Open Sound System

I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS several times on my old laptop Hitachi M55 s325.
It uses a builtin pci Intel hda 82801 device:
(lpci) 00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

Each time sound fails within a few days. Endless troubleshooting between re-installs to no avail.

I've lost too much time and data re-installing and hoping sound would stay working.

So I installed oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb thru the Ubuntu Software Center since it was the default option in downloading the .deb.

After that didn't work I looked at the installation pdf which didn't work since my sudo logon isn't root and so a dpkg install failed.

so here is a log of where I'm at. ( If I have to use dpkg to get this to work please say so and I'll figure out how to be root )

-->
after Ubuntu Software Center OSS install - no sound:
sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base
sudo apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio

REINSTALLED OSS thru software center...

cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ osstest
/dev/mixer: No such file or directory

cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ ossinfo
No /dev/mixer device available in your system.
Perhaps Open Sound System is not installed or running.

cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo ossdetect -d -v
/proc/opensound/devfiles: No such file or directory
Cannot connect to the OSS kernel module.
Perhaps you need to execute 'soundon' to load OSS

cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo soundon
Previous start of OSS crashed the system
Please resolve the situation and remove file
"/usr/lib/oss/starting". Then start OSS by
running soundon again.

cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo rm /usr/lib/oss/starting

cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo soundon
FATAL: Module osscore not found.
Loading the osscore module failed

cwpjr wrote:I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS several times on my old laptop Hitachi M55 s325.
It uses a builtin pci Intel hda 82801 device:

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 (lpci) 00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

Each time sound fails within a few days. Endless troubleshooting between re-installs to no avail.

I've lost too much time and data re-installing and hoping sound would stay working.

So I installed oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb thru the Ubuntu Software Center since it was the default option in downloading the .deb.

After that didn't work I looked at the installation pdf which didn't work since my sudo logon isn't root and so a dpkg install failed.

so here is a log of where I'm at. ( If I have to use dpkg to get this to work please say so and I'll figure out how to be root )

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after Ubuntu Software Center OSS install - no sound:

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sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base
sudo apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio

REINSTALLED OSS thru software center...

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ osstest
/dev/mixer: No such file or directory


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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ ossinfo
No /dev/mixer device available in your system.
Perhaps Open Sound System is not installed or running.

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo ossdetect -d -v
/proc/opensound/devfiles: No such file or directory
Cannot connect to the OSS kernel module.
Perhaps you need to execute 'soundon' to load OSS

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo soundon
Previous start of OSS crashed the system
Please resolve the situation and remove file
"/usr/lib/oss/starting". Then start OSS by
running soundon again.

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo rm /usr/lib/oss/starting

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo soundon
FATAL: Module osscore not found.
Loading the osscore module failed

Step 1: Remove (purge) OSS4. The folder /usr/lib/oss/ must be removed.

Step 2: Read the manual _https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

Type on terminal:



and post the output here (mark it as "code").

Re: Step 1: To purge OSS I delete the directory /usr/lib/oss/ ?

ok will read the link.

Re Step 3: I'll include it here but if you meant do it after the purge of step one sorry, I'll repost it....

cwpjr wrote:Re: Step 1: To purge OSS I delete the directory /usr/lib/oss/ ?

ok will read the link.

Re Step 3: I'll include it here but if you meant do it after the purge of step one sorry, I'll repost it....

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ lspci -vnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller [8086:2590] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff03]
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
   Memory at b0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
   I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
   Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
   Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
   Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: i915
   Kernel modules: intelfb, i915

00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2792] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff03]
   Flags: fast devsel
   Memory at 64000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=512K]
   Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
   Memory behind bridge: b4000000-b7ffffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000d3ffffff
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
   I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
   I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
   I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.3 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
   I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
   Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
   Memory at b0040000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev d3) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=216
   I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
   Memory behind bridge: b8000000-b80fffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000060000000-0000000063ffffff
   Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:266e] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
   I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
   I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
   Memory at b0040800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
   Memory at b0040400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

00:1e.3 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:266d] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
   Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 20
   I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
   I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0m

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2641] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
   Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
   Kernel modules: lpc_ich, intel-rng

00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller [8086:2653] (rev 03) (prog-if 80 [Master])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
   I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
   I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
   I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
   I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
   I/O ports at 18b0 [size=16]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
   Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
   I/O ports at 20a0 [size=32]
   Kernel modules: i2c-i801

02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4351] (rev 10)
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Marvell 88E8036 Fast Ethernet Controller (Compal) [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
   Memory at b4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
   I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: sky2
   Kernel modules: sky2

06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2741]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
   Memory at b8006000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
   Kernel modules: ipw2200

06:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller [104c:8031]
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
   Memory at b8007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
   Bus: primary=06, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176
   Memory window 0: 60000000-63fff000 (prefetchable)
   Memory window 1: 68000000-6bfff000
   I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
   I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
   16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
   Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
   Kernel modules: yenta_socket

06:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:8032] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
   Memory at b8008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
   Memory at b8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
   Kernel modules: firewire-ohci

06:04.3 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller [104c:8033]
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 57, IRQ 17
   Memory at b8004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: tifm_7xx1
   Kernel modules: tifm_7xx1

06:04.4 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller [104c:8034]
   Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 57, IRQ 19
   Memory at b8009000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   Memory at b8008c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   Memory at b8008800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   Capabilities: <access denied>
   Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
   Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

cwpjr@cwpjr:~$


This seems to be a very old notebook (of 2005, perhaps).
It may work with MATE Desktop (without PulseAudio) _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATE_(desktop_environment)

Intel ICH6 AC'97 codec usually works with OSS4.

Linux Mint 16 "Petra" - MATE (32-bit) _http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=145

How to remove PulseAudio:

cwpjr wrote:Re: Step 1: To purge OSS I delete the directory /usr/lib/oss/ ?

If you "purge" OSS4 with dpkg, the folder /usr/lib/oss should be deleted automatically.
If it is not deleted, you can remove it manually.

It is strongly recommended to remove /usr/lib/oss, before re-installation of OSS4.

Software center only offers reinstall of the package

in the terminal shell i get:
(I've never been able to get dpkg to 'see' the .deb package which is in my ~/Downloads folder...



If I supply a path to it I get the same. and I haven't seen a -path like argument for dpkg YET...

Likewise for:

cwpjr wrote:Software center only offers reinstall of the package

in the terminal shell i get:
(I've never been able to get dpkg to 'see' the .deb package which is in my ~/Downloads folder...

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ dpkg --info oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb
dpkg-deb: error: failed to read archive `oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb': No such file or directory


If I supply a path to it I get the same. and I haven't seen a -path like argument for dpkg YET...

Likewise for:

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ dpkg -p oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb
Package `oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb' is not available.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,


This may happen, if OSS4 is not installed.

Do you have the folder /usr/lib/oss ?





Do not use "Software center".
OSS4 manual is here: _https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

By ctrl-alt-F1 and sudo -i and some commands here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=780961&page=11&p=5055305#post5055305

I've removed OSS4 and it's dir and .conf and dpkg info file entry...

And now sw center says install when looking at the package.

I will do nothing until I get a reply.

As far as I know I can intsall fresh from Ubuntu Software Center....

But I now have root and regular terminal sudo available but expect that dpkg will still not know the package is in my ~/Downloads directory:

~/Downloads/oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb

cwpjr wrote:By ctrl-alt-F1 and sudo -i and some commands here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=780961&page=11&p=5055305#post5055305

I've removed OSS4 and it's dir and .conf and dpkg info file entry...

And now sw center says install when looking at the package.

I will do nothing until I get a reply.

As far as I know I can intsall fresh from Ubuntu Software Center....

But I now have root and regular terminal sudo available but expect that dpkg will still not know the package is in my ~/Downloads directory:

~/Downloads/oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb

1. Do not use "Ubuntu Software Center" !
2. Follow the manual _https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

Installing Prerequisite Packages
The second command is only necessary when building OSS4 from source. The third command contains some recommended packages.

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sudo apt-get install -y binutils libgtk2.0-0 sed gcc libc6
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` gawk libtool libgtk2.0-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libesd0 libsdl1.2debian-oss

Installing OSS
Installing from DEB File
Download the OSS deb file from the 4front website. Select the (DEB) packages, with the architecture you have in parenthesis. e.g. 64 bit use (amd64), and 32 bit use (x86). Click submit and download the package. Before you install OSS, Reboot your system so that the ALSA modules will not load or interfere with it. When you log back in, use the terminal to install the OSS deb file (GDebi fails to install this .deb for some reason)

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sudo dpkg -i oss-linux*.deb

_https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound

So I've installed the prereq's with 1 issue:


Then I deleted my original download and redownloaded the .deb, which went to ~/Downloads and again dpkg can't see it...



same in my root login, even if I append ~/Downloads to the PATH.

cwpjr wrote:So I've installed the prereq's with 1 issue:

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cwpjr@cwpjr:/usr/lib$ sudo apt-get install -y libesd0 libsdl1.2debian-oss
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package libsdl1.2debian-oss is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  libsdl1.2debian

E: Package 'libsdl1.2debian-oss' has no installation candidate
cwpjr@cwpjr:/usr/lib$ sudo apt-get install -y libesd0 libsdl1.2debian
Reading package lists... Done
...
WORKED


Then I deleted my original download and redownloaded the .deb, which went to ~/Downloads and again dpkg can't see it...

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cwpjr@cwpjr:/usr/lib$ sudo dpkg -i oss-linux*.deb
dpkg: error processing oss-linux*.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 oss-linux*.deb


same in my root login, even if I append ~/Downloads to the PATH.

If it is in the folder, you can install it with



__________________________

This should work:

OK after prereq's and cd to ~/Downloads dpkg did execute but with many errors...



I will see if I get reply before making a move... Thanks!

cwpjr wrote:OK after prereq's and cd to ~/Downloads dpkg did execute but with many errors...

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i oss-linux*.deb
Selecting previously unselected package oss-linux.
(Reading database ... 179239 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking oss-linux (from oss-linux-4.2-2008_i386.deb) ...
Setting up oss-linux (4.2-2008) ...
Building OSS Modules for Linux-i686 3.8.0-35-generic

OSS build environment set up for REGPARM kernels

Building module osscore
Building module lynxone
Compiling module lynxone failed
make -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-35-generic/build M=/usr/lib/oss/build modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-35-generic'
  CC [M]  /usr/lib/oss/build/lynxone.o
In file included from /usr/lib/oss/build/module.inc:45:0,
                 from /usr/lib/oss/build/lynxone.c:21:
/usr/lib/oss/build/pci_wrapper.inc:21:1: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘osspci_probe’
/usr/lib/oss/build/pci_wrapper.inc:69:1: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘osspci_remove’
In file included from /usr/lib/oss/build/lynxone.c:21:0:
/usr/lib/oss/build/module.inc:51:12: error: ‘osspci_probe’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/usr/lib/oss/build/module.inc:52:13: error: ‘osspci_remove’ undeclared here (not in a function)
/usr/lib/oss/build/module.inc:33:12: warning: ‘instance’ defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
/usr/lib/oss/build/pci_wrapper.inc:17:18: warning: ‘dev_map’ defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
/usr/lib/oss/build/pci_wrapper.inc:18:12: warning: ‘n_devmap’ defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
make[2]: *** [/usr/lib/oss/build/lynxone.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/lib/oss/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-35-generic'
make: *** [default] Error 2
Forcing re-detection of installed soundcards
Starting Open Sound System
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_intel8x0 is in use
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd_page_alloc is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
Failed to disable conflicting sound drivers
Reboot and try running soundon again

Also check that you have not compiled sound support statically
into the kernel.
Processing triggers for man-db ...


I will see if I get reply before making a move... Thanks!

It said that ALSA is loaded and it failed to unload it.

1. Run



If it fails, "Reboot and try running soundon again".

Type on terminal:



and post the output here.

Before reboot sudo soundon emitted simular errors about snd- stuff.

After reboot here is the rquested info:

cwpjr wrote:Before reboot sudo soundon emitted simular errors about snd- stuff.

After reboot here is the rquested info:

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cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ sudo soundon
[sudo] password for cwpjr:
FATAL: Module oss_ich not found.
Loading module oss_ich failed - ignored
FATAL: Module oss_usb not found.
Loading module oss_usb failed - ignored
cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ lsmod | grep snd
cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ lsmod | grep oss
osscore               581771  0
cwpjr@cwpjr:~$ dmesg | grep oss
[    0.152395] vgaarb: bridge control possible 0000:00:02.0
[    4.834836] Adding 1561596k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1561596k
cwpjr@cwpjr:~$


1. Remove OSS4:



2. Install prerequisite packages:



3. Compile OSS4 from Mercurial. The manual is here: _https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound#Building_from_Source

Obtaining the OSS Source using Mercurial

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sudo apt-get install -y mercurial
cd /opt
sudo hg clone http://opensound.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/opensound/opensound oss-devel

Creating a Build Directory
OSS needs an empty directory to build in. Using the example below will create a directory in your /home folder (~)

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cd ~/
sudo rm -rf oss42build
mkdir oss42build
cd oss42build/

Build & Install

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NO_WARNING_CHECKS=yes /opt/oss-devel/configure --enable-libsalsa=NO
make
sudo make deb
sudo dpkg -i oss*.deb

_https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenSound#Building_from_Source

If you have a kind of "sound applet" (volume applet) on the panel, remove it before installing OSS4.
See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Applets
When ALSA is loaded, the sound applet is using ALSA modules (snd). It makes difficult for "soundon" to unload ALSA.

Followed the above steps and all looked good until near the end.
Heres last of the command befor the dpkg -i oss-linux*.deb , i.e. sudo make deb:


and now the sudo dpkg -i oss*.deb: