[Solved] VirtualBox no sound w/ ALSA

Everything works except fine except sound. I already re-setup all the modules since the last kernel update.
I don't get the error message that says it's going to switch to NULL, it just boots up perfect and Windows 7 says there is no audio device.
Any ideas?
Last edited by Jimi (2010-09-07 03:01:13)

Windows 7 does not have drivers for the card emulated by virtualbox, search virtualbox's documentation and use google and you will find the solution.

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[SOLVED]No Sound with ALSA - Intel Corporation 82801G HD Audio

Hey all,
I've succesfully installed Arch Linux. My past two attempts have met with failure, all because of my own failure to read and follow directions correctly. This time everything is installed correctly. I am running Kdemod3 on my laptop with Arch and everything works great. I LOVE Pacman and the simplicity of Arch's configuration files. It's super fast and all together simple. My only remaining problem is this:
My sound with ALSA is not functioning. I followed the installation instructions at the arch wiki and after unmuting all of my channels I still would not get any sound. My sound module is snd_hda_intel and it is detected, loaded and the whole nine yards (as far as I can tell). My user is a member of the 'audio' user group also. I looked at the troubleshooting tips on the bottom of the Wiki but decided not to try them as they do not seem to pertain to my card (snd_hda_intel) but I will try them if anyone would like me to.
If anyone has any ideas, they'd be greatly appreciated!:D Anything I can provide that you need I will be more than willing to provide.
Thanks for such a great distribution,
Dan
Last edited by JazzDan (2008-06-29 05:06:35)

Problem resolved. I ran alsaconf, selected my soundcard, and everything was working from there out. Thanks MisfitI38 on the IRC!!!

No sound in alsa

I have no sound using alsa.
cat /procs/asound/cards outputs:
0 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI
HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf7c14000 irq 34
1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7c10000 irq 35
The volume in alsamixer is set '00' and in green color. Volume level is set to 100.
Last edited by toni (2014-11-22 17:09:26)

MoonSwan wrote:
Damnit somehow my config file I posted failed to show up! Here it is (again) and it should show you the syntax you're trying to duplicate by putting each "soundcard" on a separate line. See this code for an example configuration:
#/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
options snd slots=snd_ctxfi,snd_hda_intel
options snd_ctxfi index=0
options snd_hda_intel index=-2
I think what the kernel is seeing is the same soundcard that's registering different outputs. One is an analog device, e.g. card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC284 Analog [ALC284 Analog]. The other is an HDMI device that's used when you plug in HDMI cables and a suitable output such as a stero amp, e.g. card 1: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
If I'm right you'll want to follow these instructions that I've cut/pasted from the Arch wiki Alsa page that I posted earlier:
When loading modules that are used by multiple cards (for example snd-hda-intel) it is recommended to include vendor and product identifications into options. To get vid and pid use:
$ lspci -nn | grep -i audio
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV770 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4850/4870] [1002:aa30]
07:05.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller [1412:1724] (rev 01)
Last numbers in square brackets are [vid:pid], so for the above example, for setting Azalia as default card following is correct:
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
# SB [HDA ATI SB]
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=auto vid=1002 pid=4383
# HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI]
options snd-hda-intel index=1 model=auto vid=1002 pid=aa30
# HiFi [Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 HiFi]
options snd-ice1724 index=2 model=prodigy71hifi vid=1412 pid=1724
Tip: To list vendor and product IDs of USB sound cards, use the lsusb command instead of lspci.
Basically you want Alsa to "see" each iteration of the same soundcard as a separate "device," in this case the analog and digital modes of one soundcard. The instructions I pasted here should help you sort this out but if not post again and I'll do my best to help you where I can.
Finally, I have solved it by creating file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf which content is:
# Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller [8086:0c0c] (rev 06)
options snd_hda_intel index=1 model=auto vid=8086 pid=0c0c
# Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller [8086:8c20] (rev 04)
options snd_hda_intel index=0 model=auto vid=8086 pid=8c20
The problem was the order in which they were initialized at boot time. It was not taking into account the correct one.
Last edited by toni (2014-11-17 20:22:50)

[solved] Lenovo Y510P Sound Issue

Hello.
So I recently purchased a Lenovo Y510P which I quite enjoy, running like a champ. But with my current setup, I cannot for whatever reason get sound working. I've enabled and disabled many modules and have tried everything I know of, but I cannot seem to get it to work. Here is a screenshot of what I'm currently working with. Now, I've never really have deal with setting up sound with ALSA or anything before, so excuse me if I'm doing something wrong.
I appreciate the help, thanks!
Last edited by Chiggins (2013-10-14 02:07:43)

Chiggins wrote:Well, if I have two "snd_hda_intel" devices listed under "/proc/asound/modules", how would I specify exactly which should be the default one? I know that you define it default with 0, but how can I tell the difference between the two?
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The Wiki wrote:
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Solving the distorted sound?

Hi, I have itunes v7.1 and am experiencing the same sound problems everyone else seems to , (poor and lowers the volume in the middle by itself). I was thinking of installing v6.5 software but will that solve the bad sound on my music automatically or will I have to re input my cd's into itunes to resolve the sound quality issue?

You might try upgrading to the laterst version.
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You can find the old version here:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes605forwindows.html

[Solved]No sound anymore (ALSA/PulseAudio)

Ok so I have no idea why I have no sound anymore, I didn't install anything...
Anyway, that's what I've tried:
-Check if mixer are all up in alsamixer
-Try to play a bit with pavucontrol
-Reboot
-Rerun pulseaudio with verbose
-Mute and unmute with physical button (I don't know why but I used to get this problem and it used to be solved just doing this)
-Googgling and searching this forum
Here are some more info
Pulseaudio logs:
└┼─$─┤▶ 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.
D: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: RealtimeKit worked.
I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: This is PulseAudio 5.0
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wall -W -Wextra -Wno-long-long -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 3.14.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 14 20:40:47 CEST 2014
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Found 4 CPUs.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in VM: no
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Optimized build: yes
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: FASTPATH defined, only fast path asserts disabled.
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.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using state directory /home/unkn0wn/.config/pulse.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules.
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Bon appetit!
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.
I: [pulseaudio] svolume_orc.c: Initialising ORC optimized volume functions.
D: [pulseaudio] database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/unkn0wn/.config/pulse/a3af3988434b49f3b8af2ab66eba685b-device-volumes.tdb'
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
D: [pulseaudio] module-udev-detect.c: Ignoring /devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/sound/card29, because marked so.
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
D: [pulseaudio] module-jackdbus-detect.c: jackdbus isn't running.
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-jackdbus-detect" (index: #6; argument: "channels=2").
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: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-bluetooth-discover.so': success
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-bluez5-discover.so': success
D: [pulseaudio] dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus system bus 54d6e91cb1d72b925a540cf453502907 as :1.40
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-bluez5-discover" (index: #9; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-bluez4-discover.so': failure
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: "").
D: [pulseaudio] module.c: Checking for existence of '/usr/lib/pulse-5.0/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existent, not restoring default sink setting.
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: "").
I: [pulseaudio] module.c: Loaded "module-filter-apply" (index: #24; argument: "").
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Got org.PulseAudio1!
D: [pulseaudio] main.c: Got org.pulseaudio.Server!
I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup complete.
E: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: GetManagedObjects() failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.bluez was not provided by any .service files
I: [pulseaudio] module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle f
└┼─$─┤▶ loginctl session-status c1
c1 - unkn0wn (1001)
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
Unit: session-c1.scope
|-1048 /usr/bin/slim -nodaemon
|-2206 /usr/bin/openbox --startup /usr/lib/openbox/openbox-autostart OPENBOX
|-2214 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
|-2215 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
|-2227 tint2
|-2230 xcompmgr -CfF
|-2231 volumeicon
|-2236 conky -q
|-2238 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi-bus-launcher
|-2252 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/at-spi2/accessibility.conf --no...
|-2255 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-session
|-2259 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
|-2263 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1001/gvfs -f -o big_writes
|-2278 /usr/lib32/skype/skype
|-2320 /usr/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd
|-2322 /usr/lib/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd
|-2376 firefox
|-2416 /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOMIPCD
-I see the mixer going up and down in pavucontrol if I play some music
└┼─$─┤▶ loginctl session-status c1
c1 - unkn0wn (1001)
Since: Thu 2014-04-17 21:18:58 CEST; 16min ago
Leader: 1048 (slim)
Seat: seat0; vc7
Display: :0.0
Remote: user root
Service: slim; type x11; class user
State: active
Unit: session-c1.scope
|-1048 /usr/bin/slim -nodaemon
|-2206 /usr/bin/openbox --startup /usr/lib/openbox/openbox-autostart OPENBOX
|-2214 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
|-2215 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
|-2227 tint2
|-2230 xcompmgr -CfF
|-2231 volumeicon
|-2236 conky -q
|-2238 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi-bus-launcher
|-2252 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/etc/at-spi2/accessibility.conf --no...
|-2255 /usr/lib/at-spi2-core/at-spi2-registryd --use-gnome-session
|-2259 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
|-2263 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1001/gvfs -f -o big_writes
|-2278 /usr/lib32/skype/skype
|-2320 /usr/lib/xfce4/notifyd/xfce4-notifyd
|-2322 /usr/lib/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd
|-2376 firefox
|-2416 /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOMIPCD
└┼─$─┤▶ aplay -l
**** 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]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
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
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, CX20590 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
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
HDA Intel PCH, CX20590 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, CX20590 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, CX20590 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
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
HDMI Audio Output
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)

└┼─$─┤▶ fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: unkn0wn 2231 F.... volumeicon
└┼─$─┤▶ speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -D plughw:0,0
speaker-test 1.0.27.2
Playback device is plughw:0,0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels
WAV file(s)
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
It says it's busy but I don't see anything that could use it. I quit skype before trying

[Solved] No Sound, No *ALSA*. Whatsoever. Confused.

Hi there, I have a more unique ALSA problem. At least, I searched through the forums and didn't see something like my problem. Which is:
I have no ALSA. Whatsoever. I have no idea how that happened. I do have a sound card.
Well, okay, I'm running Arch on a virtual machine with an emulated soundcard. Virtualbox, sound enabled (Emulating ICH AC97), Host (Debian Lenny)'s ALSA works fine, I'm streaming ETN.fm through Sonata right this moment, with the occasional message chimes coming in from Pidgin.
I installed Arch just fine through the latest Core CD. I've also upgraded the system successfully. I've installed alsa-lib, alsa-util, and alsa-oss. But there's no alsamixer, no alsaconf, no alsa* anything. No clue what's going on! Am I supposed to install Alsa from source now?
Or is there any way I can tell Arch "Hay, you forgot ALSA. Plz get it now"?
Thanks for any info.
Lux
Last edited by feminaexlux (2008-08-28 17:06:19)

Wow, thanks filou. I just reinstalled it after issuing a sync and update and it worked. I was pretty sure that's what I did first after not finding alsamixer at all, but for some reason this time it actually went through. I think pacman just managed to download the file without installing it?
Thanks for the help, all. Sorry for this dumb question

[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] Low sound with ALSA

Hi! I'm using alsa on a laptop with master, speaker and PCM at 100%, and I still can't get an output as loud as I'd like.
On ubuntu with pulseaudio, I had the option of setting the volume to 120% on the sound preferences menu, which made a desirable volume level for me. Is there an equivalent thing in arch? Is this like setting PCM to something higher than 0b?
Cheers!
Last edited by orlox (2010-08-14 20:09:46)

Just installed pulseaudio. Not really a solution to the name of this thread, since I didn't get a loud volume with ALSA, but it solves my problem of having low volume on my PC

[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 intel ALSA

please help me, i have not idea about that.
and my English is very pooooooooooooooor....
I follow:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … chitecture
$ pacman -S alsa-utils
$ alsamixer
F6 Select sound card
sound card
┌───── Sound Card ──────┐
│- (default) │
│0 HDA Intel HDMI │
│1 HDA Intel PCH │
│ enter device name... │
└───────────────────────┘
I hosed the HDA Intel PCH
press M turn the Master to unmute and turn it up (Item: Master [dB gain: 0.00])
press Esc
$ 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:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
$ speaker-test -c 8
speaker-test 1.0.28
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 8 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
$ lspci -v
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
Memory at f7e10000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
Last edited by keol (2014-10-23 16:57:30)

Set the default sound card
$lspci -nn | grep -i audio
00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller [8086:0c0c] (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller [8086:8c20] (rev 05)
$vim /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=auto vid=8086 pid=8c20
options snd-hda-intel index=1 model=auto vid=8086 pid=0c0c
saved and reboot.

[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)

[SOLVED] mplayer no sound alsa

In KDE multimedia settings I'm using phonon-gstreamer and I have also tried changing to phono-vlc. Sound in the application 'Clementine' doesn't work either. Sound is working fine for KDE desktop effects, amarok, juk, and dragonplayer, and Flash.
Using smplayer audio options I have set to alsa, and have tried all the alsa 0.1 etc options -- none work. I have also tried mplayer -vo alsa
mplayer ran from shell:
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1293:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open '/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p' failed (-2): No such file or directory
[AO_ALSA] Playback open error: No such file or directory
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1293:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open '/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p' failed (-2): No such file or directory
Could this issue be because for alsa I have set my default sound card in user space (because I have USB mic)?
~/.asoundrc:
# Setting default device
pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
device 0
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 1
device 0
# Enable mixing
pcm.dsp {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmix"
Last edited by ScannerDarkly (2011-07-16 20:30:29)

As you mention, sound from kde notifications and other phonon-based apps work. That means your phonon subsystem is working fine. Changing backends doesn't particularly help if both are working equally well.
Clementine does not use phonon and instead uses gstreamer directly. I believe the devs note that this is because phonon lacks some features relating to visualization. I have no experience using gstreamer and I could never get clementine to work on my systems. So, I have no suggestions for troubleshooting that (sorry!).
To set the audio out, you need to use ao, not vo (e.g. mplayer -ao alsa). I'm guessing that was just a typo.
If this is caused by your customization, can you back up your ~/.asoundrc and relogin to see if things still work (or simpler, try using a fresh temp user account)?

[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.

[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)

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