NO SOUND!

[Branta]

Mint 8 Helena

After a clean install I have no sound.

Here is

ilspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS

Control Pannel -->Sound-->Hardware lists no hardware.

I have used different PCI soundboards and the lspci shows the change but no sound or sound device.

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What should I do?


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Bob

[remoulder]

What's the output of aplay -l?

[Branta]

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
ALSA lib conf.c:1589:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:13:0:Unexpected char
ALSA lib conf.c:2850:(snd_config_hook_load) /home/bob/.asoundrc may be old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it
ALSA lib conf.c:2714:(snd_config_hooks_call) function snd_config_hook_load returned error: Invalid argument
ALSA lib conf.c:3079:(snd_config_update_r) hooks failed, removing configuration
aplay: device_list:232: control open (0): Invalid argument

What should I do . . . though it might be obvious!

Thanks in Advance,

Bob

[Branta]

I removed/deleted ~/.asoundrc and that fixed it!

All I had to do was what aplay -l said!

Thanks,

Bob