[SOLVED] No Sound with ALSA & Pulseaudio

Recently I made the transition from Debian to Arch, installed on a
seperate partition using the chroot install method.
All went smoothly, with the exception that there is no audio whatsoever.
Over the last week I've read through the related topics on the wiki and searched the forum,
but to no avail
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Here are some details;
lspci | grep audio
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
(ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 03)
lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0m 9736 0
snd_ac97_codec 89404 1 snd_intel8x0m
ac97_bus 910 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_hda_codec_realtek 35187 1
snd_hda_intel 31255 0
snd_hda_codec 128666 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 4750 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 33509 0
snd_mixer_oss 12450 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 63880 5
snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_intel8x0m
snd_page_alloc 5978 3 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel,snd_intel8x0m
snd_seq_dummy 1131 0
snd_seq_oss 25116 0
snd_seq_midi 4104 0
snd_seq_midi_event 4484 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 14828 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 41044 6
snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 4256 5
snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 14946 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 44566 14
snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_se$
soundcore 4386 1 snd
ls /dev/snd/*
/dev/snd/controlC0
/dev/snd/hwC0D2
/dev/snd/seq
/dev/snd/timer
/dev/snd/by-path:
pci-0000:00:1b.0
cat /proc/asound/modules
0 snd_hda_intel
aplay -lL
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
Screenshots of alsamixer
http://www.imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=15874
http://www.imgbin.org/index.php?page=image&id=15875
pavucontrol shows no devices for configuration
Last edited by naesk (2013-12-13 08:11:44)

a couple of days i had a similar problem, because sound modules for my internal modem were loaded. maybe you can try to blacklist the snd_hda_codec_realtek module, which looks like a network card.
you can achieve that by putting
blacklist snd_hda_codec_realtek
in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf and reboot.
rgds
hcjl
Last edited by hcjl (2013-12-13 08:39:48)

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└┼─$─┤▶ pulseaudio -k; pulseaudio -vvvvv
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such process
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: [pulseaudio] core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us.
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I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
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D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in VM: no
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I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Machine ID is a3af3988434b49f3b8af2ab66eba685b.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Session ID is c1.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using runtime directory /run/user/1001/pulse.
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I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules.
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D: [pulseaudio] memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472
I: [pulseaudio] cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4_1 SSE4_2
I: [pulseaudio] svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized volume functions.
I: [pulseaudio] remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers.
I: [pulseaudio] svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized volume functions.
I: [pulseaudio] remap_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers.
I: [pulseaudio] sconv_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions.
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I: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/unkn0wn/.config/pulse/a3af3988434b49f3b8af2ab66eba685b-device-volumes'.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #0; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/unkn0wn/.config/pulse/a3af3988434b49f3b8af2ab66eba685b-stream-volumes.tdb'
I: [pulseaudio] module-stream-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/unkn0wn/.config/pulse/a3af3988434b49f3b8af2ab66eba685b-stream-volumes'.
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1 added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry0
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry1
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry2
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry3
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry4
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry5
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry6
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry7
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry8
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry9
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry10
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry11
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry12
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry13
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry14
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry15
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry16
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry17
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry18
D: [pulseaudio] protocol-dbus.c: Interface org.PulseAudio.Ext.StreamRestore1.RestoreEntry added for object /org/pulseaudio/stream_restore1/entry19
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #1; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/unkn0wn/.config/pulse/a3af3988434b49f3b8af2ab66eba685b-card-database.tdb'
I: [pulseaudio] module-card-restore.c: Successfully opened database file '/home/unkn0wn/.config/pulse/a3af3988434b49f3b8af2ab66eba685b-card-database'.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-card-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #3; argument: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-switch-on-port-available" (index: #4; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-udev-detect.so': success
D: [pulseaudio] module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC0 is accessible: yes
D: [pulseaudio] module-udev-detect.c: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 is busy: yes
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I: [pulseaudio] module-udev-detect.c: Found 1 cards.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-udev-detect" (index: #5; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-jackdbus-detect.so': success
D: [pulseaudio] dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus session bus c9a6328a5bfaef44136d134253502922 as :1.32
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D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-bluetooth-policy.so': success
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-bluetooth-policy" (index: #7; argument: "").
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D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-bluez5-discover.so': success
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I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-bluetooth-discover" (index: #8; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #10; argument: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #11; argument: "").
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I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #12; argument: "").
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I: [pulseaudio] module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default source 'auto_null.monitor' not existent, not restoring default source setting.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #13; argument: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #14; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected.
I: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Restoring volume for sink auto_null: front-left: 99957 / 153%, front-right: 99957 / 153%
I: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for sink auto_null.
I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: device.description = "Dummy Output"
I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: device.class = "abstract"
I: [pulseaudio] sink.c: device.icon_name = "audio-card"
D: [pulseaudio] core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Restoring mute state for source auto_null.monitor.
I: [pulseaudio] source.c: Created source 0 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 2ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-right
I: [pulseaudio] source.c: device.description = "Monitor of Dummy Output"
I: [pulseaudio] source.c: device.class = "monitor"
I: [pulseaudio] source.c: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
D: [null-sink] module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
D: [pulseaudio] module-device-restore.c: Could not set format on sink auto_null
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #16; argument: "sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy Output"'").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-intended-roles" (index: #17; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle, timeout in 5 seconds.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #18; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-console-kit.so': success
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #19; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-systemd-login.so': success
I: [pulseaudio] client.c: Created 0 "Login Session c1"
D: [pulseaudio] module-systemd-login.c: Added new session c1
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-systemd-login" (index: #20; argument: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #21; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module-role-cork.c: Using role 'phone' as trigger role.
D: [pulseaudio] module-role-cork.c: Using roles 'music' and 'video' as cork roles.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-role-cork" (index: #22; argument: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-filter-heuristics" (index: #23; argument: "").
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Display: :0.0
Remote: user root
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Since: Thu 2014-04-17 21:18:58 CEST; 16min ago
Leader: 1048 (slim)
Seat: seat0; vc7
Display: :0.0
Remote: user root
Service: slim; type x11; class user
State: active
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|-2255 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-session
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|-2320 /usr/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd
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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CX20590 Analog [CX20590 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
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Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
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card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
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Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
└┼─$─┤▶ aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, CX20590 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, CX20590 Analog
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surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, CX20590 Analog
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surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, CX20590 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
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surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
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HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=2
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2
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Don't really know what else to provide...
About my setup it's a thinkpad t420 not plugged in any hdmi screen or simething like that
Thank you
Last edited by Truc (2014-04-19 13:15:28)

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[SOLVED]No sound with ALSA. I'm looking for help with troubleshooting.

Hi!
Recently I bought a new laptop (HP Probook 450 G1). For some reason I can't hear sound from the laptop's speaker or headphones. I already read the troubleshooting guide on wiki. Unfortunately none of the solutions described on the wiki helped. I'm not using PulseAudio and I'm out of ideas.
Additional information:
Alsamixer screenshot.
~ lsmod |grep snd
snd_hda_codec_realtek 54803 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 56366 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 40396 1
snd_hda_intel 22831 6
snd_hda_controller 22975 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec 104665 5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep 6652 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 83207 6 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer 19294 3 snd_pcm
snd 61276 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
soundcore 5551 2 snd,snd_hda_codec
~ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital]
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
~ speaker-test
speaker-test 1.0.28
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 16384
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 16384
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 16384
0 - Front Left
Time per period = 2.651060
0 - Front Left
lspci |grep Audio
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
~ cat /proc/asound/cards
cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16
1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdffc000 irq 43
Last edited by Skitter (2014-09-01 06:22:30)

brebs wrote:
emeres wrote:Why disable a card?
So that the right output becomes the all-important *default* output. And it's conveniently a simple one-liner.
I am very aware of that, why not use index instead? It is as convenient as enable. Why leave the user with a disabled device, when it can continue to work? I consider this highly inefficient, because it does not solve the actual issue and creates a potential problem in the future.
In this case, user interaction was the cause, so it does not matter.
Edit: Typo.
Last edited by emeres (2014-08-29 17:45:29)

[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.

No sound with ALSA and/or Pulse from built-in Intel 5 Series Card

Hello,
I posted a thread about a similar problem to this 4 years ago, but that solution is no longer working for me, and I'm just now returning to Arch after floating between a few different distros, so I'm not as knowledgeable about this as I might once have been.
Basically, my problem is that sound does not work on my laptop, neither through the internal speakers or headphone jack, and neither with plain ALSA nor Pulseaudio. This leads me to believe that there is some underlying problem that once solved, will allow plain ALSA and Pulse to work properly, but that's just speculation. I've put several hours of research into this so far with no luck. Everything in alsamixer is unmuted and looks right. I'm going to dump as much relevant info on my setup below in hopes that someone more knowledgeable than I can spot the issue:
The relevant section of lspci:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0447
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32
Memory at fbd00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
The output of aplay -l
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: 92HD81B1X5 Analog [92HD81B1X5 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
The output of aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default:CARD=MID
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=MID
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=MID,DEV=0
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
Front speakers
surround21:CARD=MID,DEV=0
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=MID,DEV=0
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=MID,DEV=0
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=MID,DEV=0
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=MID,DEV=0
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=MID,DEV=0
HDA Intel MID, 92HD81B1X5 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=MID,DEV=0
HDA Intel MID, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
The contents of /proc/asound/cards
0 [MID ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel MID
HDA Intel MID at 0xfbd00000 irq 32
The contents of /proc/asound/devices
2: [ 0] : control
3: [ 0- 0]: digital audio playback
4: [ 0- 0]: digital audio capture
5: [ 0- 3]: digital audio playback
6: [ 0- 0]: hardware dependent
7: [ 0- 3]: hardware dependent
33: : timer
/etc/asound.conf is empty and my user has no .asoundrc file in its home directory.
I ran the ALSA Information Script and the results of that can be found here.
Any help would be greatly appreciated; this is a very frustrating issue. Thank you very much!

same problem with me on Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series.
actually, internal speakers works, it's just on mute (you can change it with alsamixer), but headphone/external speakers doesn't work. and there's no sound card detected in gnome control center -> audio section.
"00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)"

No sound with ALSA & Fluidsynth enabled (as normal user)

Ahoy!
I'm using pure ALSA (no pulseaudio) and I have a problem that when I start Fluidsynth I have no sound anymore. Without starting Fluidsynth, everything is working just fine.
I can play sound with Fluidsynth enabled though when I add myself to the audio group. However, I didn't need to do that in the past. In fact, I have Fluidsynth up and running with ALSA on my laptop and everything works just fine and I remember reading in the wiki that the user is not supposed to be added to the audio group.
Here's some information:
aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: A2G [AuzenTech X-Meridian 2G], device 0: Multichannel [Multichannel]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: A2G [AuzenTech X-Meridian 2G], device 1: Digital [Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [A2G ]: CMI8788 - AuzenTech X-Meridian 2G
C-Media Oxygen HD Audio at 0xc000, irq 17
1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xfa080000 irq 17
aconnect -o
client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
0 'Midi Through Port-0'
client 16: 'AuzenTech X-Meridian 2G' [type=kernel]
0 'AuzenTech X-Meridian 2G MIDI'
And here's how it looks like when I start Fluidsynth (including the error message I get):
USER@PROBLEM ~ % speaker-test -c 2
speaker-test 1.0.28
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 2048 to 16384
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 16384
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 16384
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
^CWrite error: -4,Interrupted system call
xrun_recovery failed: -4,Interrupted system call
Transfer failed: Interrupted system call
USER@PROBLEM ~ % sudo systemctl start fluidsynth.service
USER@PROBLEM ~ % sudo systemctl status fluidsynth.service
● fluidsynth.service - FluidSynth Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fluidsynth.service; disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2014-10-04 10:11:18 UTC; 6s ago
Main PID: 1017 (fluidsynth)
CGroup: /system.slice/fluidsynth.service
└─1017 /usr/bin/fluidsynth -is -a alsa -m alsa_seq -r 48000 /usr/s...
Oct 04 10:11:19 PROBLEM fluidsynth[1017]: fluidsynth: warning: Requested...d
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
USER@PROBLEM ~ % speaker-test -c 2
speaker-test 1.0.28
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:989:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to create IPC semaphore
Playback open error: -13,Permission denied
aconnect -o
client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel]
0 'Midi Through Port-0'
client 16: 'AuzenTech X-Meridian 2G' [type=kernel]
0 'AuzenTech X-Meridian 2G MIDI'
client 128: 'FLUID Synth (1017)' [type=user]
0 'Synth input port (1017:0)'
Any ideas?
Last edited by Janusz11 (2014-10-04 08:26:54)

Thanks. I've set Fluidsynth up the way it is described in the wiki (FluidSynth). If I'm not mistaken it is already started with the "-a alsa" option through the config file (SYNTHOPTS="-is -a alsa -m alsa_seq -r 48000" ).
Well, since adding the user to the audio group fixes the problem I'll do that now.

[SOLVED] No sound with vmware

I'm getting no sound with vmware, not sure why
Here's what I've been trying to test things:
$ cat /dev/urandom | aplay
Playing raw data 'stdin' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
Here's some alsa info, if it helps:
$ aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=AudioPCI
Ensoniq AudioPCI, ES1371 DAC2/ADC
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=AudioPCI
Ensoniq AudioPCI, ES1371 DAC2/ADC
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=AudioPCI,DEV=0
Ensoniq AudioPCI, ES1371 DAC2/ADC
Front speakers
rear:CARD=AudioPCI,DEV=0
Ensoniq AudioPCI, ES1371 DAC1
Rear speakers
surround40:CARD=AudioPCI,DEV=0
Ensoniq AudioPCI, ES1371 DAC2/ADC
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
iec958:CARD=AudioPCI,DEV=0
Ensoniq AudioPCI, ES1371 DAC2/ADC
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
Last edited by specular (2014-08-27 19:52:45)

Don't think I was clear enough, but arch is installed as a vmware guest. Below is the requested output from the alsa-info script:
upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.63
!!Script ran on: Wed Aug 27 18:29:05 UTC 2014
!!Linux Distribution
NAME="Arch Linux" ID=arch PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux" HOME_URL="https://www.archlinux.org/" SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.archlinux.org/"
!!DMI Information
Manufacturer: VMware, Inc.
Product Name: VMware7,1
Product Version: None
Firmware Version: VMW71.00V.0.B64.1310020058
!!Kernel Information
Kernel release: 3.14.2-1-ARCH
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: x86_64
Processor: unknown
SMP Enabled: Yes
!!ALSA Version
Driver version: k3.14.2-1-ARCH
Library version: 1.0.27.2
Utilities version: 1.0.28
!!Loaded ALSA modules
snd_ens1371
!!Sound Servers on this system
No sound servers found.
!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
0 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0x1000, irq 19
!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
02:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)
!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's
02:01.0 0401: 1274:1371 (rev 02)
Subsystem: 1274:1371
!!Loaded sound module options
!!Module: snd_ens1371
enable : Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y
id : (null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)
index : -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1
joystick_port : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
lineio : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
spdif : 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
!!AC97 Codec information
--startcollapse--
0-0/0: Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 3
PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1274
PCI Subsys Device: 0x1371
Flags: 4
Capabilities :
DAC resolution : 16-bit
ADC resolution : 16-bit
3D enhancement : No 3D Stereo Enhancement
Current setup
Mic gain : +0dB [+0dB]
POP path : pre 3D
Sim. stereo : off
3D enhancement : off
Loudness : off
Mono output : MIX
Mic select : Mic1
ADC/DAC loopback : off
0:00 = 0000
0:02 = 0e8e
0:04 = 0000
0:06 = 0000
0:08 = 0000
0:0a = 0000
0:0c = bfbf
0:0e = bfbf
0:10 = bfbf
0:12 = bfbf
0:14 = bfbf
0:16 = bfbf
0:18 = 28a8
0:1a = 0000
0:1c = 0808
0:1e = 0000
0:20 = 0000
0:22 = 0000
0:24 = 0000
0:26 = 000f
0:28 = 0000
0:2a = 0000
0:2c = 0000
0:2e = 0000
0:30 = 0000
0:32 = 0000
0:34 = 0000
0:36 = 0000
0:38 = 0000
0:3a = 0000
0:3c = 0000
0:3e = 0000
0:40 = 0000
0:42 = 0000
0:44 = 0000
0:46 = 0000
0:48 = 0000
0:4a = 0000
0:4c = 0000
0:4e = 0000
0:50 = 0000
0:52 = 0000
0:54 = 0000
0:56 = 0000
0:58 = 0000
0:5a = 0000
0:5c = 0000
0:5e = 0000
0:60 = 0000
0:62 = 0000
0:64 = 0000
0:66 = 0000
0:68 = 0000
0:6a = 0000
0:6c = 0000
0:6e = 0000
0:70 = 0000
0:72 = 0000
0:74 = 0000
0:76 = 0000
0:78 = 0000
0:7a = 0000
0:7c = 4352
0:7e = 5913
--endcollapse--
!!ALSA Device nodes
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Aug 28 01:35 /dev/snd/controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Aug 28 01:35 /dev/snd/midiC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Aug 28 01:35 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Aug 28 03:28 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Aug 28 01:35 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Aug 28 01:35 /dev/snd/seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Aug 28 01:35 /dev/snd/timer
/dev/snd/by-path:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Aug 28 01:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 200 Aug 28 01:35 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Aug 28 01:35 pci-0000:02:01.0 -> ../controlC0
!!Aplay/Arecord output
APLAY
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1371/1 [ES1371 DAC2/ADC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 1: ES1371/2 [ES1371 DAC1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ARECORD
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: AudioPCI [Ensoniq AudioPCI], device 0: ES1371/1 [ES1371 DAC2/ADC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
!!Amixer output
!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [AudioPCI]
Card hw:0 'AudioPCI'/'Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0x1000, irq 19'
Mixer name : 'Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 3'
Components : 'AC97a:43525913'
Controls : 26
Simple ctrls : 13
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 49 [78%] [-21.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 49 [78%] [-21.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 23 [37%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 23 [37%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [on]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 63
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 8 [53%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 8 [53%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
!!Alsactl output
--startcollapse--
state.AudioPCI {
control.1 {
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Switch'
value true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.2 {
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Volume'
value.0 49
value.1 49
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 63'
dbmin -9450
dbmax 0
dbvalue.0 -2100
dbvalue.1 -2100
control.3 {
iface MIXER
name 'Phone Playback Switch'
value false
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.4 {
iface MIXER
name 'Phone Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 63'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 6000
dbvalue.0 -3450
dbvalue.1 -3450
control.5 {
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Playback Switch'
value false
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.6 {
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 63'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 6000
dbvalue.0 -3450
dbvalue.1 -3450
control.7 {
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Boost (+20dB)'
value false
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.8 {
iface MIXER
name 'Line Playback Switch'
value false
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.9 {
iface MIXER
name 'Line Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 63'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 6000
dbvalue.0 -3450
dbvalue.1 -3450
control.10 {
iface MIXER
name 'CD Playback Switch'
value false
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.11 {
iface MIXER
name 'CD Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 63'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 6000
dbvalue.0 -3450
dbvalue.1 -3450
control.12 {
iface MIXER
name 'Video Playback Switch'
value false
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.13 {
iface MIXER
name 'Video Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 63'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 6000
dbvalue.0 -3450
dbvalue.1 -3450
control.14 {
iface MIXER
name 'Aux Playback Switch'
value false
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.15 {
iface MIXER
name 'Aux Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 63'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 6000
dbvalue.0 -3450
dbvalue.1 -3450
control.16 {
iface MIXER
name 'PCM Playback Switch'
value true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.17 {
iface MIXER
name 'PCM Playback Volume'
value.0 23
value.1 23
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 63'
dbmin -3450
dbmax 6000
dbvalue.0 0
dbvalue.1 0
control.18 {
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Source'
value.0 Mic
value.1 Mic
comment {
access 'read write'
type ENUMERATED
count 2
item.0 Mic
item.1 CD
item.2 Video
item.3 Aux
item.4 Line
item.5 Mix
item.6 'Mix Mono'
item.7 Phone
control.19 {
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Switch'
value true
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.20 {
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Volume'
value.0 8
value.1 8
comment {
access 'read write'
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 15'
dbmin 0
dbmax 2250
dbvalue.0 1200
dbvalue.1 1200
control.21 {
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask'
value '0fff000f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
comment {
access read
type IEC958
count 1
control.22 {
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask'
value cf00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
comment {
access read
type IEC958
count 1
control.23 {
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Default'
value '0082000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
comment {
access 'read write'
type IEC958
count 1
control.24 {
iface MIXER
name 'IEC958 Playback Switch'
value false
comment {
access 'read write'
type BOOLEAN
count 1
control.25 {
iface PCM
name 'Playback Channel Map'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access read
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 36'
control.26 {
iface PCM
device 1
name 'Playback Channel Map'
value.0 0
value.1 0
comment {
access read
type INTEGER
count 2
range '0 - 36'
--endcollapse--
!!All Loaded Modules
Module
fuse
vmw_vsock_vmci_transport
vsock
nls_iso8859_1
nls_cp437
vfat
fat
coretemp
hwmon
joydev
snd_ens1371
mousedev
snd_ac97_codec
hid_generic
ac97_bus
gameport
snd_rawmidi
snd_seq_device
snd_pcm
snd_timer
snd
crct10dif_pclmul
crc32_pclmul
crc32c_intel
ghash_clmulni_intel
soundcore
usbhid
aesni_intel
aes_x86_64
lrw
gf128mul
glue_helper
hid
psmouse
vmwgfx
ppdev
ablk_helper
cryptd
evdev
vmxnet3
mac_hid
pcspkr
vmw_balloon
i2c_piix4
serio_raw
ttm
microcode
drm
processor
i2c_core
intel_agp
intel_gtt
vmw_vmci
parport_pc
parport
battery
shpchp
ac
button
ext4
crc16
mbcache
jbd2
dm_mod
sd_mod
crc_t10dif
crct10dif_common
sr_mod
cdrom
ata_generic
pata_acpi
atkbd
libps2
ata_piix
libata
mptsas
scsi_transport_sas
mptscsih
uhci_hcd
ehci_pci
scsi_mod
ehci_hcd
usbcore
mptbase
usb_common
floppy
i8042
serio
!!ALSA/HDA dmesg
[ 5.342713] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 5.345140] snd_ens1371 0000:02:01.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0001)
[ 5.391722] intel_rapl: domain package energy ctr 0:0 not working, skip
Last edited by specular (2014-08-27 18:45:55)

[SOLVED] No sound (with flash)

Hello.
I have no sound with flash. It does work elsewhere.
I am using ALSA.
My flash should output audio correctly according to wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fl … d_in_Flash
# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC889 Analog [ALC889 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC889 Digital [ALC889 Digital]
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
EDIT: I'm retarded. I didn't add my user to audio group. And sound elsewhere was from speaker-test which needs SU.
Last edited by handl3r (2012-01-22 07:39:34)

codemac wrote:
Orrrr it's because the flash plugin uses OSS.
run `aoss firefox` and be happy.
OSS does still work or at least the alsa backwards compatibility layer that emulates the old interfaces, right? did i miss anything?
for newer versions of flash (like version 9) simply install firefox in wine and let it install the plugin. that usually works great!

[Solved] No sound, missing alsa.conf?

Hi Everyone,
Tried looking this stuff up myself but found nothing helpful. I have no sound. Here's what happens when i try amixer
amixer
ALSA lib conf.c:3707:(snd_config_update_r) Cannot access file /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
ALSA lib control.c:953:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Last edited by gorttherobot (2013-06-30 15:04:07)

gorttherobot wrote:The file does not exist...
Reinstall alsa-lib, it provides /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.
gorttherobot wrote:Not sure why I even need this file to work, the internet seems to say this file is no longer used in general. Is that true?
I think you confused 'alsaconf' binary with 'alsa.conf' config.
Last edited by karol (2013-06-30 15:00:37)

Cant get stereo sound with alsa

i installed arch about 5 or 6 months ago and setup alsa for sound
The problem is that only the left speaker is working. Somehow i have gone all this time without ever noticing. I probably would still have not noticed except i booted into windows the other day, for the first time in about a year, and realized that I had two speakers working with media player.
i've scanned through the wiki and done some google and forum searching, but i can't seem to find anything about getting stereo sound to work with alsa.
Is anybody else having this problem? What can i do to make both speakers work?
Last edited by tjwoosta (2009-04-30 19:35:44)

[tj@myhost ~]$ amixer contents
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0
: values=31,31
| dBscale-min=-46.50dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---RW-,values=2,min=0,max=255,step=0
: values=255,255
| dBscale-min=-51.00dB,step=0.20dB,mute=0
numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2
: values=on,on
numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=15,step=0
: values=15,15
| dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=1.50dB,mute=0
numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='Digital Capture Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---RW-,values=2,min=0,max=120,step=0
: values=0,0
| dBscale-min=-30.00dB,step=0.50dB,mute=0
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source' ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=3
; Item #0 'Mic'
; Item #1 'Front Mic'
; Item #2 'CD'
: values=0
numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='Mux Capture Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw---R--,values=2,min=0,max=4,step=0
: values=0,0
| dBscale-min=0.00dB,step=10.00dB,mute=0
[tj@myhost ~]$
i have no idea what any of this means

[Solved] Sound with ALSA and PulseAudio at the same time?

Hi, I am using arch linux to play Counter Strike on.
While it works fine and all, I just don't get any sound in CS because I am using Mangler, which only seems to work with my microphone if I use PulseAudio.
I hope this is a rather simple issue, basicly, I just want to enable sound in PulseAudio and ALSA at the same time, is this possible?
Last edited by Paaskehare (2010-08-12 15:39:09)

I have read that PulseAudio decreases sound quality, and therefore I would not like to use this as a systemwide driver, but rather only where it is needed.
Please correct me if I am wrong
Edit:
Ok, sound quality isn't noticeably worse, so this will do. HOWEVER, while I am in Counter Strike my sound is delayed by ~1 second, and it is therefore useless, any thoughts on that matter?
Edit again .. Solved this time:
I set my ALSA plugin in winecfg to "Hardware Acceleration: Emulation" - that seemed to do the trick.
Last edited by Paaskehare (2010-08-12 15:38:56)

[solved] no sound with multimedia apps using Pulseaudio Dummy drive

It seems audio issues are kindof frequent atm, but I couldn't solve the strange issue using the informations provided in the threads nor the wiki
Issue:
One app plays audio just fine: Deadbeef Audio player, but no activity shows up in Pavucontrol while playing.
Deadbeef uses default Alsa outpput (currently Pulse audio server)
The other multimedia that I use or tried (mplayer, VLC and paplay test.wav) play files with no sound to be heard. Pavucontrol just shows 'dummy output' activity
as for mplayer that is the case with default pulse and alsa audio drivers
Context:
1/ Recently switched from ALSA to PulseAudio
Have no ~/.asoundrc
2/ First appeared when:
Installed software updates last week. I lazily hoped it will resolve itself with the next update which it didn't so far. None of the packets I updated had linux|pulse|alsa|sound|audio in its name.
Another issue appeared at the same time: no software is able to play any media from the DVD drive. The optical drive itself is well recognized whether by 'lsscsi' or /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
3/ PulseAudio did not start today after booting the system
$ pulseaudio --start
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: daemon startup failed
Started OK after commenting "/etc/pulse/default.pa" config line that remap microphone to mono for Skype (as per the Pulseaudio wiki)
System Audio info:
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7d00000 irq 46
$ lspci|grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
$ aplay -l
carte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], périphérique 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
Sous-périphériques: 1/1
Sous-périphérique #0: subdevice #0
carte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], périphérique 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
Sous-périphériques: 1/1
Sous-périphérique #0: subdevice #0
# fuser -v /dev/snd/*
/dev/snd/controlC0: kozaki 20121 F.... pulseaudio
$ cat /proc/asound/modules;
0 snd_hda_intel
$ lsmod | grep ^snd;
snd_hda_codec_realtek 67127 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 63126 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 26327 3
snd_hda_controller 26727 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec 108552 4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep 17244 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 88487 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer 26614 1 snd_pcm
snd 69340 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
$ systool -vm relevant_snd_module
EDIT
$ systool -vm snd_hda_intel
Module = "snd_hda_intel"
Attributes:
coresize = "26327"
initsize = "0"
initstate = "live"
refcnt = "5"
taint = ""
uevent = <store method only>
Parameters:
align_buffer_size = "-1"
bdl_pos_adj = "1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
beep_mode = "Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y"
enable_msi = "1"
enable = "Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y"
id = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
index = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
jackpoll_ms = "0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
model = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
patch = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
position_fix = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
power_save = "1"
power_save_controller= "Y"
probe_mask = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
probe_only = "0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
single_cmd = "N"
snoop = "Y"
Sections:
.bss = "0xffffffffa0365a80"
.data = "0xffffffffa0365000"
.data.unlikely = "0xffffffffa03657d0"
.exit.text = "0xffffffffa0362930"
.gnu.linkonce.this_module= "0xffffffffa0365800"
.init.text = "0xffffffffa0368000"
.note.gnu.build-id = "0xffffffffa0363000"
.rodata = "0xffffffffa0363040"
.rodata.str1.1 = "0xffffffffa0363f02"
.rodata.str1.8 = "0xffffffffa03642e0"
.smp_locks = "0xffffffffa0364618"
.strtab = "0xffffffffa036b508"
.symtab = "0xffffffffa0369000"
.text = "0xffffffffa0360000"
__mcount_loc = "0xffffffffa0364848"
__param = "0xffffffffa0364628"
__verbose = "0xffffffffa0365640"
I guess it might be a rather basic configuration step that I missed and am blind to see. If so, sorry for wasting your time :-/ Hint appreciated.
Last edited by kozaki (2014-09-01 19:43:16)

Read how to post correctly to get English output.
kozaki wrote:$ systool -vm relevant_snd_module;
Really? What do you think relevant_snd_module is? When you copy something from another thread, maybe it would be wise to read through it first. I tried to explain that there is no relevant_snd_module, it is a hint to the user, yes you, to use the module that is relevant in users case, which often is snd_hda_intel, which again is also mentioned in the other thread. Read it and correct your post accordingly please.
As for the issue at hand, is module-suspend-on-idle loaded? If so, disable and unload it. Start PA with '-vvvv' switch and post the log here. You might want to try defaulting the configuration for PA, meaning delete your ~/.config/pulse. Does your GPU have a hdmi sound card?
Check if you can get sound output with PA killed through speaker-test:
speaker-test -c 8 -t wav -D plug:"dmix:{CARD PCH DEV 0}"
speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -D plug:"dmix:{CARD PCH DEV 0}"
Both should work launched in that order at the same time.

No sound with ALSA and Creative Recon3D

I have been working on this issue for several days now and still cannot get my sound card to work. Basically, I have a Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D sound card installed in a PCI slot and I am unable to play any sound through it. Note that I have the on board sound disabled in the BIOS. Also, it is my understanding that this sound card is supported as of kernel 3.5. I dual boot this system and sound does work on my Windows install. I am certain that I do not have any channels muted and that the sound card is being detected by the kernel.
I have already gone through the relevant troubleshooting steps listed in the following Wiki pages:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … sound_card
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Al … leshooting
As suggested by the above pages, I have tried:
- Setting the default card in /etc/asound.conf
- Setting all instances of "card 0" to "card 2" (which is the ID of the card listed in "aplay -l") in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
- Verified the sound modules were loaded
- Double checked to make sure that all channels were unmuted
A couple of interesting things I noticed:
1) Speaker-test fails:
# speaker-test -c 2
speaker-test 1.0.26
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
2) Here is some more information regarding my sound modules and hardware devices:
# lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_hda_codec_ca0132 8244 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 24487 1
snd_usb_audio 102808 1
snd_hda_intel 26180 2
snd_usbmidi_lib 18744 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 18479 1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_hda_codec 98033 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_ca0132
snd_seq_device 5268 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep 6300 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 75167 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc 7217 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 18934 1 snd_pcm
snd 59989 17 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_ca0132
# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Creative [HDA Creative], device 0: CA0132 Analog [CA0132 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Creative [HDA Creative], device 1: CA0132 Digital [CA0132 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Can anyone help point me in the right direction? This is driving me crazy and I feel like I am just a few steps away from getting this working properly.
One last note, I tried going the PulseAudio route as well, and I was unsuccesful.

I think it's little too late now but i guess i post this for anyone searching for a fix
Recon3d works since few major kernel versions back... but there buffer allocation problem on default configuration (Card sometimes will do random loopy noice while trying to play, which means right sound data going somewhere where it does not suppose to) , it can be fixed by loading snd_hda_intel module with position_fix=1 parameter. For some reason this does not work on udev (or i'm doing something wrong ) so i did script:
rmmod snd_hda_intel
modprobe snd_hda_intel position_fix=1
...and i turn it to systemd service, which starts on boot and it seems to work. There 3 bugs i notice:
1. Sometime card mutes, but when i do sound is soem other application it goes back, i think there init problem or something, this seems to fixed since 3.8
2. On system wake sounds gone sometimes, guess what fix that .... you need to boot Windows and go back to Linux and it works, i think this has soemthing to do with firmware
3. Optical Input does work in Audacity
3.9 inludes firmware loading which should fix lot of problems + support for What U Hear (sound loopback) and digital mic. Hopefully it also fix buffer problem
Last edited by Shadowriver (2013-04-28 20:43:09)

[SOLVED] No Sound with ALSA & Pulseaudio

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