[TriLUG] Sound problem

[Jeff Tickle]

Thanks to those who replied, but for some reason, it started working 
again suddenly.  *shrug*

-Jeff

Jeff Tickle wrote:

> An interesting sound problem...
>
> Running RH8, no kernel upgrades or anything since install.
>
> For some reason, sound stopped working earlier tonight.  I rebooted, 
> and when it came to, Linux's vocal cords were dead.  Sound plays from 
> Windows (yea, so I have a small Windows partition reserved for when 
> Vice City comes out for PC...), so the problem is here somewhere.
>
> I ran sndconfig, which autodetected the SB Live! 5.1 MP3+, but still 
> no sound.  Checked the mixer... all unmuted, and at an appropriate 
> volume.
>
> Nothing at all seems to suggest anythign wrong.  In fact, this is from 
> dmesg:
>
> Creative EMU10K1 PCI Audio Driver, version 0.19, 12:25:24 Sep  4 2002
> emu10k1: EMU10K1 rev 7 model 0x8061 found, IO at 0xdc00-0xdc1f, IRQ 11
> ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7608 (SigmaTel STAC9708)
> emu10k1: SBLive! 5.1 card detected
>
> Oh wait, here's something.  /var/log/messages:
>
> Mar 14 21:51:48 host3-null modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
> sound-slot-1
> Mar 14 21:51:48 host3-null modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
> sound-service-1-0
> Mar 14 21:51:48 host3-null modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
> sound-slot-1
> Mar 14 21:51:48 host3-null modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module 
> sound-service-1-0
>
> Any idea why this happened and how I can fix?
>
> Thanks...
>
> -J

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