[olug] Debian Sound Problem

Sat Aug 4 21:17:07 UTC 2007


       Hey, guys, I'm new to the mailing list, and I just found out 
there was LUG in Omaha a few days ago. Anyway, I'm running Debian Etch, 
and I'm having a problem with my sound. Usually, when I try to play 
music, or a program plays a sound, I get a message box that says 
something like 'Cannot open sound server; will continue using null 
output device.'
I'm new enough to linux that I have NO experience with sound, so if 
someone could help out, that'd be great.

       If I run /*lspci*/, I get this:

*russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM 
Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 
82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM 
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM 
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM 
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 
EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC 
Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller 
(rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) 
SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM 
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:02.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) 
Ethernet Controller (rev 82)
russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$

       *And if I run /*lsmod*/, I get this:

*russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8                2208  0
nls_cp437               5920  0
vfat                   11872  0
fat                    46684  1 vfat
i915                   17600  3
drm                    61332  4 i915
nfs                   202828  0
nfsd                  197936  17
exportfs                5600  1 nfsd
lockd                  54344  3 nfs,nfsd
nfs_acl                 3584  2 nfs,nfsd
sunrpc                138812  13 nfs,nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl
ppdev                   8676  0
lp                     11012  0
button                  6672  0
ac                      5188  0
battery                 9636  0
ipv6                  226016  25
xt_tcpudp               3136  96
xt_state                2272  71
ipt_REJECT              5248  4
xt_limit                2752  6
ipt_LOG                 6112  6
ip_conntrack_ftp        7760  0
ip_conntrack_irc        6800  0
ip_conntrack           49088  3 xt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_irc
nfnetlink               6680  1 ip_conntrack
iptable_filter          3104  1
ip_tables              13028  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               13316  6 
xt_tcpudp,xt_state,ipt_REJECT,xt_limit,ipt_LOG,ip_tables
fuse                   39828  3
dm_snapshot            15552  0
dm_mirror              19152  0
dm_mod                 50232  2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
loop                   15048  0
sd_mod                 19040  0
tsdev                   7520  0
snd_intel8x0           30332  2
snd_ac97_codec         83104  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            2400  1 snd_ac97_codec
usblp                  12768  0
snd_pcm_oss            38368  1
snd_mixer_oss          15200  1 snd_pcm_oss
floppy                 53156  0
parport_pc             32132  1
parport                33256  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
snd_pcm                68676  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              20996  1 snd_pcm
serio_raw               6660  0
psmouse                35016  0
i2c_i801                7468  0
i2c_core               19680  1 i2c_i801
pcspkr                  3072  0
snd                    47012  8 
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9248  2 snd
rtc                    12372  0
snd_page_alloc          9640  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
intel_agp              21148  1
agpgart                29896  3 drm,intel_agp
shpchp                 33024  0
pci_hotplug            28704  1 shpchp
joydev                  9088  0
evdev                   9088  1
ext3                  119240  2
jbd                    52456  1 ext3
mbcache                 8356  1 ext3
ide_cd                 36064  0
cdrom                  32544  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               14848  6
usb_storage            71840  0
scsi_mod              124168  2 sd_mod,usb_storage
usbhid                 37248  0
piix                    9444  0 [permanent]
generic                 5476  0 [permanent]
ide_core              110504  5 ide_cd,ide_disk,usb_storage,piix,generic
e100                   32232  0
mii                     5344  1 e100
ehci_hcd               28136  0
uhci_hcd               21164  0
usbcore               112644  6 usblp,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal                13608  0
processor              28840  1 thermal
fan                     4804  0
russell at yoda:/mnt/winxp$

       *Like I said, I have little knowledge of sound, so help will be 
greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Russell Monaghan