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new linux user, fedora core 2 nforce chipset no sound output help please

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hello all, i am new to linux, i just got done installing

fedora core 2, i have a nforce chipset for sound and i installed the driver from the nvidia website and havent loaded it yet because

i think that alsa supports the nforce chipsets.

but i get no sound can anyone help here is some info

 

here is my lsmod output

 

Module Size Used by

snd_pcm_oss 40740 0

snd_mixer_oss 13824 3 snd_pcm_oss

snd_intel8x0 26280 4

snd_ac97_codec 50436 1 snd_intel8x0

snd_pcm 68872 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0

snd_timer 17156 1 snd_pcm

snd_page_alloc 7940 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

gameport 3328 1 snd_intel8x0

snd_mpu401_uart 4864 1 snd_intel8x0

snd_rawmidi 17184 1 snd_mpu401_uart

snd_seq_device 6152 1 snd_rawmidi

snd 38372 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device

soundcore 6112 3 snd

parport_pc 19392 1

lp 8236 0

parport 29640 2 parport_pc,lp

autofs4 10624 0

sunrpc 101064 1

forcedeth 10624 0

ipt_REJECT 4736 1

ipt_state 1536 7

ip_conntrack 24968 1 ipt_state

iptable_filter 2048 1

ip_tables 13440 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter

floppy 47440 0

sg 27552 0

joydev 6976 0

dm_mod 33184 0

ohci_hcd 14748 0

ehci_hcd 21896 0

button 4504 0

battery 6924 0

asus_acpi 8472 0

ac 3340 0

nvidia 4810604 12

ipv6 184288 10

ext3 102376 2

jbd 40216 1 ext3

sata_promise 10756 3

libata 29312 1 sata_promise,[permanent]

sd_mod 16384 4

scsi_mod 91344 4 sg,sata_promise,libata,sd_mod

 

and here is my lspci output

 

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)

00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)

00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)

01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20376 (rev 02)

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

 

 

i already checked the levesl in the volume control and they are all on high and the lock checbox is checked.

 

any ideas?

 

thanks in advance

 

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Haha. Got that problem as well. Check your KMix options and raise the 1,2,3,and 6,7,8 bars. Nothing wrong with ur hardware i think.

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thanks, i dont have kde installed, and i dont have kmix do you know any other options i need to turn on.

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here is the amixer output if this helps it seems like everythin id turned on

 

Simple mixer control 'Master',0

Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]

Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]

Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0

Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Mono: Playback 18 [58%] [off]

Simple mixer control 'PCM',0

Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on]

Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on]

Simple mixer control 'Surround',0

Capabilities: pvolume pswitch

Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [off]

Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [off]

Simple mixer control 'Center',0

Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [off]

Simple mixer control 'LFE',0

Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Mono: Playback 16 [52%] [off]

Simple mixer control 'Line',0

Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive

Capture exclusive group: 0

Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off]

Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off]

Simple mixer control 'Line-In As Surround',0

Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Mono: Playback [off]

Simple mixer control 'CD',0

Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive

Capture exclusive group: 0

Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Front Left: Playback 17 [55%] [on] Capture [off]

Front Right: Playback 17 [55%] [on] Capture [off]

Simple mixer control 'Mic',0

Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive

Capture exclusive group: 0

Playback channels: Mono

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off]

Front Left: Capture [on]

Front Right: Capture [on]

Simple mixer control 'Mic As Center/LFE',0

Capabilities: volume volume-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Limits: 0 - 0

Mono: 0 [0%]

Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0

Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Mono: Playback [off]

Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0

Capabilities:

Mono:

Simple mixer control 'Video',0

Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive

Capture exclusive group: 0

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Front Left: Capture [off]

Front Right: Capture [off]

Simple mixer control 'Phone',0

Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive

Capture exclusive group: 0

Playback channels: Mono

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off]

Front Left: Capture [off]

Front Right: Capture [off]

Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0

Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Capture channels: Mono

Mono: Playback [on] Capture [on]

Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Input Monitor',0

Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Mono: Playback [off]

Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0

Capabilities: volume volume-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Limits: 0 - 3

Mono: 0 [0%]

Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0

Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Limits: Playback 0 - 15

Mono: Playback 9 [60%] [on]

Simple mixer control 'Aux',0

Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive

Capture exclusive group: 0

Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Playback 0 - 31

Front Left: Playback 14 [45%] [off] Capture [off]

Front Right: Playback 14 [45%] [off] Capture [off]

Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0

Capabilities:

Mono:

Simple mixer control 'Capture',0

Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Limits: Capture 0 - 15

Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [on]

Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [on]

Simple mixer control 'Mix',0

Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive

Capture exclusive group: 0

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Front Left: Capture [off]

Front Right: Capture [off]

Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0

Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive

Capture exclusive group: 0

Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right

Front Left: Capture [off]

Front Right: Capture [off]

Simple mixer control 'Duplicate Front',0

Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Mono: Playback [on]

Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0

Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined

Playback channels: Mono

Mono: Playback [on]

 

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When you run music or games, do you get an error message or does everything play as per normal but no sound comes out of the speakers?

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yeah everything runs fine, i can detect my nforce chip and everything i just dont hear any sound i just tried alsactl restore

and that didnt do anything, i dont know anywhere else to try

 

i installed the nforce drivers to and they dont work either

 

the sound card work because i played sound before.

 

thanks

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