Ubuntu Sound Issue - Hoary Hedgehog (5.04)

moonwitch

May 15 2005, 12:52 PM

I had ordered Ubuntu on disc from http://shipit.ubuntu.org, so needless to say, I could hardly wait to reinstall Linux. After some odd time working on repartitioning a 12GB HD (yes you read that correct), I started my install.

Ubuntu is ok (not that great - sorry for those who like it), but the sound will NOT work. I read through their entire support forum, wiki page etc. It seems not working sound is a common issue with Hoary. I've tried updating my sound drivers, updating ALSA, changing settings etc. The only thing I get is noise... I have to say, the noise has the beat of the music etc, it's the music I try to play (only cd's or ogg format, mp3 will not work, not even after installing a whole bunch of extra) but then heavily distorted with noise.

I've worked on the sound for over 10 hrs now, to no avail. I even tried going to Red Hat 8.0. There the sound worked to some extent, I could play cd's. Nothing else. But Red Hat 8 is no longer well supported and I'd have to recompile the kernel, download, update etc all packages (basically manually convert it to FC3) so I went back to Ubuntu.... No sound.. I honestly don't know what to do anymore.

 

 

 

Comment/Reply (w/o sign-up)

qwijibow

May 15 2005, 01:12 PM

HELLO

i hate it when things like this happen, it always ends up being somthing simple.

i dont know how much about linux you know, so please dont be offended if i tell you newbie things uyou already know.

first off, what sound hardware are you using, and what drivers ???
as root run

CODE

lspci -v

and look for a code block similar to

QUOTE

0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97
Audio Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Chaintech Computer Co. Ltd: Unknown device f646
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
        I/O ports at fb00
        I/O ports at fa00 [size=128]
        Memory at fdffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

if you could post this info here it would help.

also, run

CODE

lsmod

as a normal user, this will let us know what driver ubuntu is useing.

Do you know if you are uging a sound server ? like arts (for KDE).
if you are, raising the priority of the sound server will give better quality.

you may need to lower the volumes of "alsamixer" (by running it in the console)
with some sound hardware, i have found you get poor quality when volume levels are in the red, lowering them to a nice pretty green helps sometimes.

do you have mplayer installed ?

if so, try to play some ogg's with different sound drivers.

CODE

mplayer -ao alsa /path/to/music.ogg
mplayer -ao oss /path/to/music.ogg
mplayer -ao atrs /path/to/music.ogg

i have noticed a recent bug in the alsa driver for my nforce-3 sound, it makes music jumpy.
using kde's arts sound server, or oss emulation clears it right up though.

I tired Ubunto a whle back, version 4.
i didnt like it much either, im a gentoo person myself.

good luck.

 

 

 

Comment/Reply (w/o sign-up)

moonwitch

May 15 2005, 02:42 PM

thank you, I'll post here as soon as I rebooted into Ubuntu. My sound is embedded in this laptops mainboard. The driver is snd-es1969 from Alsa.

I would switch to Fedora (due to it's similarity to Red Hat Personal, which I am fairly accustomed to after using it for about 3 yrs) but I need to download it and burn it onto a disc, and this laptop doesn't have a cd-burner, and for what it is hardware wise, it's not worth the money (also I am buying a new desktop soon). I have considered Gentoo as well (and will try it LOL)

As far as Ubuntu, it took me ages to figure out that Ubuntu LOCKS the root account, so if you do something as root, you need to use terminal and do this

CONSOLE

sudo mount -t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt/drive

I feel that is completely stupid, the reason for having a root account and regular user is to secure the system... sudo can be done from a regular users account (I disabled this feature btw)

Anyhow, when I switch to Linux, later on I'll post this here. I now have to go, we're going out for dinner.

Comment/Reply (w/o sign-up)

moonwitch

May 15 2005, 09:23 PM

CONSOLE

lspci -v
00:00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive (rev 02)
Subsystem: ESS Technology: Unknown device 8898
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
I/O ports at fcc0 [size=64]
I/O ports at fc60 [size=16]
I/O ports at fc70 [size=16]
I/O ports at fc58 [size=4]
I/O ports at fc5c [size=4]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 1

CONSOLE

lsmod
snd_pcm_oss -> 47652 1
snd_mixer_oss -> 16768 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm -> 84872 2 snd_es1938,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc -> 9604 1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib -> 10112 1 snd_es1938
snd_timer -> 23300 2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep -> 9220 1 snd_opl3_lib
gameport -> 4608 1 snd_es1938
snd_mpu401_uart -> 7168 1 snd_es1938
snd_rawmidi -> 22944 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device -> 8332 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd -> 50276 12 snd_es1938,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,
snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore -> 9824 3 snd

I lowered setting in ALSA, to no avail, I tried everything you suggested and still nothing I don't know anymore.... sigh

Comment/Reply (w/o sign-up)

moonwitch

May 19 2005, 12:52 AM

I solved it, strangely

The issue is so simple that it's funny. See, I am on an IBM Thinkpad 390E. So FINALLY! I got the thought to actually google for this and specify the driver used. And BINGO! There it was, the solution. It seems that IBM sets the BIOS of their laptops to PCI Power Management, and my sound card/device happens to be PCI Thus, I disabled the Power Save Feature and rebooted. When K Display Manager kicked in, I heard the wondrous sounds of KDE starting. I tried carefully to play some ogg files And I heard the sweet tones of My Immortal by Evanescence (don't worry I do have the album here, but playing from an audio disc makes my cd rom become VERY hot - thus I rip the songs and then play from HD).

Next, I installed the mp3 libs and much to my surprise EVERY music player on my machine works Though I found XMMS plays best, mainly because it's less resource hogging (Kaffeine, Juk and amaroK are staticy because my comp is too slow)

But Kay is happy and in Linux, safe from all the dangers in the WWW (so I am esctatic about having sound in Linux - I have that right LOL - this is the second time in ALL my linux time I got perfectly working sound )

Next issue up for solving for me ... updating FireFox (it's 1.0.2 and the newest is 1.0.4 - I can't install extensions - thus am in Mozilla)

Comment/Reply (w/o sign-up)

moonwitch

May 19 2005, 06:08 PM

QUOTE (qwijibow @ May 19 2005, 01:39 PM)

Cool
I remember when i first got my win-modem working under redhat-9.
i had never hear a more beautiful screach as it dialed out.

this is why i love linux... such a sence of achinevment just out of getting a test page to print on a windows machine aver a network.

I totally agree with you It's like a quest. Now I am working on a new issue, msn. Kopete, GAIM will not sign onto MSN (I get a wrong password error - yet Nils managed to use the same data and sign on with it ). And the printer indeed the printer. One of the things on my to do list as well I have a LexMark Z34 (some cheap middle thing) it prints ok in Windows, but there's no mention for it for drivers in Linux. So it's a search n find thing. Last time I got it, after 3 days searching. But yes, it is fun. And you definately feel like you've conquered a part of the world when you fix an issue that you've had for a while in Linux.

What I love about Linux is the freedom. In windows you're bound by so many protocols, laws, paid software etc. You usually don't get much options. But look at Linux, I got like 7 MediaPlayers installed, several Browsers and they all work fine. Even together LOL...

We are getting quite poetic here in this thread. Perhaps we should move it to a Poetry section LOL. Or remembrance Life is good, Life is Linux

Comment/Reply (w/o sign-up)

Latest Entries

qwijibow

May 22 2005, 12:59 AM

ive been googleing, its definatly a portocol tweak by msn.

The latest release version of kopete is 0.10
ive seen reports that the latest development version of kopete works, but ive ben having trouble getting it, its not accessable via the usual CVS.
It uses somthing called SVN.

I like the written art. i had a quick visit to your Other-Net homepage.

The line "Hell is here in our mind" got me thinking.

you use "our" as in plural, and "mind" asin singular, reminded me of star trek, the borg, loads of drones all with a single collective mind.

also a bibe quote i heard in the cult sci-fi comedy red-dwarf

QUOTE (bible)

I am Legion, for we are many.

Wow... apart from the first 5 lines, ive gone completely off-topic.. oh well

Comment/Reply (w/o sign-up)

1. Ubuntu 7.10 + Windows Xp Dual Boot - how to reinstall GRUB after windows reinstall (9)

   Ok so for a long time I had my dual boot working great, windows and ubuntu. But 2 days ago my
   windows required a wipe and clean install because of some issues, like it usually happens after 8
   months. So I reinstalled windows, well, first deleted the windows partition using the windows XP
   install CD. Then assigned a partition for windows (same size) and left the ubuntu and swap partition
   intact. But of course, windows deletes GRUB and replace it with their boot info, so now I can't
   boot ubuntu (I can't choose). How can I reinstall GRUB without having to reinstal...

2. Ubuntu- How To Install C/ C++ Compilers. - (4)

   Once you install Ubuntu. If you want to develop code in C or C++ you need to update the package.
   Default install will not come with development tools. Synaptic pckg manager is a very usefull
   tool in ubuntu. This can be used to install many development tool. Just look for Synaptic pckg
   manager and put check for gcc 3.4 or later, glibc or any other package you need, then update.
   Your ubuntu is now ready to use for C,C++.... /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)"
   border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> ...

3. Ubuntu Mobile 8.04 With Touchscreen - (0)
4. Ubuntu Edubuntu Kbuntu Series - (4)

   I formerly decided to try ubuntu which is part of the linux tree as I understand, I liked the look
   and feel ect, it was good and simple without the buggs of windows but I discovered that none of my
   windows programs and drivers worked with ubuntu linux so is it possible to make the majority of
   windows stuff work or do we have to use other programs to make it go?...

5. Is There A Php Editor That Runs On Pclinuxos Or Ubuntu? - is there a php editor that runs on PClinuxOS or Ubuntu??? (7)

   Hi, Just a quick question... Does anyone know any decent php editors that run in linux... I have
   tried to use some windoows apps with wine but they dont seem to function correctly?? Thanks,
   Antony....

6. Need Help Downloading With Ubuntu - (2)

   Hey! I want you to have a look at this: http://packages.ubuntu.com/audacity I am trying to
   download audacity to Linux. But I don't know where I should go from here.. This is not the only
   place. I tryed to download amsn too, but I came to the same site (but for Amsn instead of audacity
   OFC). Can you please make a "mini tutorial" that can help me download and install the softwares?
   Thanks //Feelay Edit: Ok.. I don't even know how to install tar.gz softwares like the flash
   player.. I am a total noob, and would really like some help /smile.gif" style="vertical...

7. Simple Ubuntu Based Home File Server | For Newbies - (1)

   This tutorial explains how to turn an old PC with additional hard disks into a simple home file
   server. The file server is intended for home use. The home file server is accessible by Windows and
   Linux computers in the home network. http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver
   _________________________________ http://dserban01.googlepages.com/linkedin....abap.basis.html ...

8. Review About Ubuntu 7.10 - NOT 7.04, BUT 7.10 (15)

   Hi, I am testing Ubuntu for a few weeks. I have tested 7.04 but not 7.10. At this second, I am using
   Mac OS X 1.0.5 Leopard on the schools network. I installed UBUNTU on my laptop using the LiveCD.
   Some hardware had minor problems, but didn't disturb the installation. If you want my specs,
   check out Review About Vista. I installed Ubuntu and used 220MB of RAM out of 1GB. I think some of
   it is graphics memory. Soon, I will be installing the LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL and
   PHP) for my WiFi network. I will get with you soon at 7:00PM (GMT UK) xxxx-jozh-xxxx...

9. Ubuntu 7.10 - what have you heard? (8)

   Well ubuntu 7.10 is coming out soon (the final one, a beta is currently out and available for
   download right now if you would like, and you can check it out at http://www.ubuntu.com ) But I
   was wondering what everybody has heard about it, or if anybody has tried it? I have liked the
   previous releases, but should I bother with upgrading to this one, or should I just stick with the
   older release until the support is gone? It looks like they have done a lot of improvements in the
   way of eye candy for this release with 3D effects and such enabled by default. And the rest...

10. Beginner's Guide To Installing Software In Ubuntu - (2)

    Having problems installing something on your new Ubuntu operating system? This guide will help you
    understand. http://cutlersoftware.com/ubuntuinstall/ _________________________________
    http://dserban01.googlepages.com/linkedin....abap.basis.html ...

11. Do These Things Immediately After Installing Ubuntu - (0)

    Article shows 13 things to do, programs to install immediately after installing Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty
    Fawn to make it rock. http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/05...ubuntu-704.html
    _________________________________ http://dserban01.googlepages.com/linkedin....abap.basis.html ...

12. With Wubi The Hard Drive Does Not Have To Be Repartitioned Before The Ubuntu Installation - (2)

    Wubi is an Ubuntu installer for Windows that lets you install and uninstall Ubuntu from a Windows
    desktop. Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is
    installed within a file in the Windows file system (a loopmounted partition), this file is seen by
    Ubuntu as a real hard disk. That way the hard drive does not have to be repartitioned before the
    Ubuntu installation. The resulting Ubuntu installation is a "real" Linux system, not just a virtual
    machine. Wubi makes it easy for Linux newbies to play around with Ubuntu. http://wubi-i...

13. Automate The Advanced Setup Of Graphics Cards In Ubuntu And Debian - (1)

    "Envy" is an application for Ubuntu Linux and Debian, written in Python and PyGTK, which will detect
    the model of your graphic card (ATI and Nvidia cards are supported) and install the correct drivers.
    http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html _________________________________
    http://dserban01.googlepages.com/linkedin....abap.basis.html ...

14. Get Wireless Working In Ubuntu 7.04 - (0)

    It is very common that the only thing that doesn't work on a fresh Ubuntu install is the
    wireless. Here are easy, fool-proof instructions for how to get wireless working in Ubuntu 7.04 if
    it's not working because of the common bcm43xx problem. Requirements: 1) Ubuntu 7.04 installed
    2) Internet access - on the same computer (maybe using a wired connection) or on another.
    http://i-eat-noobs.blogspot.com/2007/08/ge...ubuntu-704.html For wireless USB adapters, this is
    the best guide out there: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=400236 The Trendnet TEW-...

15. Ubuntu Livecd - Can't see all my files!!! (7)

    Hey, i got a Ubuntu LiveCD and it works perfectly. Seems like a good change from Windows from time
    to time. The only problem i am having is that i cant find some files that are on my C:/ drive (the
    Windows area) - although i can see them through windows no problem. Example is that when i go to the
    documents and settings folder on the C drive, no folders are there. When i go back to windows, its
    there! Can someone please tell me how can i see my files via ubuntu. I am quite a newbie to Ubuntu
    so please excuse me if this is a n00b question /tongue.gif" style="vertical-...

16. Ubuntu 7.04 - Test Drive - (0)

    So I randomly got the urge yesterday to wipe my linux partition clean and install a new distro, or
    at least a new release, and get back into linux a bit. I always have a linux partition on my system
    but I usually go through phases where I use it more or less. Regardless I have used multiple distros
    (a bit of gentoo and slack, redhat, suse, madrake, mandiva, fedora, mepis, ubuntu, etc) and had used
    ubuntu 6.06 for awhile. I had actually installed 6.10 around the end of last year but over time I
    broke some things playing with compiz and eventually just sort of stopped usin...

17. Ubuntu Won't Log On - Something like damaged explorer.exe... (12)

    Recently, Ubuntu has stopped working by not allowing me to access the desktop. It is quite strange.
    Once Ubuntu has booted up to the username screen, I type in my username and password to log on. It
    brings me to a blank screen with nothing on it. This happens to all of the user accounts. When I
    press the Power button on my computer, I see the loading process where it says: Executing login
    scripts... and then some network stuff when it freezes. I have no clue what to do here because
    I've only worked with the GNOME desktop in Ubuntu and only 2 times when modifying...

18. Ubuntu Installation Help ! - (11)

    I am pretty well satisfied with SuSE linux, but wanted to give ubuntu a try. While installation i
    came accross the partition selector. While in SuSE it is easy to understand, here in ubuntu its
    kinda hard. The first screen of partition is shown below .. But To start off, see my HDD
    partition status. Its a 100GB HDD with the partitions as follows: If i select the 3rd option
    of doing it manually, it shows me all these detected: What do i have to do if i want to
    install ubuntu on my 4th partition (F:), thats the 15GB one. And how does it automaticall...

19. Installing Themes - in ubuntu (6)

    Hi! Guys, I need your help in how to install themes in Linux. Must first say that am a newbie in
    Linux. The distribution am using is Ubuntu Linux 6.06 (Draper Drake?).Downloaded a theme from
    http://www.gnome-look.org/ .I downloaded a Mac OS theme
    (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=13548 ). They told me to copy it to /themes
    directory but I do not have any idea where this /theme folder is located. I searched for it and
    \user\themes (I am not sure?) but in that directory the paste button is inactive. People please
    help, in installing this theme. How do I...

20. My Ubuntu Cd's Arrived ! - (14)

    remember the thead about free Ubuntu cd's a month or 2 ago ??? well i applied, and they have
    finaly got them ! i ordered 1x86 cd, and one AMD64 cd. and i ALSO recieved a LiveCD !!!! fantastic
    ! (although im a little dissapointed that version 5 is comming out next month. ohh well, i will
    download version 5 later. did any of you guys get uor cd's yet ??...

21. Ubuntu 6.06 - Review (36)

    On the first day of this month Cononical released the latest iteration of their linux distribution,
    Ubuntu. Now to revision number 6.06 they have achieved many of the necessities to having a desktop
    linux distribution that is useable by the masses. Originally intended to be released in April (I
    believe) it was delayed to polish up a few things and I think it was well spent. I have seen
    numerous threads on this forum about choosing a linux distro to try as the first distribution, and
    hopefully this review will entice many to choose ubuntu for this purpose. For more 'h...

22. Help: Installing Device Drivers On Ubuntu - Help installing ADSL driver on Ubuntu (4)

    I am new to Linux. I have just installed Ubuntu 5.10 on Pentium Xeon XSeries 226 server. I want to
    install driver for my existing Zyxel 630-11 ADSL modem to connect to the internet. I have also
    downloaded the driver from sourceforge in .tgz format. I don't know how to install this driver.
    If anyone know... please help me....

23. Ubuntu Linux CDs For Free (incl. Shipping) - Grab it right now... (26)

    Hi guys,      I searched about this particular Linux Distro after I read about it in a post by
    MajesticTreeFrog ( http://www.astahost.com/I-Support-Microsof...getnewpost.html ) - and I found
    out that they still have that offer OPEN. They're giving away free CDs for Intel, PowerPC and
    AMD64 Platform.. They even ship as many copies as you want FREE OF COST INCLUDING SHIPPING CHARGES
    . This is your golden chance lol... HURRY HURRY.. GRAB YOUR COPY OF LINUX.. @
    http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/ Do it today and spread the word around.. Linux is the OS of the day,
    year,...

24. Help: How To Dual Boot Ubuntu And Windows ME - I am running into some troubles (5)

    I recently recieved a Ubuntu distro (Breezy Badger, 5.10) and installed it on my laptop,
    uninstalling Windows in the process as I could not resize the FAT32 partition without erasing all
    data and I loved it! After several days without the internet as I couldn't get the modem
    working I decided to reinstall Windows ME on my laptop. I resized the Linux partition and created a
    FAT32, enough for Windows and any programs, games and documents I would like, ample space really.
    The partition was created successfully and the Linux partition resized. However, I inserted the Wi...

25. Ubuntu 5.10 - Free CDs - Operating System on CD (1)

    Well, before posting this topic I searched the forum for any such existence since its very common
    now and i hope most of you will be knowing about it. However, still posting and targeting for those
    who still don' know and really want to get themselves accquainted with Linux flavor. Before I
    say anything on getting CD, it will be unfair if I don't describe about the distro. The distro
    is based on Debian, a popular and stable Linux release common among Linux community. Now, what they
    are offering is FREE CDs of the operating system (Ubuntu Linux 5.10) which are d...

26. Ubuntu Gives Cd Totaly Free - Catch you Now! (9)

    The Ubuntu linux have give CDs for i386 processors, 64bits processors and ppc processors, totaly
    free, you will be can have 50 CDs or more. you can Register in https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ and ask
    youŽ ubuntu CDS I will Share my CDS after, but only in Belo Horizonte/Brazil, because i dont have
    money to send from other States/countries. SHARE YOU TOO!...

27. Ubuntu Install Cd - Xp Crash When Browsing Cd - what happened? (8)

    i downlaoded the ubuntu install cd the other day and tried to burn the image to cd using nero. i was
    using a cd-rw and i both finalise and didnt finalise and both times the cd was not booted from and
    when i looked at the contents xp just crashed. what happened - any ideas. also i has a broken
    gentoo/98 dual boot with grub on the 3rd partition. i reformated the 3rd partition forgetting about
    grub becasue unbuntu is going on (networkless) and now grub is messed up. can i reinstall grub off
    the gentoo install cd? if so what base commands do i need. thanks very much in adv...

28. Ubuntu! Install - My weekend project (5)

    Well this weekend I decided to skip mini distrabutions and go for another larger install, I still
    dont really want to install Debian or Fedora Core, so I decided this time I'd look at the
    screenshots and see what my cup of tea was. So first thing was first, boot into Puppy and backup my
    personal stuff, so on goes my old PC and it boots perfectly as normal, up until it comes to starting
    the window manger (X), it doesnt load, so I type "xwin" and it doesnt start, it just says to xwin if
    I want to restart the interface. So at that point, I really cant be bothered, so ...

29. Ubuntu Help - (3)

    I just got the latest distro of Ubuntu linux, and it looks amazing, but I have a major problem.
    When I boot I get an error talking about my timer not functioning, so I have to boot in recovery
    mode to make it work. Once in recovery mode everything is painfuly slow and I'm wondering what
    I can do to repair this. I also am having trouble connecting to the net, I use a college LAN
    connection and can't quite figure out how to configure it. I haven't used Linux for a few
    years now so the simplest of terms would be appreciated. Thanks for the help guys!...