quint]

Thanks, ren. I'm still unable to achieve any sound; I went so far as to uninstall/reinstall the necessary packages, check my sound card in other (21) distro's, without any luck. :sad: Here is a confusing (to me) error:

Code:

bash-3.00# 7pkg -i alsa-1.0.10-2.6.15.7pkg
Installing... alsa-1.0.10-2.6.15.7pkg     > executing preinstall script
WARNING: pkgtools are unstable with tar > 1.13.
         You should provide a "tar-1.13" in your $PATH.
Installing package alsa-driver-1.0.10-i586-1...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
Executing install script for alsa-driver-1.0.10-i586-1...

Installing package alsa-lib-1.0.10-i586-1...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
Executing install script for alsa-lib-1.0.10-i586-1...

Installing package alsa-oss-1.0.10-i586-1...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
Executing install script for alsa-oss-1.0.10-i586-1...

Installing package alsa-utils-1.0.10-i586-1...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
Executing install script for alsa-utils-1.0.10-i586-1...

......Installed.
bash-3.00#

I did, in fact, add "tar-1.13" (w/o quotes) to my PATH, without any luck ... guess it's "reinstall time".

Again, I thank you. :smile:

[ren]

Hi quint,
 
Sorry you are still having problems.
 
Do not worry about the tar warning. This can be ignored & is an obsolete warning from pkgtools which are from slackware & handle the the alsa installation. The warning had not removed by the pkgtools maintainer at the time of building 7v6 even though the stability issues of tar had been sorted. Alsa is one of the minority of packages that does not like the symlinking used in our 7pkg system so we encapsulate alsa tgz (slackware style) packages inside a 7pkg.
Your output does not give any actual errors & does say "......Installed." at the end so alsa did install ok.
So clearly from your output you have alsa for the 2.6.15.7 kernel so you need to be sure your kernel matches that using the command...
 
uname -r
 
If it doesn't match the sound drivers will not load & you will need to uninstall them as mentioned in my previous reply.
 
If the versions do match then please post back with your sound card details.
Looking for the sound card details in the output of the command...
 
lspci
 
or...
 
lspci -v
 
...will help here assuming the card is connected via the pci bus either as a card or on-board. (If it is old isa bus then post back & let us know.) We can then check that the relevant drivers are in our alsa package & make sure that it is properly supported. It may also be possible that you need some special option or parameter for you card that we can check out for you. You should not need to reinstall the system. Both kernel &/or alsa can be reinstalled easily & we can take you through this if needed.
 
Don't go through a lot of hassle if you are getting stuck. Post back or drop into irc & we will try to help