[Solved] No sound with ALSA (change default sound card)

I installed Arch on another laptop and I am unable to get sound working.
# lspci | grep -i audio
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 9840
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 02)
Two devices show up in alsamixer. The first (the default, I assume) shows up only an S/PDIF button that I can toggle. If I select the other sound card, I can change volume normally.
I followed this solution in the wiki with no success.
How can I make the second sound card the default one?
Last edited by Gradient (2014-09-09 18:17:14)

Here is the requested info with the cards in the corrected order:
$ aplay -lL;
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Generic_1
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=Generic_1
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
Front speakers
surround21:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC3227 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC3227 Analog [ALC3227 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
$ for i in /proc/asound/card[0-9]*; do echo "--- $i ---";amixer -c $(cat $i/id); done;
--- /proc/asound/card0 ---
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 87
Mono: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 87
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 87
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 3 [100%] [36.00dB]
Front Right: 3 [100%] [36.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 63
Front Left: Capture 39 [62%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 39 [62%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
Item0: 'Enabled'
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 3 [100%] [36.00dB]
Front Right: 3 [100%] [36.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mute-LED Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'On' 'Off' 'Follow Master'
Item0: 'Follow Master'
--- /proc/asound/card1 ---
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
$ lspci -vnn | grep -A 1 -i audio
00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device [1002:9840]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:22cd]
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:22cd]
emeres wrote:What do you mean 'is visible in alsamixer'? F6 does not list it? Did you use index or enable?
Yes, that is what I meant; F6 did not list them both when I use your options. I must have done something wrong the first time, because now it does.
emeres wrote:Read this alsa documentation and 'mad modprobe'.
Thanks for the link. That was what I was looking for.

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    [2013-09-07 22:24] [PACMAN] installed kdebase-plasma (4.11.0-1)
    [2013-09-07 22:58] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S phonon-gstreamer'
    [2013-09-07 22:58] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S phonon-vlc'
    [2013-09-07 22:58] [PACMAN] installed phonon-vlc (0.6.2-1)
    [2013-09-07 22:59] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S alsa-utils alsa-lib'
    [2013-09-07 22:59] [PACMAN] reinstalled alsa-lib (1.0.27.2-1)
    [2013-09-07 22:59] [PACMAN] reinstalled alsa-utils (1.0.27.2-1)
    [2013-09-07 23:00] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S gstreamer0.10-plugin'
    [2013-09-07 23:00] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S gstreamer0.10-plugins'
    [2013-09-07 23:00] [PACMAN] reinstalled gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins (0.10.23-4)
    [2013-09-07 23:00] [PACMAN] reinstalled gstreamer0.10-base-plugins (0.10.36-1)
    [2013-09-07 23:00] [PACMAN] reinstalled gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg (0.10.13-1)
    [2013-09-07 23:00] [PACMAN] reinstalled gstreamer0.10-good-plugins (0.10.31-3)
    [2013-09-07 23:00] [PACMAN] reinstalled gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins (0.10.19-6)
    [2013-09-07 23:03] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S pkgfile'
    [2013-09-07 23:04] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Run 'pkgfile --update' to initialize the database
    [2013-09-07 23:04] [PACMAN] installed pkgfile (9-1)
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-3.10.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.9-1-ARCH
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.9-1-ARCH
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2013-09-07 23:15] [PACMAN] downgraded linux (3.10.10-1 -> 3.10.9-1)
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Suu'
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.10-1-ARCH
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.10-1-ARCH
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2013-09-07 23:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    [2013-09-07 23:18] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2013-09-07 23:18] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.10.9-1 -> 3.10.10-1)
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S alsa-lib alsa-utils pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio'
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [PACMAN] reinstalled alsa-lib (1.0.27.2-1)
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [PACMAN] reinstalled alsa-utils (1.0.27.2-1)
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> If you have per-user copies of configuration files (such as client.conf,
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] daemon.conf or default.pa) in ~/.pulse/, make sure you keep them in sync
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] with changes to the packaged files in /etc/pulse/. Otherwise, PulseAudio
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] may refuse to start due to configuration errors.
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [PACMAN] reinstalled pulseaudio (4.0-2)
    [2013-09-08 13:08] [PACMAN] reinstalled pulseaudio-alsa (2-2)
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S linux'
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.10-1-ARCH
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.10-1-ARCH
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [encrypt]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2013-09-08 13:09] [PACMAN] reinstalled linux (3.10.10-1)
    [2013-09-08 13:17] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
    [2013-09-08 13:17] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
    Last edited by jrussell (2013-09-08 12:02:10)

    Ok it seems that I would have no sound cards listed by aplay -l if I logged in from lightdm, If I logged in from a tty I would get sound cards listed from aplay -l.
    I think lightdm 1:1.6.1-2 fixed my problem, everything works now, Id like to know why/how this happened if anyone knows? Thanks.

  • [Solved] no sound cards detected

    after just doing a clean install on my windows pc (to finaly remove it for good yay) my sound does not work. i look under settings and it only shows "dummy output" no other sound devices witch there sould be.
    i have tried removing fluidsynth and checked to see if there are any programs using pulseaudio using # fuser -v /dev/snd/*
    after reading the pulseaudio wiki on the issue it suggested editing .asoundconf but it was not present on my system, well not in the home folder at least.
    i know the sound card works as it worked in windows 7 and arch only 1 hour ago. the only change to my set up is that i am using catalyst as my graphics driver.
    other system details
    i am using gnome via cdm as catalyst does not work with gdm
    64-bit version of arch
    thanks in advanced for any help
    Last edited by witherdon (2013-11-14 15:40:07)

    yes i did mean gnome control panel
    out put of lspci -nn
    bash: lspci-nn: command not found
    [robert@localhost ~]$ lspci -nn
    00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port B) [1002:5a14] (rev 02)
    00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port B) [1002:5a16]
    00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port D) [1002:5a18]
    00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port E) [1002:5a19]
    00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F) [1002:5a1a]
    00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port G) [1002:5a1b]
    00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port H) [1002:5a1c]
    00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (NB-SB link) [1002:5a1f]
    00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391] (rev 40)
    00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
    00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
    00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
    00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
    00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42)
    00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
    00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
    00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40)
    00:14.5 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
    00:16.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
    00:16.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
    00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 0 [1022:1600]
    00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 1 [1022:1601]
    00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 2 [1022:1602]
    00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 3 [1022:1603]
    00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 4 [1022:1604]
    00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 5 [1022:1605]
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970] [1002:6798]
    01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti XT HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7970 Series] [1002:aaa0]
    02:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller [1b21:0612] (rev 01)
    03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82583V Gigabit Network Connection [8086:150c]
    04:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
    05:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
    06:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
    07:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti XT [Radeon HD 7970] [1002:6798]
    07:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti XT HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7970 Series] [1002:aaa0]
    output of aplay -lL
    null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
    pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
    default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
    aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...

  • [SOLVED] No sound cards detected - /proc/asound missing

    Yet another case of 'i've spent too long banging my head on the keyboard so i'm going to run to you for help'. Essentially i've been using OSS since i've installed Arch, worked fine - although there was absolutely no sound in Wine programs no matter what driver i selected so i decided to try using ALSA. This is the start of my problem. Removed all the OSS packages i could find, ! commented the daemon in rc.conf then proceeded to install ALSA... or, some ALSA utilities since it seems to be included in the kernel? Anyway, alsaconf can't find any sound cards. Upon further investigation it seems as though there isn't any /proc/asounds directory at all. Although lspci clearly shows:
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
    So i'm pretty stumped, no idea where to go from here. I've got ALSA working fine on this machine before, in Arch too... thanks for any help
    Last edited by Superewza (2011-05-25 12:56:04)

    Yup, i had done that. However, my search led to this thread:
    https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=119263
    Which seemed to be a similar problem but their solution did not help (pacman -S kernel26). But i'm pretty sure by this point it's a problem with my modules (ultimately my own stupidity, but we'll get to that later ). This led me here:
    https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=18828
    Which again didn't present any solutions that worked, however, upon checking my rc.conf again i noticed a blacklisted module by the name of 'soundcore'. I don't ever remember doing that, or could think of any reason why it would exist so i unblacklisted it, rebooted and now it all works - finding sound cards, alsamixer, playing sound. The lot.
    All that's left to do now is see if switching from OSS to ALSA actually solved the problem in Wine i wanted it to Thanks a lot for all the help guys!
    Also - changed thread title.
    EDIT: It did fix the problem, OSS is great but it simply does not play ball in the slightest when it comes to Wine.
    Last edited by Superewza (2011-05-24 21:18:13)

  • [SOLVED] USB sound card problems and audio setup

    I want to clarify and correctly set up my ThinkPad T61 sound system finally.
    I'm running Arch64 + KDE.
    There are two sound cards - the internal HDA Intel and external USB CM118.
    aplay -l
    **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
    card 0: Set [C-Media USB Headphone Set], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
    Subdevices: 1/1
    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
    card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
    Subdevices: 0/1
    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
    card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
    Subdevices: 1/1
    Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
    First of all, why are there both analog and digital subdevices?
    I just need playback and/or recording support for these applications: opera, firefox, skype, clementine, mplayer, vmplayer. As high quality as possible.
    Per-application sound control would be nice but if that adds too much clutter, I could live without it. No need for audio streaming or any other luxuries.
    All the applications should use the USB card whenever it's plugged in. The internal SC should take over when CM118 is unplugged.
    The problem is that most of the time it doesn't work. For example, if I plug out the USB card and then run some application like Clementine or Firefox there would be no sound ("connection refused" in Clementine).
    Here is my asound.conf:
    defaults.pcm.card 0
    defaults.pcm.device 0
    defaults.ctl.card 0
    Also kMix/amix should switch the master channel from HDA Intel Master to C-Media Master automatically. The only way to do this is to write some kind of script, right?
    AFAIK the following audio components are installed: ALSA, OSS (for some unknown reason), Phonon, Gstreamer.
    I guess I can uninstall OSS without worries as no one seems to need it (checked with "whoneeds").
    What about that Phonon? Would it override the asoud.conf if I set default device there? Why there are so many different devices in the Phonon configuration list:
    C-Media USB Headphone Set, USB Audio (Default Audio Device)
    C-Media USB Headphone Set (USB Audio)
    C-Media USB Headphone Set, USB Audio (IECblablabla)
    hw:1,0
    hw:1,1
    default
    Intel Analog
    Intel Digital
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    I am sorry for my very late response and the lack of structure in my post.
    I did some investigation and found a rather acceptable workaround for one of my problems described below.
    Here is the basic functionality I need:
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    KERNEL=="pcmC[D0-9cp]*", ACTION=="remove", PROGRAM="/bin/sh -c 'echo defaults.ctl.card 0 > /etc/asound.conf; echo defaults.pcm.card 0 >>/etc/asound.conf'"
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    , RUN+="/usr/bin/qdbus org.kde.kmix /Mixers org.kde.KMix.MixSet.setCurrentMaster "ALSA::C-Media_USB_Headphone_Set:1" "Speaker:0""
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    07/14/12 12:25:14 PM localhost mtp-probe checking bus 3, device 13: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb3/3-1"
    07/14/12 12:25:14 PM localhost mtp-probe checking bus 3, device 13: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb3/3-1"
    07/14/12 12:25:14 PM localhost mtp-probe checking bus 3, device 13: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb3/3-1"
    07/14/12 12:25:14 PM localhost mtp-probe bus: 3, device: 13 was not an MTP device
    07/14/12 12:25:14 PM localhost mtp-probe bus: 3, device: 13 was not an MTP device
    07/14/12 12:25:14 PM localhost mtp-probe bus: 3, device: 13 was not an MTP device
    07/14/12 12:25:14 PM localhost mtp-probe bus: 3, device: 13 was not an MTP device
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    Last edited by andrisll (2012-07-14 10:04:16)

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    http://pastebin.com/CEMr6Gif
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    crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D0c
    crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D0p
    crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D1c
    crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D1p
    crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D2c
    crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Jun 26 10:13 seq
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    Last edited by afonic (2007-09-13 08:13:02)

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    Last edited by nixIT (2011-05-19 23:31:04)

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    Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
    Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
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    Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
    Subdevice #8: subdevice #8
    Subdevice #9: subdevice #9
    Subdevice #10: subdevice #10
    Subdevice #11: subdevice #11
    Subdevice #12: subdevice #12
    Subdevice #13: subdevice #13
    Subdevice #14: subdevice #14
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    Subdevice #16: subdevice #16
    Subdevice #17: subdevice #17
    Subdevice #18: subdevice #18
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    Subdevice #22: subdevice #22
    Subdevice #23: subdevice #23
    Subdevice #24: subdevice #24
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    Last edited by keepitsimpleengineer (2012-08-06 16:05:54)

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    Last edited by keepitsimpleengineer (2012-08-05 23:27:45)

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