No sound at all

[karlox]

Ok my trouble is that first the sound worked from the sound card and the next time i started the system it worked from the sound motherboard, one day didnt worked at all.
I tried reinstalling the sound card( like it was loose, but it wasnt ) , tried other speakers , nothing worked.
I looked in the OO , no help , no wizards ( i forget i wasnt in windows ), i have no windows now , just Mint.
My repair shop told me they dont know a thing about linux.
So im here ,depress , depending only on the forums.

Karlos

Is there a website with active x programs to test or diagnose linux troubles???

[clem]

You mean you can't boot into Windows because the boot menu doesn't show it? This should be fixed in Bianca final and it also works with Bea. And there's a workaround...

Clem

[karlox]

i don't have windows in my system.
Do linux have plug and play? , do i need to install the driver, what happen if i uninstall the hardware , does linux change the driver to the original ( i mean the motherboard sound) , When i bough hardware i don't remember have read about linux instalation.
Thanks
Carlos

[Fragadelic]

Can you post the output of the following:

lsmod

cat /proc/asound/cards

cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat

[karlox]

Module Size Used by
nls_cp437 6912 1
isofs 38076 1
udf 89348 0
binfmt_misc 13448 1
rfcomm 42260 0
l2cap 27136 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 53476 4 rfcomm,l2cap
r128 42368 2
drm 74644 3 r128
speedstep_lib 5764 0
cpufreq_userspace 5408 0
cpufreq_stats 7744 0
freq_table 6048 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 2944 0
cpufreq_ondemand 8876 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
video 17540 0
tc1100_wmi 8324 0
sony_acpi 6412 0
sbs 16804 0
pcc_acpi 14080 0
i2c_ec 6272 1 sbs
hotkey 11556 0
dev_acpi 12292 0
container 5632 0
button 7952 0
battery 11652 0
asus_acpi 17688 0
ac 6788 0
af_packet 24584 2
lp 12964 0
snd_seq_dummy 4996 0
snd_seq_oss 36480 0
tsdev 9152 0
snd_seq_midi 9984 0
snd_seq_midi_event 8960 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 59120 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
i2c_viapro 9876 0
i2c_core 23424 2 i2c_ec,i2c_viapro
floppy 63044 0
evdev 11392 1
snd_via82xx 30360 0
parport_pc 37796 1
parport 39496 2 lp,parport_pc
via_rhine 26116 0
mii 6912 1 via_rhine
pcspkr 4352 0
via_ircc 28948 0
psmouse 41352 0
serio_raw 8452 0
snd_cmipci 38304 1
gameport 17160 2 snd_via82xx,snd_cmipci
snd_via82xx_modem 16648 0
snd_ac97_codec 97696 2 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem
snd_ac97_bus 3456 1 snd_ac97_codec
irda 214332 1 via_ircc
crc_ccitt 3200 1 irda
via_agp 11264 1
agpgart 34888 2 drm,via_agp
snd_pcm_oss 47360 0
snd_mixer_oss 19584 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 84612 5 snd_via82xx,snd_cmipci,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 11400 3 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib 12288 1 snd_cmipci
snd_timer 25348 3 snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep 10756 1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart 10240 2 snd_via82xx,snd_cmipci
snd_rawmidi 27264 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 9868 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd 58372 17 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_cmipci,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 11232 1 snd
shpchp 42144 0
pci_hotplug 32828 1 shpchp
ext3 142728 1
jbd 62228 1 ext3
ehci_hcd 34696 0
uhci_hcd 24968 0
usbcore 134912 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ide_generic 2432 0
ide_cd 33696 1
cdrom 38944 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 18560 3
via82cxxx 10500 0 [permanent]
generic 6276 0
thermal 15624 0
processor 31560 1 thermal
fan 6020 0
fbcon 41504 0
tileblit 3840 1 fbcon
font 9344 1 fbcon
bitblit 7168 1 fbcon
softcursor 3328 1 bitblit
vesafb 9244 0
capability 5896 0
commoncap 8704 1 capability
carlos@carlos-desktop:~$
carlos@carlos-desktop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [CMI8738MC6 ]: CMI8738-MC6 - C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6
C-Media PCI CMI8738-MC6 (model 55) at 0xd000, irq 193
1 [modem ]: VIA82XX-MODEM - VIA 82XX modem
VIA 82XX modem at 0xe800, irq 185
2 [V8235 ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235
VIA 8235 with VT1616i at 0xe400, irq 185

[Fragadelic]

Disable the onboard sound in your bios.

The option may be called something like audio codec or something similar in the bios settings.

If you can't find it, I need to know exactly what motherboard you have.