no sound - iBook G3

Bob Lounsbury · External Since: Jul 12, 2007 Posts: 6

Hi,

I've just installed etch, but I have no sound. I've tried googling and
looking at list archives, but I'm not sure what needs to be done. I'm
pretty new to Linux. I added snd-powermac to my /etc/modules and now
the master volume seems to be registering but still no output. When I
run Amarok it says that xine cannot find a sound driver. I'm not sure
what I need or don't need to have installed and I'd rather not just
start blindly installing alsa packages. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Bob

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Amit Uttamchandani · External Since: Aug 06, 2007 Posts: 6

I just recently installed etch on my laptop as well. Although this one is a
PowerBook G4. Sound worked out of the box without configuring. However, I did
have the issue of sound on my desktop with etch. So I just ran the following
commands.

Install 'alsa-base' and recommended packages from aptitude.
* need to run sudo alsaconf to configure sound drivers and alsamixer to adjust.

This should do the trick. If you have any more PPC related questions do feel to
post. I will be watching this list.

Good Luck,
Amit

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Bob Lounsbury · External Since: Jul 12, 2007 Posts: 6

On 8/6/07, Amit Uttamchandani <amit.uttam.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just recently installed etch on my laptop as well. Although this one is a
> PowerBook G4. Sound worked out of the box without configuring. However, I did
> have the issue of sound on my desktop with etch. So I just ran the following
> commands.
>
> Install 'alsa-base' and recommended packages from aptitude.
> * need to run sudo alsaconf to configure sound drivers and alsamixer to adjust.
>
> This should do the trick. If you have any more PPC related questions do feel to
> post. I will be watching this list.
>
> Good Luck,
> Amit
>
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I already had alsa-base installed, running alsaconf and restarting
solved it. Thanks, for the advice!

Bob

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Bob Lounsbury · External Since: Jul 12, 2007 Posts: 6

On 8/8/07, Johannes Berg <johannes.RemoveThis@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 12:23 +0200, Andrzej Mendel wrote:
>
> > I guess that snd-aoa could be the module that you need to load in order
> > to get sound on your machine. I'm not sure if it covers yours, but it is
> > supposed to obsolete snd-powermac, so if your iBook is supported by
> > snd-aoa then you'll have better luck trying it out. Perhaps Johannes
> > Berg can shed some light on this subject.
>
> I don't usually read debian-powerpc closely so you'd better CC me if you
> want me to shed light on anything Smile

>
> That said, if snd-powermac creates a master volume control in alsa then
> it's the one to use and not snd-aoa; but I don't know what is going
> wrong with it.

Just for the info, in case it helps diagnose something.

When I first installed Etch my gnome volume icon was on mute and could
not be changed. I then added snd-powermac to my modules and the icon
worked (which I assume is what you are refering to as the master
volume control in alsa). With this setup I thought sound was working,
but when I ran Amarok it said that xine could not find a sound driver.
That's when I posted to the list and it was recommended that I run
alsaconf, which seemed to load a driver for powermac sound. Anyways,
sound seems to be working now, I can run Amarok and listen to music so
I'm happy. Thanks for the help.

Bob
> johannes
>
>

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