Hi Yuraeitha, Thanks for your continued help! Ah, I think there is a misunderstanding: there is no USB soundcard as far as I understand it; only what is on the mainboard. So there should only be one soundcard.
I am currently running a sys-usb VM however! Under DOM0 pauvaudio volume control, under the 'output devices' tab, there is no 'hardware' devices listed, only the 'simultaneous output' virtual device. The virtual device however is still showing fluctuating volume bar, so it's 'hearing' things correctly. Strangely too, now my headphones don't seem to work (they did previously). Cheers, - A On Wednesday, 28 February 2018 11:28:49 UTC-8, Yuraeitha wrote: > On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 7:55:09 PM UTC+1, Allen Larocque wrote: > > Thanks for the help. > > > > The intel audio pci device is indeed listed in the qvm-pci list, and the > > pulseaudio manager is 'connected', However, under 'devices' there's nothing > > about the intel device - just 'combined monitor' as the source > > > > > > On Tuesday, 27 February 2018 10:09:37 UTC-8, Yuraeitha wrote: > > > On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 6:58:11 PM UTC+1, Allen Larocque wrote: > > > > Thanks Yuraeitha for the thoughtful reply! > > > > > > > > Hm. It doesn't seem to work in the other templates. I think it is a > > > > driver issue. I've tried volume etc.; and switching through the > > > > pulseaudio menus shows only 'simultaneous output' devices (which DO > > > > have actively fluctuating 'volume bars' when playback is happening!). > > > > Under 'config' there is 'no sound cards available for configuration'. > > > > I've been trying some things and let me try to clarify: > > > > > > > > 'lspci' lists '00:1b:0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Serices/c210 > > > > Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev04)' > > > > I interpret that as the audio card being on the chipset (hence 'plugged > > > > in' automatically). > > > > > > > > 'aplay -l' however lists "no soundcards found". So alsa doesn't see it? > > > > > > > > Alsa is a deeper level than pulseaudio generally, right? So if alsa > > > > doesn't see it then it makes sense that pulseaudio doesn't either. > > > > > > > > So: how to get alsa/pulseaudio to see it? > > > > > > > > Thanks again for the gracious help! > > > > - Allen > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, 27 February 2018 04:16:15 UTC-8, Yuraeitha wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 10:42:30 AM UTC+1, Allen Larocque > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Qubes, > > > > > > First time installer here, trying to get my sound to work. > > > > > > Strangely, speakers are broken, but headphones work fine. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anytime I move my sound device from 'available' to 'selected' in a > > > > > > given VM, the VM won't load and I get the 'qeexec demon' error. > > > > > > Same thing when I move various other devices over (tested with USB > > > > > > ones). I should need the audio device moved over in order for it to > > > > > > work in a given VM, right? > > > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts? Running 3.2 on a Zenbook UX31A. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Allen > > > > > > > > > > Also if you moved the soundcard to a direct pass-through, and the > > > > > soundcard hardware does not support the PCI pass-through feature. > > > > > Then you need to make a full restart of Qubes OS (fully power down > > > > > power in order to clean hardware memory). This is due to security > > > > > reasons. If this is hitting you, then you may want to first undo the > > > > > pass-through you made of your soundcard, and then make a full restart > > > > > before trying the above suggestions. > > > > > > np's :) > > > > > > Try compare "qvm-pci list" with lspci, it's the same list, but it'll show > > > you if the Qubes tools register the sound card. Also try look in the > > > Qubes menu --> Systems Tools --> Pulseaudio Manager. See if the sound > > > server is connected or disconnected here. > > > > > > I can't write much more right now as I'm on the road and need to close > > > the lid and move now, but checking these might get us a little closer > > > with more information. > > > > > > I can confirm I see my own soundcards with "aplay -l", so this command > > > should indeed be working in Qubes it seems? > > > > > > It sounds like a problem that is out of my league though, but I'll try to > > > help where I can. > > I apologies for the delay. I divided this post into two sections, one if you > got USB controller in dom0, and the other if you got the USB controller in an > AppVM. You'll need the link if you got your USB controller anywhere else but > your dom0. If you got a sys-usb, then your USB controller is likely tied to > that VM. If you don't have a sys-usb, and you didn't move the USB controller > yourself, then the USB controller is still likely tied to dom0. The Qubes > installer can automatically make a sys-usb at first system boot, but it won't > always do it, for example if the USB controller can't be pass-through or if > something important is tied to it, like touch devices often are. > > Assuming your USB controller is indeed not located in dom0, then I believe > your issue is actually a split two-part issue. It might be that system sound > isn't working as you also suggested by being a driver issue, but your second > issue is that your other soundcard, which is based on USB, won't work because > you got your USB controller in sys-sub, and if the sound is passed to the > sys-usb from your USB soundcard, then it can't communicate with your speakers > since it's cut off from dom0. There is a small adjustment, which I haven't > tried my self, that can make this work. See the link below for the official > method to do this. > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/external-audio/ > > I'm not 100% sure, but this might be why you can't get your second soundcard > working, the USB one. As for your system soundcard, it might be as you > suggested a driver issue? It seems odd that it's tied to your monitor too. > > But does the guide in the link help your USB soundcard? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/7ce07251-4708-4270-94c5-e07f24d02245%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
