10.04 /proc/asound disappeared

[lordamit]

I am in serious trouble.


The sound suddenly switched to dummy output again. Last time this happened, I simply reinstalled Alsa using AlsaupgradeScript.sh

When I tried
aplay -l
the output was:
aplay: device_list:235: no soundcards found..


So.. i tried using the AlsaupgradeScript.sh using the -c switch, which gave me a

rm -f .depend *.o snd.map*
rm -f modules/*.o modules/*.ko
make: *** include: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [clean] Error 1
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for ranlib... ranlib
configure: error: cannot find install-sh or install.sh in "." "./.." "./../.."

So, I went through some of the helps available in internet. Then i used this:

cat /proc/asound/version
cat: /proc/asound/version: No such file or directory

I realized that I don't have any asound folder inside /proc when i browsed it via nautilus and terminal.

I am using acer aspire 4745

here is my Alsa Information Script Link

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=3c...f5651508a88975

I also tried using OSS, which worked. But I didn't feel that it was flexible enough. for example , I had to manually change whether the output will be given in both internal and external devices or something like that.


Can someone please help?

edit: the sound settings before the problem are:

command1:
cat /proc/asound/version

output:
Quote:

 			 				Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Compiled on Jul 29 2010 for kernel 2.6.32-24-generic (SMP).

command2:$ aplay -l
Quote:

 			 				**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC271X Analog [ALC271X Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC271X Digital [ALC271X Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: INTEL HDMI 0 [INTEL HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 7: INTEL HDMI 1 [INTEL HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

and at the last line of alsa-base.conf, it is