Thanks for your further reply, stan. I understand what you say. I'll first try a different slot and, if that doesn't work, then a different card. I don't know my Asimov, but I do know my Sherlock Holmes: "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, /however improbable/, must be the truth?" That's from /The Sign Of Four/. Thanks again, Leslie stan wrote: > Leslie Katz wrote: >> Thanks very much for replying so promptly, stan. >> >> >> !!Loaded ALSA modules >> !!------------------- >> >> >> >> !!Sound Servers on this system >> !!---------------------------- >> >> Pulseaudio: >> Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) >> Running - No >> >> ESound Daemon: >> Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd) >> Running - No >> >> >> !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA >> !!----------------------------- >> >> --- no soundcards --- >> >> >> !!PCI Soundcards installed in the system >> !!-------------------------------------- >> >> 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: NexGen Microsystems Unknown >> device 1371 (rev 02) >> >> >> !!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's >> !!-------------------------------------------------------- >> >> 00:0d.0 0401: 1074:1371 (rev 02) >> Subsystem: 1074:1371 >> >> > > Well, it doesn't look good. It appears that your sound card is not > recognized by alsa. Hardware detection finds the device, but doesn't > recognize it (that is the NexGen Microsystems Unknown device > message). So it doesn't load a device driver. > > The Ensoniq 1371 has all kinds of references in the driver source, and > in fact there is a module dedicated to it (and its brethren) so it > isn't like the card shouldn't be recognized. > > So, what comes to mind for me is a bad connection, especially given > the intermittent nature of your problem. I suggest you power off the > computer and make sure the card is seated properly. Reboot. If that > doesn't fix the problem, try a different PCI slot. It is possible > there is a bad connection on the slot you are using. Seems unlikely, > but as the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov used to say, 'If you > eliminate all the other possibilities, the remaining one has to be the > issue'. We hope. ;-) > > Using that same logic, if this doesn't work, I would suspect a problem > with the card, a bad / cracked solder joint somewhere. > -- See my Social Science Research Network Author page here: http://ssrn.com/author=1164057 To see my "Sydney, Then and Now" images, start here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623601@N03/sets/72157604225021655/ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
