buster -- recent update(s), SuperMicro box There's no audio, but there was a few weeks ago.
In alsamixer, I've tried selecting the mobo sound chip (HDA Intel). When alsamixer comes up, it says PulseAudio is the selected card and chip. I change that to the Intel (the card is HDA Intel, and the chip is Realtek ALC888) and exit. No sound. When I bring up alsamixer again, PulseAudio is the card/chip again. I've read both the alsamixer and PulseAudio man pages and tried a few things, no help there. I tried starting PulseAudio as root, and see a line saying I should start it as non-root. I do and there's a line of what to me is gibberish, but no error message. And there's still no sound. I've tried to get some sound with Audacity and SoX. In both, the output 'meters' bounce like there should be sound in my known working headphones, but there isn't. I've heard that PulseAudio is the spawn of Satan, and I've used alsa and its predecessor successfully for years with the mobo audio and alsa with my RME Hammerfall card. I haven't scoured to logs for errors yet... Ideas? Suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? -- Glenn English
