Comprehensive Sound Problem Solutions Guide

[debiant]

Thanks Ikjoel,
I'll do the sticky again rebooting after anything that mentions /etc/modules.

This is the output from what you suggested:


mike@mike-LMD:~$ aplay -l
aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
mike@mike-LMD:~$ sudo aplay -l
[sudo] password for mike:
aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
mike@mike-LMD:~$

[lkjoel]

Try this:

sudo sed -i 's/snd-emu10k1x/snd-emu10k1/g' /etc/modules

Reboot, and give me the output of:

aplay -l
sudo aplay -l

[debiant]

Thanks, here it is:

mike@mike-LMD:~$ aplay -l
aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
mike@mike-LMD:~$ sudo aplay -l
[sudo] password for mike:
aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
mike@mike-LMD:~$

[lkjoel]

Could you give me the output of this command?

cat /etc/modules

[debiant]

mike@mike-LMD:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
rtc
snd-emu10k1



mike@mike-LMD:~$

[lkjoel]

Try this:

sudo modprobe snd-emu10k1
aplay -l
sudo aplay -l

[debiant]

mike@mike-LMD:~$ sudo modprobe snd-emu10k1
[sudo] password for mike:
mike@mike-LMD:~$ aplay -l
aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
mike@mike-LMD:~$ sudo aplay -l
aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...
mike@mike-LMD:~$

[lkjoel]

Try this:

sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel
sudo alsa force-reload
aplay -l
sudo aplay -l

[debiant]

Hi Ikjoel,
Really appreciate you trying to help. I was wondering if I should go through this-

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind...e-emu10k1-fpga


I'm working a night shift tonight, so I'll try again tomorrow. I have spent another day searching the internet and typing code without result. I am grateful to Ikjoel for trying to help, but I can't escape the horrible feeling that after 3 years using Ubuntu I may have to give up and buy Windows. I was still using 9.10 and trying to upgrade has cost me dearly in time and grief. Unfortunately my documents didn't copy over to my XP disk, might have been a permissions issue.
Anyway, with 11.04, the first time I tried to boot my other XP drive GRUB 2 wiped it. I don't know how that happened, but it did. I now have absolutely nothing left!
I think there was a Maxtor tib file back-up of my old Ubuntu 9.04 from 2 or 3 years ago on the XP drive. My last plan is to run some recovery software, find that and restore it. That had sound running. But I'm left wondering what future there is in Ubuntu if I have to buy another soundcard before it is likely to work. I still have a Windows drive set up with XP which I've invested a lot in over the years as a home recording studio, (its stand-alone, so I need something else for the internet) a sound card for me will cost a lot more than Windows 7...
This is really sad as I love the idea of open source stuff and I always talk it up to my friends. I will feel like a fool now, when they see MS back on my pc.
If anyone has any other ideas about how to install a recent version of Ubuntu to run an E-MU 0400SB sound card (Alsa driver EMU10K1) I will be extremely grateful to hear from you.

Mike

[lkjoel]

Don't go to Windows yet. Apparently you have the driver, so we just need to find a way to use it.
Could you give me the output of this command:

modinfo soundcore