On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Am 29.09.2011 00:03, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> Am 28.09.2011 23:28, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi! >>>>> I have configured pulseaudio according >>>>> >>>>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/PulseAudio >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> but I simply have no sound. >>>>> >>>>> The pulseaudio playback volume meter shows me signal, and that the bars >>>>> are jumping if I playback a music track. >>>>> >>>>> alsa-plugins (with pulseaudio USE flag) >>>>> gst-plugins-pulse >>>>> >>>>> are installed. But I don't know what is being blocked, that I have no >>>>> sound output at my headphones. >>>>> >>>>> PS: the headphones are ok. >>>>> >>>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> What music player are you using? Did you set or modify ~/.asoundrc? >>> >>> ~/.asoundrc doesn't exist. >>> >>> I have /etc/asound.conf with these entries: >>> >>> >>> pcm.pulse { >>> type pulse >>> } >>> >>> ctl.pulse { >>> type pulse >>> } >>> >>> for all alsa applications to be redirected to pulse! >> >> Mmmh. It's not exactly like that: If you use pcm.pulse and ctl.pulse, >> then you need to specify pulse as the virtual ALSA device. If you want >> "all alsa applications to be redirected to pulse", you need: >> >> pcm.!default { >> type pulse >> } >> >> ctl.!default { >> type pulse >> } >> >>> The players Rhythmbox, xine all with pulseaudio default output plugins. >> >> That should work. Did you check in sound settings that pulse is indeed >> the desired output >> >>>> What Desktop do you use? >>> >>> Gnome, latest 2.x version >>> >>> Is the pulseaudio daemon running? >>> >>> Yes! >>> >>> tamer@office ~ $ pstree -pu | grep puls >>> >>> |-pulseaudio(22833,tamer)-+-gconf-helper(22840)---{gconf-helper}(22841) >>> | |-{pulseaudio}(22839) >>> | `-{pulseaudio}(22842) >> >> Looks OK. >> >>> I have added all config files in "/etc/pulse/" >> >> I wouldn't touch the files on /etc/pulse. I recommend first trying to >> make it work with the files included with pulseaudio (backup >> /etc/pulse, move the dir out of /etc and emerge again pulseaudio) >> before trying anything else. Supposedly, pulseaudio should "just >> works". Since the first time I installed it I have never touched the >> files in /etc/pulse, except to change the log-level of the daemon. >> > As requested, I moved the pulse folder somewhere else and remerged > pulseaudio as well moved /etc/asound.conf somewhere else as well. > > No sound!
Weird. >> I'm on GNOME 3, so things are a little different, and I don't remember >> exactly the dialogs, but instead of the Gentoo wiki page, I would >> follow this: >> >> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup >> >> And more specifically: >> >> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#GNOME >> >> and >> >> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#GStreamerApplications >> >> Also, in really weird cases, the ALSA device gets its volume muted: >> You can try to remove (back up first) /etc/asound.conf, and run (as >> root) >> >> alsamixer -V all > > I did, and fired all the bars up. nothing! really nothing! Really weird. >> and trying to unmute and turn up the volume on everything. When you >> hear something with any player, return the asound.conf to /etc and try >> again. >> >> Regards. > > I have the dumb feeling that one process is blocking the output, I hear > in my headphones the white noise of my system, which wouldn't be there > if the soundcard hadn't been initialised. It's more simple than that: if you see the bars movind in the mixer application, some sound should be made. > Is there a way to find out which applications might make use of the > soundcard right now?! Probably with strace or a similar tool; however, let me see first if I'm understanding the problem. This is a laptop? If so, the sound works without headphones? The internal speakers work? Also, can you please post the output of "pactl list"? Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
