[SOLVED] (Almost) No sound: pulseaudio, Audigy2

Hi,
For a while now I have huge problems with my sound. I think I messed something up while playing with Alsa. Now I have no sound at all - except for the startup and shutdown sounds in KDE.
I'm trying to configure pulseaudio for my system. I followed the steps on the wiki. Here's my situation:
- I have two soundcards installed: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum [SB0240P] (emu10k1) and the graphics-card-onboard HDMI "soundcard" of my ATI Radeon 5770. I want to use the Audigy card.
- I blacklisted 'snd-pcm-oss'. The modules needed are loaded:
$ lsmod|grep snd
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 2739 1
snd_seq_dummy 1431 0
snd_seq_oss 28760 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5436 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50082 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_emu10k1 140847 2
snd_rawmidi 19237 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 110751 1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus 1174 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 5297 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_util_mem 2328 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hda_intel 22285 0
snd_hda_codec 79384 2 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 6110 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 71921 4 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 19265 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd 57562 15 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 5969 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7249 3 snd_emu10k1,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
- I have connected my external amplifier via the digital out of my card. I know that this connection is good, because I hear the startup and shutdown sound of KDE.
- There is no sound in KDE's multimedia configuration (phonon) via the "test sound" button. I have tried gstreamer, xine and vlc backend. Gstreamer is configured to use pulseaudio, as described in the wiki.
- There is no sound in VLC (explicitly set to use pulseaudio), mplayer, amarok, aplay, play.
- pulseaudio is running:
$ ps aux | grep pulse
kevin 4693 0.0 0.1 242520 6188 ? S<sl 18:51 0:01 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog
kevin 4701 0.0 0.0 182864 3800 ? Sl 18:51 0:00 /usr/lib/pulse/gconf-helper
kevin 27979 0.0 0.0 8844 948 pts/1 S+ 19:31 0:00 grep pulse
- I have installed the packages for pulseaudio and alsa, 64 and 32 bit (tried reinstalling all of them):
$ pacman -Ss "pulseaudio|alsa" | grep installed
extra/alsa-firmware 1.0.23-1 [installed]
extra/alsa-lib 1.0.23-2 [installed]
extra/alsa-oss 1.0.17-1 [installed]
extra/alsa-plugins 1.0.23-2 [installed]
extra/alsa-utils 1.0.23-3 [installed]
extra/pulseaudio 0.9.22-2 [installed]
extra/pulseaudio-alsa 1-2 (pulseaudio-gnome) [installed]
multilib/lib32-alsa-lib 1.0.23-4 [installed]
multilib/lib32-alsa-oss 1.0.17-2 [installed]
multilib/lib32-alsa-plugins 1.0.23-6 [installed]
multilib/lib32-libcanberra-pulse 0.26-3 [installed]
multilib/lib32-libpulse 0.9.22-1 [installed]
- /etc/asound.conf:
# Use PulseAudio by default
pcm.!default {
type pulse
hint.description "Default Audio Device"
ctl.!default {
type pulse
# Explicit PulseAudio device
pcm.pulse {
type pulse
ctl.pulse {
type pulse
# vim:set ft=alsaconf:
- kmix (version 3.7 on KDE 4.5.4) shows the UNMUTED pulseaudio device
- Only pulseaudio accesses /dev/snd:
$ fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: kevin 4693 F.... pulseaudio
$ fuser -v /dev/dsp
Specified filename /dev/dsp does not exist.
$ lsof |grep /dev/snd
pulseaudi 4693 kevin 28u CHR 116,14 0t0 5297 /dev/snd/controlC0
pulseaudi 4693 kevin 33u CHR 116,14 0t0 5297 /dev/snd/controlC0
alsa-sink 4693 4698 kevin 28u CHR 116,14 0t0 5297 /dev/snd/controlC0
alsa-sink 4693 4698 kevin 33u CHR 116,14 0t0 5297 /dev/snd/controlC0
alsa-sink 4693 4699 kevin 28u CHR 116,14 0t0 5297 /dev/snd/controlC0
alsa-sink 4693 4699 kevin 33u CHR 116,14 0t0 5297 /dev/snd/controlC0
alsa-sour 4693 4700 kevin 28u CHR 116,14 0t0 5297 /dev/snd/controlC0
alsa-sour 4693 4700 kevin 33u CHR 116,14 0t0 5297 /dev/snd/controlC0
I hope anyone wants to help me with this. I really like to listen to music again (:
kevin
Last edited by Kei (2011-01-11 12:22:10)

lucke wrote:Install pavucontrol and fiddle with it: see what soundcards it uses and what programs are connected to pulseaudio.
When I play music, I see the program and it's volume level in pavucontrol, but I don't hear anything. I tried using different profiles in the configuration tab, but only "Analog Stereo Duplex" works; every other setting causes KDE to switch to "Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series]" (which I don't want to use).
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card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
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Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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ctl.!default {
type pulse
# Explicit PulseAudio device
pcm.pulse {
type pulse
ctl.pulse {
type pulse
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Thanks,
Persio.
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ONeill, thanks for your response and interest in helping.
I am running Win 7 Ultimate x64.
I have just finished doing a series of tests with NO success.
All my drivers are current with the Lenovo Support Site drivers' versions.
I have unistalled the Conexant driver using the Device Driver screen and let the system reinstall (PnP).
I have unistalled the Hot Key Drivers, tested without them installed, and reinstalled them.
I have reinstalled the Conexant driver fresh from the Lenovo Support Site.
The problem I am having is the following:
In a silent room, using the SmartAudio aplet from Control Panel, I can barely hear the sounds with the volume set at 100%. This is true for the internal speakers and for a headphone plugged into the system.
This indicates to me that the it is a volume issue.
I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Persio.

(SOLVED) No system sounds, and no sound for some applications

For some reason, system sounds stopped working (like when one takes a screenshot). aplay plays sounds (I mean, no errors whatsoever), but I can hear nothing. Listening from mplayer or vlc still works as normal.
When I 'aplay sound.wav', I see the leds going up and down on pavucontrol, but I hear nothing.
I run openbox and I don't start gnome-settings-daemon with it. It is "pure" openbox.
I checked pavucontrol settings, and also alsamixer but couldn't find anything that could solve the problem. I use pulse-audio, and have pulseaudio-alsa and alsa-utils installed.
Last edited by FernandoBasso (2013-11-16 22:09:34)

raavas wrote:Good thing you posted the solution, even when you found it elsewhere. This helped me too, my speaker channel was at somehow set at zero.
Yeah, I can guarantee that I didn't touch alsamixer myself. I didn't even know the F6 option (although, today I realized it is there very well visible). Anyway, I guess an update might have changed something... I saw other people with similar problems in #archlinux this morning.

[SOLVED]Problem with sound in HDMI

Hello good society of Arch
Now I have problems with sound from HDMI. I use Arch as an tvPc, wasting movies and tv shows on it. I use ALSA and it works well, except of a few files that I have, then there is picture but sound is either twisted or not played at all. It does not matter whether I use vlc or mplayer, I'm experiencing the same problem.
I have not found anything about this with google, other problems have been either hdmi sound working or not, not like it is with me, sometimes it works and sometimes it don't.
I know that the files are ok, I can play them in anther pc I have (also using Arch on that pc).
Does anybody know what the problem might be? What do I have to look at to find out what the problem is? This have been like this for some time now, but I haven't looked into it before, because I don't use TV that muts, but the wife does and when she stats blaming Arch, I have too do something about it.
I have never encountered problem with Arch that i cant solve by using this forum and google
Thanks
Last edited by Vaski (2010-08-21 01:08:42)

cleanrock wrote:I noticed i got no audio over hdmi on some video file which had a low audio bitrate, i solved it by resampling the sound to 48000 in ~/.mplayer/config :
af=resample=48000
I will look at this when i come home from work, thanks.
nTia89 wrote:have you already read our wiki ?
Yes i have, and sound is working, well most of the time.

[SOLVED] Firefox: no sound for HTML5, yet Flash works well

Hello.
I have a fresh installation of the arch distro and I am facing a sound problem with firefox. Flash sounds work perfectly, yet I can't make HTML5 to sound. It works in Chromium(perfectly) and Opera(with lags).
gst and gstream plugins are installed
[root@DKOI_LAP ~]# pacman -Qs gst
local/gst-libav 1.4.1-1
Gstreamer libav Plugin
local/gst-plugins-bad 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugins
local/gst-plugins-base 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins
local/gst-plugins-base-libs 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugin libraries
local/gst-plugins-good 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good Plugins
local/gst-plugins-ugly 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly Plugins
local/gstreamer 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework
local/gstreamer0.10 0.10.36-4
GStreamer Multimedia Framework
local/gstreamer0.10-bad 0.10.23-8
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugin libraries (gst-plugins-bad)
local/gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins 0.10.23-8 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugins (gst-plugins-bad)
local/gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.36-3
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.36-3 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins (gst-plugins-base)
local/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.13-2 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
Gstreamer FFMpeg Plugin
local/gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.31-6
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins 0.10.31-6 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good Plugins (gst-plugins-good)
local/gstreamer0.10-ugly 0.10.19-12
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins 0.10.19-12 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly Plugins (gst-plugins-ugly)
local/gstreamer0.10-vaapi 0.5.9-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework VA Plugins
[root@DKOI_LAP ~]# pacman -Qs gstreamer
local/gst-libav 1.4.1-1
Gstreamer libav Plugin
local/gst-plugins-bad 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugins
local/gst-plugins-base 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins
local/gst-plugins-base-libs 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugin libraries
local/gst-plugins-good 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good Plugins
local/gst-plugins-ugly 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly Plugins
local/gstreamer 1.4.1-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework
local/gstreamer0.10 0.10.36-4
GStreamer Multimedia Framework
local/gstreamer0.10-bad 0.10.23-8
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugin libraries (gst-plugins-bad)
local/gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins 0.10.23-8 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugins (gst-plugins-bad)
local/gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.36-3
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.36-3 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins (gst-plugins-base)
local/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.13-2 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
Gstreamer FFMpeg Plugin
local/gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.31-6
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins 0.10.31-6 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good Plugins (gst-plugins-good)
local/gstreamer0.10-ugly 0.10.19-12
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly plugin libraries
local/gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins 0.10.19-12 (gstreamer0.10-plugins)
GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly Plugins (gst-plugins-ugly)
local/gstreamer0.10-vaapi 0.5.9-1
GStreamer Multimedia Framework VA Plugins
~/.asoundrc and /etc/sasound.conf contain
pcm.pulse {
type hw
card 1
ctl.pulse {
type hw
card 1
pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 1
I would apreciate any ideas how to make HTML5 working in ff as I don't want to change the browser..
Last edited by DKOIman (2014-09-05 12:05:50)

No, I use ALSA, not pulseaudio. Two of that files is a try to fix everything up. I use this configuration because I have
[dkoi@DKOI_LAP ~]$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC663 Analog [ALC663 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC663 Digital [ALC663 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
But HDMI appears not to work (no controls in alsa mixer -S/PDIFs only, no sound via aplay/speaker-test), so I use PCH instead. And everything works but HTML5 sounds in FF

[SOLVED]Alsa: No sound in flash64, works in flash32

Hi Everyone,
So I had a devel of a time getting audio working on my computer, largely because I was an idiot. I got oss working fine, but then it wouldn't work with either chromium or firefox. With help from mich41 (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156936) I was able to get it working with just alsa, and I uninstalled everything related to oss, or at least I thought I did.
Now sound works everywhere except the 64bit flash plugin (extra/flashplugin 11.2.202.261-1) at /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so. In either chromium or firefox, flash videos play with video, but no sound, I can get Google Play Music to work fine, but not video. I fixed this problem in firefox by installing aur/lib32-flashplugin 11.2.202.261-2. However, neither chromium nor google-chrome will use this by default.
Here is the key though:
When I play a flash video in chromium, I get the following error:
ALSA lib pcm_oss.c:397:(_snd_pcm_oss_open) Cannot open device /dev/dsp
The only references I can find to pcm_oss in the 64bit and 32bit versions of alsa-plugins:
alsa-plugins: /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so
lib32-alsa-plugins: /usr/lib32/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_oss.so
I have search for a while and I can't find a way to either disable oss completely, or to change the oss device, when oss isn't installed. (yaourt -Qs oss turns up nothing related to oss, and I haven't custom compiled anything)
The only thing I can think of that I don't really want to do is to remove flashplugin and symlink the 32 bit version to the 64 bit library location so that chromium is tricked into using the 32 bit one.
Or perhaps I should install oss and alsa side-by-side?? I am pretty sure that is impossible since oss detaches the alsa kernel modules.
Does anyone have any ideas? Does anyone else have this problem?
Also, the pepper version of flash for chromium also does not work.
Thanks!
Last edited by MikeDacre (2013-04-01 23:39:37)

I figured it out - pulseaudio was not set up properly.
I just reinstalled pulseaudio, configured it to use the analog output and not the HDMI, installed pulseaudio-alsa, and rebooted, and now everything works!

[SOLVED] (Almost) No sound: pulseaudio, Audigy2

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