dear Valdáez! I still didn't mention to say thank you very much for all of your support. It works, and that wonderfully.
I deeply apologize answering that late, I was the last days sick and couldn't answer anyone. Listening to music works fine, only the mic doesn't work :( Tamer Am 29.09.2011 16:51, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Am 29.09.2011 01:27, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >>> 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? >> >> A usual tower machine! Core2 DUO, nothing's special! >> >> If so, the sound >>> works without headphones? The internal speakers work? >> >> with the headphones all the time.... >> >> There are no internal speakers (not a notebook) >>> >>> Also, can you please post the output of "pactl list"? >> Yes of course, here it is: >> >> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wDgy3x64 > > OK, I'm back on my laptop. I would have told you yesterday the > commands, but using my phone keyboard make it slightly impossible. > > The problem (I think) is that your sound card has digital and analog > outputs. At some point in the future, the kernel drivers would be able > to auto-detect which output has a cable connected to it, but right now > (AFAIK) is not working, and for some reason in your machine pulse is > sending the output through the digital output: that's the meaning of: > > Aktive Profile: output:iec958-stereo > > the last line of your "pactl list". The profile you want is > "output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo", because (if I'm not > mistaken), that's the output that sends the sound to your speakers. To > select that profile, simply do (as your normal user, not as root): > > pacmd set-card-profile 0 "output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo" > > The 0 is the index of your card (you know is this for the line "Karte > #0" in the output of pactl list), and the profile is the analog one, > both for output and input. > > Please reboot your machine with the default config files in > /etc/pulse, and with your /etc/asound.conf, to make sure no other > setting is getting in the way, and try the pacmd command. Then try > again to play music with rhythmbox. > > Regards.
