Re: sound card problems
On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 02:35:08AM +0100, Michael wrote: Install alsamixergui, the most simple tool. If you don't know what those channels refer to, turn up anything Presumably you shoude first turn up *everything* in case your audio has to go through several of these channels. then turn down those whichdon't make a difference. (Click the lock to sync left/right) -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130208021210.gb18...@topoi.pooq.com
Re: sound card problems
Ah yes, you're probably right, Hendrik. And just one more quick hint. With 'vlc' playing music, you can switch on-the-fly (while playing music) between the available devices by the 'Audio' - 'Device' top menu. Just to check which card or chip works, or not. Another issue i've seen with older cards was Open Sound System (oss) packages installed somehow prevented the correct ALSA module to load. At least that's my best guess, when it worked again after i deinstalled anything oss related (including oss4-base), but i might have changed more in the process. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130208034127.6e690...@mirrors.kernel.org
Re: sound card problems
On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 05:44:42PM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: Hello: With Debian amd64 wheezy I was unable to get the sound card working correctly (bumping voice or sound) for a Gygabyte GA-X79-UD3 motherboard, while with other motherboards there are no problems. :~$ lspci | grep -i audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1) 03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1) :~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [PCH]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf912 irq 72 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xfb08 irq 17 2 [NVidia_1 ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xf908 irq 17 As far as I can understand, Intel is chosen by the system, while I should change to NVIDIA. I found some suggestions how to make NVIA card first choice but they did not work. You want the intel if you want sound to come out the 1/8 jack on the back. You want the nvidia if you want sound over HDMI from the video card. Of course in my experience a simple way to get sound working when it doesn't unfortunately is: killall pulseaudio It shouldn't have to be that way, but well pulseaudio is pretty buggy even if it is somewhat useful when it works. Could also be a mixer setting problem. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130206165016.gi30...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Re: sound card problems
Francesco, with most video / audio players you can configure which sound source shall be used (in their preferences). Install alsamixergui, the most simple tool. If you don't know what those channels refer to, turn up anything then turn down those which don't make a difference. (Click the lock to sync left/right) btw. Just this morning i deinstalled pulseaudio from two fresh installed Debain 'testing' PC and then it worked. I never understand why, for Desktop usage, anything beyond alsa itself should be necessary. While there's of course quite a lot for more professional users, but that should be optionally, shouldn't it. KDE uses phonon, at least it seems to work out of the box. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130207023508.1e43b...@mirrors.kernel.org
