[SOLVED] No Sound except in mpd

Question

I have a strange behaviour in my sound setup since last week or so. I didn't notice it at first, so I can't tell if it was an update. However I didn't change anything in my configuration. I don't hear any sound from my laptop (a HP Elitebook 8470w), not with the speakers nor with headphones. Except playing music with mpd, this works as usual. I also noticed, that my multimedia keys don't work anymore. Was there any recent change in alsa I missed?
What I tried:
> speaker-test -c 2
speaker-test 1.0.27.2
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 96 to 1048576
Period size range from 32 to 349526
Using max buffer size 1048576
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 262144
was set buffer_size = 1048576
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 10.940069
-> No sound
My config:
`--> uname -a
Linux tirion 3.13.7-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 24 20:06:08 CET 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
/etc/asound.conf
# Use PulseAudio by default
pcm.!default {
type pulse
fallback "sysdefault"
hint {
show on
description "Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)"
ctl.!default {
type pulse
fallback "sysdefault"
# vim:set ft=alsaconf:
`--> aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: 92HD81B1X5 Analog [92HD81B1X5 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
~/.mpd/mpd.conf
music_directory "/home/strix/Musik"
playlist_directory "/home/strix/Musik/Playlists"
db_file "/home/strix/.mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/home/strix/.mpd/mpd.log"
log_level "verbose"
pid_file "/home/strix/.mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/home/strix/.mpd/mpdstate"
save_absolute_paths_in_playlists "yes"
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "Mukke"
mixer_type "software"
device "hw:0,0"
My multimedia keymapping was:
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec amixer set Master 2%+
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec amixer set Master 2%-
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec amixer sset Master toggle
which does not work anymore. Funny thing is, I can modify the volume and mute/unmute my music with the following setup:
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec "pactl set-sink-mute 1 toggle"
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec "pactl set-sink-volume 1 +1%"
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec "pactl set-sink-volume 1 -- -1%"
Last edited by strix (2014-04-03 13:01:17)

Answer 1

.-(~)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(root@tirion)-
`--# fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: strix 2801 F.... pulseaudio
strix 23753 F.... mpd
/dev/snd/controlC1: strix 2801 F.... pulseaudio
If mpd blocks my audio, shouldn't it work then when I stop mpd? Because that's not the case...
Edit: When I set my mpd audio_output to this:
audio_output {
type "pulse"
name "pulse audio"
I get the following:
.-(~)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(root@tirion)-
`--# fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: strix 5730 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: strix 5730 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: strix 5730 F...m pulseaudio
And if it helps:
`--# lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Turks/Whistler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6000 Series]
Last edited by strix (2014-04-02 16:48:52)