No sound in Linux Mint

I'm not able to hear any sound in Linux mint. This problem dosent happen always. Sometimes when I re-boot the sound is there. But again the next boot the sound is absent.

I have a creative sound blaster sound card.
This is what my volume control shows.

*img518.imageshack.us/img518/5278/screenshotvolumecontrolwl4.png

Should I change the devices?

I have no clues reg 3 devices :shock:

!
but...u can provide us the output of

Code:

lspci

???

Here it is:

bharat@bharat-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M266 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 08 )
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1)

so it is correct that ensonic is the correct driver.
Now,when sound is working,post your system's o/p of "lsmod" command.
you should like to disable onboard sound,if there is any such options in your BIOS

bharat_r said:
I'm not able to hear any sound in Linux mint. This problem dosent happen always. Sometimes when I re-boot the sound is there. But again the next boot the sound is absent.

I have a creative sound blaster sound card.
This is what my volume control shows.

Should I change the devices?

I'm hoping its a simple problem and hence suggesting a simple solution

Goto System > Preferences > Sound.

Set these parameters:

Sound Events
Sound Playback: ALSA

Music and Movies
Sound Playback: ALSA

Audio Conferencing
Sound Playback: ALSA
Sound Capture: ALSA

Default Mixer Track
Device: Ensoniq ALSA

Select: Master

PS: Ensure that you've connected the speaker to the external Ensoniq soundcard and not on the onboard VIA soundcard.

praka123 said:
so it is correct that ensonic is the correct driver.
Now,when sound is working,post your system's o/p of "lsmod" command.
you should like to disable onboard sound,if there is any such options in your BIOS

This is o/p of lsmod when my sound is working:

bharat@bharat-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M266 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 08 )
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 40)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1)

@infra_red_dude

I set everything to ALSA as u told. And I'm sure the speakers are connected to the sound card.
Sound is working in this boot. Dont know if it'd the next time I boot.

T'was lsmod, not lspci output, which was asked.

@bharat:when sound is working for you,post the output of "lsmod" command here.

oh sorry... didnt read it properly... sounds gone again... I'll do it the next time sound comes back

ok..here's lsmod output when my sound is working.

Code:

bharat@bharat-desktop:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            12936  1 
rfcomm                 42136  2 
l2cap                  26240  11 rfcomm
bluetooth              57060  4 rfcomm,l2cap
usblp                  15104  0 
ppdev                  10244  0 
speedstep_lib           6404  0 
cpufreq_ondemand        9612  0 
cpufreq_stats           7232  0 
freq_table              5792  2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative     8072  0 
cpufreq_userspace       5280  0 
cpufreq_powersave       2688  0 
button                  8976  0 
sbs                    19592  0 
dock                   10656  0 
video                  18060  0 
container               5504  0 
ac                      6148  0 
battery                11012  0 
lp                     12580  0 
lmpcm_usb               7168  0 
snd_via82xx            29336  0 
snd_seq_dummy           4740  0 
snd_seq_oss            33152  0 
snd_ens1371            27680  4 
snd_mpu401              9640  0 
snd_mpu401_uart         9600  2 snd_via82xx,snd_mpu401
nvidia               6221648  34 
snd_seq_midi            9600  0 
analog                 13344  0 
snd_ac97_codec        100644  2 snd_via82xx,snd_ens1371
ac97_bus                3200  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            44672  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17664  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_rawmidi            25728  3 snd_ens1371,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
gameport               16776  3 snd_via82xx,snd_ens1371,analog
parport_pc             37412  1 
parport                37448  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
pcspkr                  4224  0 
snd_pcm                80388  5 snd_via82xx,snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq                53232  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              24324  3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          9228  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd_page_alloc         11400  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
shpchp                 34580  0 
pci_hotplug            32704  1 shpchp
snd                    54660  19 snd_via82xx,snd_seq_oss,snd_ens1371,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               8800  1 snd
via_agp                11264  1 
via_ircc               27668  0 
irda                  202300  1 via_ircc
crc_ccitt               3072  1 irda
i2c_viapro             10004  0 
i2c_core               26112  2 nvidia,i2c_viapro
agpgart                35016  2 nvidia,via_agp
evdev                  11136  4 
usbhid                 29536  0 
hid                    28928  1 usbhid
ext3                  133896  1 
jbd                    60456  1 ext3
mbcache                 9732  1 ext3
ide_cd                 32672  0 
cdrom                  37536  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               18560  9 
ata_generic             8452  0 
libata                125168  1 ata_generic
scsi_mod              147084  1 libata
floppy                 60004  0 
uhci_hcd               26640  0 
usbcore               138632  5 usblp,lmpcm_usb,usbhid,uhci_hcd
via82cxxx              10372  0 [permanent]
ide_core              116804  3 ide_cd,ide_disk,via82cxxx
8139cp                 25088  0 
8139too                27776  0 
mii                     6528  2 8139cp,8139too
thermal                14344  0 
processor              32072  1 thermal
fan                     5764  0 
capability              5896  0 
commoncap               8320  1 capability
fuse                   47124  13

any help?

see if u can dig somethin useful from this thread:
*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205449

try disabling the onboard sound card in the bios.

that lsmod output suggests two modules of sound snd_via82xx,snd_ens1371
are getting loaded.
you can also try backlisting the unrequired module which i think is snd_via82xx