@SteelAngel
Quote:
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ uname -a
Linux Microknoppix 2.6.37 #13 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 23 23:54:32 CET 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
tells us that you use Knoppix V6.4.4 with 32bit kernel.
Quote:
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xfbaf8000 irq 41
1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfbbfc000 irq 43
There are two sound cards installed in your system. Sound card #0 is
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15: PCI 1b.0: 0403 Audio device
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_3a3e
Unique ID: u1Nb.tIOMdJXBIy3
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1b.0
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x3a3e "82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
SubDevice: pci 0x1873
Driver: "HDA Intel"
Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel"
Memory Range: 0xfbaf8000-0xfbafbfff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 41 (652 events)
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00003A3Esv00001043sd00001873bc0 4sc0 3i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
and sound card #1 is
Quote:
29: PCI 100.1: 0403 Audio device
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1002_aa30
Unique ID: NXNs.aHD_HHlfRk3
Parent ID: vSkL.YkFwl8W53w4
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1
SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.1
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "ATI HD48x0 audio"
Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc"
Device: pci 0xaa30 "HD48x0 audio"
SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
SubDevice: pci 0xaa30
Driver: "HDA Intel"
Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel"
Memory Range: 0xfbbfc000-0xfbbfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 43 (17 events)
Module Alias: "pci:v00001002d0000AA30sv00001043sd0000AA30bc0 4sc0 3i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #9 (PCI bridge)
Both cards use the kernel module snd_hda_intel. The command 'lspci' confirms the presence of two sound cards
Quote:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc HD48x0 audio
The second audio device is useful if you connect an external display to your notebook using an HDMI cable.
I think that you should run Windows and examine which audio device is in use when you hear sounds. If you need to use sound card #1 (HDMI) then you have to configure ALSA.