No audio:x:29:

[kermit911]

Hello all, I have been looking through a lot of forum posts and found:
Back track 4 No sound !! - Remote Exploit Forums

They recommended doing:

Code:
sudo nano /etc/group

then search for this line:
Code:
audio:x:29:

and add your login after that line:
Code:
audio:x:29:kamachi

And reboot pc

I was in the process of doing this, and I don't have audio:x:29: in there. I think I might have missed a step. Any ideas?

I downloaded alsa-driver-1.0.23.tar
Unzipped it into a folder called sound2
and tried to run the ./configure and that didn't work.
I was following the directions on the site I posted at the top of this post.

The audio is not muted, I do have the little speaker in my system tray.

***A little More Info***

kermit@bt:~$ cat /dev/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.23 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux bt 2.6.30.9 #1 SMP Tue Dec 1 21:51:08 EST 2009 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
HDA Intel at 0xf01a0000 irq 21

Audio devices:
0: AD198x Analog (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Analog Devices AD1884
kermit@bt:~$

[Archangel-Amael]

It might be a good idea to first determine if your sound card is recognized by the kernel.
Then move forward.

[kermit911]

It might be a good idea to first determine if your sound card is recognized by the kernel.
Then move forward.

I have been doing a lot of searching, and there are 3 different ways I have found to install ALSA. I have looked at:
ALSA wiki
tldp.org/HOWTO/Alsa-sound-4.html
and
Here at backtrack

Yes my card is one of the options on there web site.
Matrix:Module-hda-intel
Matrix:Module-hda-intel - AlsaProject

My card is supported.
Matrix:Module-hda-intel

Matrix:Module-hda-intel - AlsaProject

[Archangel-Amael]

I didn't ask you to search. I asked you to determine if your sound card is recognized by the kernel. If it is then you may not need a driver.
Here follow this guide. Comprehensive Sound Problem Solutions Guide - Ubuntu Forums
It will walk you through the basics of checking for a card and then adding a driver if needed.
However you should not need a driver.

[kermit911]

That worked, Thank You Archangel-Amael. I had to purge:
sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
and then reinstall:
sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils
and it works ok now. The volume control has some static that runs through it but it works. Woohoo

Thanks again

Kermit

[Archangel-Amael]

Glad you got it working and thanks for letting us know.