[ltp] X60s: Sound gone after FC5 yum update

[Richard Neill]

Atul Chitnis wrote:

> I suspect so, since it is the same module (snd-hda-intel) that was being 
> used *before* the yum update, and that is still the module that is being 
> loaded.
> 
> Here's the weird one though - I can use xmms, change the prefs to use 
> alsa, then switch default device to HDA Intel: AD198x Analog (hw:0,0) 
> and xmms plays.

At a guess, have you got the OSS compat. modules loaded? These are the
snd_XXX_oss modules, eg snd_pcm_oss, snd_mixer_oss etc.


> 
> But if I try to play a WAV file from the command line use sox' "play" 
> (even as root):
> 
> # play question.wav
> ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:1632:(snd_pcm_direct_parse_open_conf) Unknown 
> field ipc_sem
> sox: Failed writing default: cannot open audio device
> 

That does look bug-like to me.

> # ls -al /dev/dsp
> crw------- 1 root root 14, 3 Sep 20 19:15 /dev/dsp
> 
> Running snd-config-soundcard lets me hear the sample sound, but kde's 
> sound system won't play ball with it (it did before the yum update).
> 

Slightly OT:

Now that Alsa has dmix (and FC5 probably enables it by default), Arts 
can be completely ignored - and good riddance to it!  We no longer need 
Arts to multiplex sound applications, and it is complete overkill for 
system beeps!

See here for how I solved it:
http://www.ruo3.org/~rjn/a22p-mdk11-0.php#sound
  -> [2] Arts



> Thanks for any inputs!
> 
> Atul