No Sound...

[Karibu]

Re.:
HP Pavilion g6-1b67ca Laptop
Knoppix 6.7.1 USB Install

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1705
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 9647
00:01.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device 1714
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1709

The terminal printout of 'lspci' clearly shows that there is an Audio device detected but there is probably
no driver for it installed.
I can not play any mp3 files with GNOME MPlayer.
When I click on a song and open it with GNOME MPlayer the title is recognized but immediately after "play" it is "stopped".
What is missing?

[Karibu]

More Info:
The Volume Control is not displayed in the panel. although the applet is added ...see scrennshot

[Karibu]

Hi, As I'm still struggling with my

No Sound

issue, I wonder where I could get the
lshw - list hardware tool or inxi - a Information retrieval script to extract more detailed information on the hardware and installed/used drivers configuration of my Laptop? BTW, it is, in my opinion, not a bad idea to have such tools installed by default on Knoppix!

[Werner P. Schulz]

Within Knoppix is hwinfo installed. To get an overview type

hwinfo --help

to get special information use the hw_items - in your case

hwinfo --sound

If you like lshw, you can install it with aptitude (or Synaptic); to install inxi have a look at http://code.google.com/p/inxi/wiki/Installation

[Karibu]

Hi Werner, I really appreciate your fast response....'hwinfo' works great! If you don't mind, please have a look on the info for sound ...I wonder why I get two, slightly different, results concerning the Vendor, SubVendor, Device? Thank you!

[klaus2008]

Now we know that your system has got two audio devices. What is the output of the command

cat /proc/asound/cards

[Werner P. Schulz]

Do you have a soundcard and onboard-sound?

[Karibu]

Do you have a soundcard and onboard-sound?

Actually, I don't know! I bought this Laptop (HP Pavilion g6-1b67ca) direct from HP! I never opened it and added a sound card!

[Karibu]

Now we know that your system has got two audio devices. What is the output of the command

cat /proc/asound/cards

This is what i says:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Generic]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
      HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0544000 irq 43
1 [Generic_1]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
      HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0540000 irq 16

I have absolutely no clue why there are two devices!


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Greetings Werner

[klaus2008]

I would suggest that you create a configuration file .asoundrc in your home directory.