[SOLVED] Cinnamon won't recognize my audio device

I'm currently using Cinnamon DE (2.4.5-1).
Expected result:
The sound applet works and shown like in "Mint" (The one I was using before arch);
Laptop FN-keys/Hardware keys can control my volume.
I have checked / found:
Sound applet is added to the panel, but can't find it anywhere.
Alsa is confirmed working (And I can change volume through alsamixer).
Only the volume fn-keys doesn't work, others work (Such as brightness).
There's a "Alsa mixer" applet as a worked around, but the volume is not updated (Unless i change it there) and not responding to my fn-keys.
There's "Start PulseAudio" under start-up entry, I tried manually in terminal and I got
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed."
So I think there might be a conflict between the packages I have installed, or do I need to "tweak" around?
If it helps, is there any extra terminal output that I need to provide?
Please advice, thanks.
The sound card/chip:
$ lspci -v | grep -A7 Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3977
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at f0710000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
Packages related to Alsa:
$ pacman -Qs alsa
local/alsa-firmware 1.0.28-1
ALSA firmware package
local/alsa-lib 1.0.28-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/alsa-plugins 1.0.28-2
Extra alsa plugins
local/alsa-utils 1.0.28-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/gnome-alsamixer 0.9.7-1
Gnome ALSA mixer
local/lib32-alsa-lib 1.0.28-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support (32 bit)
local/lib32-alsa-plugins 1.0.28-1
Extra alsa plugins (32-bit)
local/pulseaudio-alsa 2-3
ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
local/zita-alsa-pcmi 0.2.0-1
The successor of clalsadrv, provides easy access to ALSA PCM devices.
Packages related to PulseAudio:
$ pacman -Qs pulse
local/lib32-libpulse 5.0-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (32-bit client libraries)
local/libao 1.2.0-1
Cross-platform audio output library and plugins
local/libcanberra-pulse 0.30-4
PulseAudio plugin for libcanberra
local/libpulse 5.0-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (client library)
local/pavucontrol 2.0-2
A GTK volume control for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio 5.0-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server
local/pulseaudio-alsa 2-3
ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
This might seems stupid; I have installed some firmware I don't even need:
$ pacman -Qs firmware
local/aic94xx-firmware 30-2
Adaptec SAS 44300, 48300, 58300 Sequencer Firmware for AIC94xx driver
local/alsa-firmware 1.0.28-1
ALSA firmware package
local/b43-firmware 5.100.138-2
Firmware for Broadcom B43 wireless networking chips
local/b43-firmware-legacy 3.130.20.0-4
Firmware for legacy Broadcom B43 wireless networking chips
local/bluez-firmware 1.2-8
Firmwares for Broadcom BCM203x and STLC2300 Bluetooth chips
local/efibootmgr 0.11.0-1
Tool to modify UEFI Firmware Boot Manager Variables
local/ipw2100-fw 1.3-7
Intel Centrino Drivers firmware for IPW2100
local/ipw2200-fw 3.1-5
Firmware for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG
local/linux-firmware 20141201.38e5405-1
Firmware files for Linux
I can find my sound device from terminal.
$ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Edit:
$ ps ax | grep pulseaudio
1656 pts/3 S+ 0:00 grep --color=tty -d skip pulseaudio
$ pulseaudio -vvv
... Lots info ...
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-switch-on-connect" (index: #25; argument: "").
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Module "module-switch-on-connect" should be loaded once at most. Refusing to load.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloading "module-switch-on-connect" (index: #25).
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloaded "module-switch-on-connect" (index: #25).
... Lots info ...
This is the error part shown in red... I'll searching around see if I can find anything.
Solution found:
Open file "/etc/pulse/default.pa"
And go to the very end, remove/comment one of the line:
load-module module-switch-on-connect
load-module module-switch-on-connect
I didn't touch those file before (installed by default), don't know why the line was duplicated..
I think I know the reason now - I've run the installer multiple times.
helmuthdu/aui/blob/master/lilo#L465
Last edited by Jixun (2014-12-26 15:42:05)

I'm currently using Cinnamon DE (2.4.5-1).
Expected result:
The sound applet works and shown like in "Mint" (The one I was using before arch);
Laptop FN-keys/Hardware keys can control my volume.
I have checked / found:
Sound applet is added to the panel, but can't find it anywhere.
Alsa is confirmed working (And I can change volume through alsamixer).
Only the volume fn-keys doesn't work, others work (Such as brightness).
There's a "Alsa mixer" applet as a worked around, but the volume is not updated (Unless i change it there) and not responding to my fn-keys.
There's "Start PulseAudio" under start-up entry, I tried manually in terminal and I got
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed."
So I think there might be a conflict between the packages I have installed, or do I need to "tweak" around?
If it helps, is there any extra terminal output that I need to provide?
Please advice, thanks.
The sound card/chip:
$ lspci -v | grep -A7 Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3977
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at f0710000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
Packages related to Alsa:
$ pacman -Qs alsa
local/alsa-firmware 1.0.28-1
ALSA firmware package
local/alsa-lib 1.0.28-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/alsa-plugins 1.0.28-2
Extra alsa plugins
local/alsa-utils 1.0.28-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/gnome-alsamixer 0.9.7-1
Gnome ALSA mixer
local/lib32-alsa-lib 1.0.28-1
An alternative implementation of Linux sound support (32 bit)
local/lib32-alsa-plugins 1.0.28-1
Extra alsa plugins (32-bit)
local/pulseaudio-alsa 2-3
ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
local/zita-alsa-pcmi 0.2.0-1
The successor of clalsadrv, provides easy access to ALSA PCM devices.
Packages related to PulseAudio:
$ pacman -Qs pulse
local/lib32-libpulse 5.0-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (32-bit client libraries)
local/libao 1.2.0-1
Cross-platform audio output library and plugins
local/libcanberra-pulse 0.30-4
PulseAudio plugin for libcanberra
local/libpulse 5.0-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server (client library)
local/pavucontrol 2.0-2
A GTK volume control for PulseAudio
local/pulseaudio 5.0-1
A featureful, general-purpose sound server
local/pulseaudio-alsa 2-3
ALSA Configuration for PulseAudio
This might seems stupid; I have installed some firmware I don't even need:
$ pacman -Qs firmware
local/aic94xx-firmware 30-2
Adaptec SAS 44300, 48300, 58300 Sequencer Firmware for AIC94xx driver
local/alsa-firmware 1.0.28-1
ALSA firmware package
local/b43-firmware 5.100.138-2
Firmware for Broadcom B43 wireless networking chips
local/b43-firmware-legacy 3.130.20.0-4
Firmware for legacy Broadcom B43 wireless networking chips
local/bluez-firmware 1.2-8
Firmwares for Broadcom BCM203x and STLC2300 Bluetooth chips
local/efibootmgr 0.11.0-1
Tool to modify UEFI Firmware Boot Manager Variables
local/ipw2100-fw 1.3-7
Intel Centrino Drivers firmware for IPW2100
local/ipw2200-fw 3.1-5
Firmware for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG
local/linux-firmware 20141201.38e5405-1
Firmware files for Linux
I can find my sound device from terminal.
$ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Edit:
$ ps ax | grep pulseaudio
1656 pts/3 S+ 0:00 grep --color=tty -d skip pulseaudio
$ pulseaudio -vvv
... Lots info ...
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-switch-on-connect" (index: #25; argument: "").
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Module "module-switch-on-connect" should be loaded once at most. Refusing to load.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloading "module-switch-on-connect" (index: #25).
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Unloaded "module-switch-on-connect" (index: #25).
... Lots info ...
This is the error part shown in red... I'll searching around see if I can find anything.
Solution found:
Open file "/etc/pulse/default.pa"
And go to the very end, remove/comment one of the line:
load-module module-switch-on-connect
load-module module-switch-on-connect
I didn't touch those file before (installed by default), don't know why the line was duplicated..
I think I know the reason now - I've run the installer multiple times.
helmuthdu/aui/blob/master/lilo#L465
Last edited by Jixun (2014-12-26 15:42:05)

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