So it looks like drivers aren't loaded. What's in modules.conf/modprobe.conf? What's the output of lsmod? - Mark On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:08:10 -0400, Laura Conrad <lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I had to rebuild my system a couple of weeks ago, and I'm having some > trouble with sound. What I want to have work is my SBLive sound card > under alsa. > > I did the install from a knoppix disk, and I boot it with the alsa > option. I can play sounds using timidity, aplay, and realaudio (at least), > and record using audacity. kmix seems to work correctly. > > However, when I try to run most of the mixers, I get error messages, > and therefore I can't use sound apps that expect to be able to run a > mixer. > > I seem to get all the same errors whether I'm root or a user, so I > think the permissions are set up correctly. > > Here are some sample error messages: > > #pydance > pygame.error: mixer system not initialized > > #pysol > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/games/pysol/pysolaudio.py", line 229, in startServer > self.audiodev.init() > error: unable to open audio: No available audio device > PySol: could not connect to pysolsoundserver, sound disabled. > > root@tuba:/etc/init.d# ./alsa restart > Storing ALSA mixer settings...failed. > Starting ALSA..../alsa: Error: alsactl restore failed with message 'alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found...'. > done. > root@tuba:/etc/init.d# > > [~]# alsamixer > > alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device > [~]# > > [~]# amixer > amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device > > Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? I've done a lot of > googling, and these error messages aren't uncommon, but none of the > suggested solutions seems to work for me. > > -- > Laura (mailto:lconrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) > (617) 661-8097 fax: (501) 641-5011 > 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 > >
