Can't get sound to work [SOLVED]

Hi, I'm new to arch/linux in general. Built a computer, and can't get sound to work. I ran Ubuntu for a short period of time, and sound worked there, so I'm assuming there's no hardware issue here.
I'm a little bit stuck as to what I should be doing. Help?
Last edited by uma (2012-01-28 22:51:25)

Start with the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … chitecture
If you still can't figure it out and you want help, at least post some info, instead of 'can't get it to work' (this implies that you tried something, but what?).

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[SOLVED] Can't get sound to work.

Hello, I installed archlinux a few days ago, I love it!
But I can't get sound to work.
I followed the alsa archwiki, but I still couldn't get it work.
I'm a real noob.
Someone please help.
Last edited by egb (2011-02-16 22:45:12)

JokerBoy wrote:
Inxsible wrote:
Try this: as your user NOT root
alsamixer
why not? i use alsamixer as root to set all "globally". and "alsactl store" after that.
egb - make also sure you added yourself to audio group.
yeah, I did that some time ago
edit: oh and I get this when I do the "alsactl store":
alsactl: save_state:1504: No soundcards found...
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I use KDE4 with KMix. I have 5.1 Optical sound.
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Last edited by trusktr (2012-04-13 06:15:41)

I fixed it. In case any newbs come across this, I had to add a new <Directory> section for the DocumentRoot of the virtual host. Simply adding the VirtualHost entry in the vhosts file isn't enough.
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AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
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Let me know if you need any clarification.
Last edited by trusktr (2012-04-13 06:16:02)

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