proc/asound missing

[sylosis]

I am having some trouble with my sound card and have found that in /proc there is now asound folder, anyone know why?

[tjones00]

To check that alsa is installed.

cat /proc/asound/version

If it isn't installed install it.

sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

If it's installed make sure your user is part of the group audio.

groups

If not add them.

sudo usermod -a -G audio username

You must logout/reboot in order for groups to be refreshed.

[sylosis]

did that and got this

damien@ubuntu:~$ cat /proc/asound/version
cat: /proc/asound/version: No such file or directory
damien@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
linux-sound-base is already the newest version.
alsa-base is already the newest version.
alsa-utils is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
damien@ubuntu:~$ groups
damien adm dialout cdrom audio plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare
damien@ubuntu:~$ sudo usermod -a -G audio damien
damien@ubuntu:~$

logged out and in and groups still displayed the same, as did cat: /proc/asound/version

[tjones00]

Wow lol that's weird.

whats the output from

sudo cat /proc/asound/version

try reinstalling it

sudo apt-get --reinstall install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

reboot after the reinstall

[sylosis]

sudo cat /proc/asound/version gave this

damien@ubuntu:~$ sudo cat /proc/asound/version
[sudo] password for damien: 
cat: /proc/asound/version: No such file or directory

i reinstalled but it still gave the same output

[tjones00]

Wow again.

So alsa is installed but it is not setting up any sound system.

What is the output from lspci? Perhaps your hardware isn't recognized as a sound card.

What type of soundcard is it?

Unfortunately this is beyond my noobish hack skills. You might need someone experienced in hardware probing.