how to install sound card in Ubuntu 5.10 OS

Asked by sunnydayzrback

I am an user of ubuntu 5.10. When ever I play a media file the player is running i mean the bar is moving but i am unable to listen to any sound . The following is my system configuration
 Intel p4 processor, D915gavl Motherboard, 3 HT processor

when I typed lspci -v the following came up

sunil@pogo:~$ lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 915G/P/GV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port (rev 04) (p rog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: ffa00000-ffafffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: cff00000-cfffffff
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82915G Express Chipset Famil y Graphics Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at ff480000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at ff440000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definiti on Audio Controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device e203
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at ff43c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Exp ress Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: ff600000-ff6fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cfb00000-00000000cfb00000
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Exp ress Port 2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: ff700000-ff7fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cfc00000-00000000cfc00000
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Exp ress Port 3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: ff800000-ff8fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cfd00000-00000000cfd00000
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Exp ress Port 4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        Memory behind bridge: ff900000-ff9fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cfe00000-00000000cfe00000
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        I/O ports at c800 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at cc00 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at d000 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at d400 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB 2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        Memory at ff43bc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3) (prog-if 01 [Subt ractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
        Memory behind bridge: ff500000-ff5fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000cfa00000-00000000cfa00000
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridg e (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]

0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at e800 [size=8]
        I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
        I/O ports at e000 [size=8]
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=4]
        I/O ports at d800 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Contro ller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4156
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at c400 [size=32]

0000:06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C /8139C+ (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Compex FN22-3(A) LinxPRO Ethernet Adapter
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
        I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
        Memory at ff510000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at ff500000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

sunil@pogo:~$

So is my sound card installed? If so whats the problem and how do i solve it?

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Pavel Shylenok (nacker-deactivatedaccount) said :
#1

Please, provide more details on your environment: The output of the 'sudo lsmod' command. Do you have Sound Server startup enabled (checkbox is checked) (Sound configuration applet). What is selected as audiosink in the Multimedia Systems Selector applet? What player do you use? What is file format you are trying to play?

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sunnydayzrback (pogosunil) said :
#2

The following is the output of sudo lsmod command

sunil@pogo:~$ sudo lsmod
Password:
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 34972 0
l2cap 22404 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 43012 4 rfcomm,l2cap
cpufreq_userspace 4444 0
cpufreq_stats 5124 0
freq_table 4484 1 cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 5916 0
cpufreq_conservative 6820 0
i915 17920 1
drm 58004 2 i915
video 16004 0
tc1100_wmi 6916 0
sony_acpi 5516 0
pcc_acpi 11392 0
hotkey 9508 0
dev_acpi 11396 0
i2c_acpi_ec 5760 0
i2c_core 19728 1 i2c_acpi_ec
button 6672 0
battery 9604 0
container 4608 0
ac 4996 0
ipv6 217408 6
af_packet 20232 2
floppy 52692 0
pcspkr 3652 0
rtc 11832 0
tpm_nsc 6528 0
tpm 9504 1 tpm_nsc
snd_hda_intel 15872 1
snd_hda_codec 72064 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss 46368 0
snd_mixer_oss 16128 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 78344 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 21764 1 snd_pcm
snd 48644 8 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 9184 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10120 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
shpchp 80612 0
pci_hotplug 24628 1 shpchp
intel_agp 21276 1
agpgart 32328 3 drm,intel_agp
nls_iso8859_1 4224 1
nls_cp437 5888 1
vfat 12288 1
fat 46492 1 vfat
dm_mod 50364 1
tsdev 7616 0
evdev 9088 0
psmouse 26116 0
mousedev 10912 1
parport_pc 31812 1
lp 11460 0
parport 32072 2 parport_pc,lp
md 40656 0
ext3 115976 1
jbd 48536 1 ext3
thermal 13192 0
processor 23100 1 thermal
fan 4740 0
8139too 23552 0
8139cp 18432 0
mii 5248 2 8139too,8139cp
ehci_hcd 29448 0
uhci_hcd 28048 0
usbcore 104316 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
sd_mod 17424 4
ide_cd 36996 0
cdrom 33952 1 ide_cd
ide_generic 1664 0
ata_piix 9476 12
libata 47876 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod 124872 2 sd_mod,libata
piix 9476 1
ide_core 125268 3 ide_cd,ide_generic,piix
unix 24624 600
vesafb 8088 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 6784 1 capability
vga16fb 12232 1
vgastate 8320 1 vga16fb
softcursor 2432 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbimgblt 2944 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbfillrect 3840 2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbcopyarea 4480 2 vesafb,vga16fb
fbcon 34176 72
tileblit 2560 1 fbcon
font 8448 1 fbcon
bitblit 5248 1 fbcon
sunil@pogo:~$

its like this

Default Sink

OUTPUT : ESD- Enlightment Sound Daemon
PIPELINE: ESD sink

Default Source

OSS : Open Sound System
pipeline:osssrc

I am using totem movie player which came with ubuntu 5.10 & the file i played is in .wav format. Plz tell me where Sound Server Start up is?

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Pavel Shylenok (nacker-deactivatedaccount) said :
#3

Your config seems to be fine except I would suggest you to try ALSA as default sink instead of ESD. When selecting ALSA you can press Test button to hear (if everything is fine) tone signal.
Ubuntu breezy includes ALSA 1.09b version which has support Intel HDA audio out of the box and according to your lspci output ALSA's modules are loaded fine.

Additional hints:
1. Also check that your card is not muted (default state for ALSA is muted) in the following application Applications -> Sound & Video -> Volume Control.
2. Check the preferences of your player to change audio output to ALSA as well (should not be needed for Totem though).
3. Try to use xmms as it has wider range of sound settings.

P.S. Sound server start up checkbox is in the "system" menu -> "Sound" applet.

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Aldous Peñaranda (dous) said :
#4

It may also be due to plugging the speaker/earphones to the wrong "socket" on the card. I've experienced this a couple of times already where sound works on Windows in a dual-booted machine and then I sometimes need to remove the speaker and plug it to the other socket on the card. It's weird, but it's what I have experienced. :)

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