On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 16:36 -0400, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > On 08/09/2011 04:30 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > > On 08/09/2011 02:58 PM, Nikhil Bysani wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> My system's sound is no longer is working. > >> > >> No, it's not muted, the sound modules are loaded, and there > >> are pcm's in /dev/snd but no /dev/dsp. Also, while alsamixer > >> does show the sound cards, it is only using the null device, and > >> pulse audo doesn't see the sound cards either. Anyone know why > >> alsa might not be using the soudn cards? > > > > Have you loaded the snd-pcm-oss module too? > > > > DR > > In fact, why don't you post the output of this: > > [darose@daroselin MacrosensePipetree]$ lsmod | grep snd > snd_pcm_oss 38818 0 > snd_hda_codec_hdmi 22092 1 > snd_hda_codec_realtek 294224 1 > snd_hda_intel 22122 14 > snd_hda_codec 77927 3 > snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel > snd_hwdep 6325 1 snd_hda_codec > snd_pcm 73856 8 > snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec > snd_timer 19416 5 snd_pcm > snd_page_alloc 7121 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm > snd_mixer_oss 15275 2 snd_pcm_oss > snd 57786 27 > snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss > soundcore 6146 2 snd > > DR It's actually not the modules or udev, but a systemd problem. I think pulse isn't starting? [0][nikron@zramon ~]$lsmod | grep snd snd_hda_codec_hdmi 22092 4 snd_hda_codec_realtek 294224 1 snd_hda_intel 22122 5 snd_hda_codec 77927 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 6325 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 73856 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_timer 19416 1 snd_pcm snd 57786 15 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 6146 1 snd snd_page_alloc 7121 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm