Re: No sound with new install
Hi Keith, On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 07:50:18PM +0100, Keith McKenzie wrote: Download the latest alsa-driver package from alsa-project.org. I did this, then installed linux-headers, and did ./configure make sudo make install After rebooting, whatdya know, it works! Horrah! Thanks a lot everybody for helping me to track down the issue. There are a couple of questions I have left: Firstly, should I ask the backports project to backport the new version of alsa-drivers? Are there any guidelines on what criteria they use to decide what to backport? Obviously it would be nicer to use distro-provided packages of some description, for security updates, no problems between kernel versions, etc. Secondly, I checked what the Realtek driver was, as listed on http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA#Alternative_Method, and it turns out it's just a repackaged copy of the alsa-driver tarball from http://alsa-project.org. So it probably makes sense to update the wiki to make the alternative method roughly just download the upstream alsa-driver tarball, make it, and restart. Can anyone edit the wiki? Are there people 'responsible' for certain pages who should be consulted before changing stuff? Thanks again folks, very much. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120403141852.GA1880@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 12:56:57PM +0100, Nick White wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 07:25:10AM -0400, Tom Ashley wrote: I spent the last 2 days trying to resolve this same issue on a new motherboard. The alternative method from http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA worked for me. Thanks for the tip. However, I'd really like to get this working using a stock kernel with stock modules if possible, to ease upgrading etc. Also I don't know what license that kernel module is, and I generally hate the idea of loading unknown modules into my system. And ALSO I have no idea whether the audio board is realtek. You could *at least try* the suggestions offered. That will prove at least whether you have a hardware fault or if your board is just to new for the current alsa. -- Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120403141550.GC2071@tal
No sound with new install
Hi debian folks, I installed Debian last week (for the first time), and things generally went very nicely. One thing which isn't yet working though is sound. I'm currently using the kernel from debian-backports (linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64) in order to get my ethernet working, but the same thing happenned with the stock 2.6 kernel too (linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64) Any suggestions at all of things to try would be most appreciated. Below is hopefully relevant output from interesting commands. Many thanks, Nick 'alsactl init' returns the following: Unknown hardware: HDA-Intel Realtek ALC887-VD HDA:10ec0887,1458a002,00100302 0x1458 0xa002 Hardware is initialized using a guess method /usr/share/alsa/init/default:26: control element not found /usr/share/alsa/init/default:26: control element not found /usr/share/alsa/init/default:41: control element not found 'alsamixer' fails with: cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument the relevant part of 'lspci -knnvv': 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 04) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:a002] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast TAbort- TAbort- MAbort- SERR- PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 41 Region 0: Memory at f7d0 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: fee0300c Data: 4171 Capabilities: [70] Express (v1) Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s 64ns, L1 1us ExtTag- RBE- FLReset+ DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Latency L0 64ns, L1 1us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; Disabled- Retrain- CommClk- ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed unknown, Width x0, TrErr- Train- SlotClk- DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1 Arb:Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed Status: InProgress- VC0:Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb:Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=01 Status: NegoPending- InProgress- VC1:Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb:Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable+ ID=1 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=22 Status: NegoPending- InProgress- Capabilities: [130 v1] Root Complex Link Desc: PortNumber=0f ComponentID=00 EltType=Config Link0: Desc: TargetPort=00 TargetComponent=00 AssocRCRB- LinkType=MemMapped LinkValid+ Addr: fed1c000 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel 'lsmod|grep snd' output: snd_hda_codec_realtek 188417 1 snd_hda_intel 26023 0 snd_hda_codec 81579 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13148 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm67465 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_seq44678 0 snd_timer 22658 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 13155 1 snd_seq snd52458 8 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq, snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 13014 1 snd snd_page_alloc 12969 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402094905.GB1785@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On 02.04.2012 12:49, Nick White wrote: Hi debian folks, I installed Debian last week (for the first time), and things generally went very nicely. One thing which isn't yet working though is sound. I'm currently using the kernel from debian-backports (linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64) in order to get my ethernet working, but the same thing happenned with the stock 2.6 kernel too (linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64) Any suggestions at all of things to try would be most appreciated. Try installing Pulseaudio. It has fixed same issue for me. ... - -- Mika Suomalainen gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 4DB53CFE82A46728 Key fingerprint = 24BC 1573 B8EE D666 D10A AA65 4DB5 3CFE 82A4 6728 NOTE: The old key (62FE66853913CB03) expires on 03.04.2012! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPeXwRAAoJEE21PP6CpGcoNzkP/RBTvFMJCgXW/Wm85Vs7Aru/ 2ZdgfG4k9iilds3QAti2y+N4uzVCGk/AxF64TEqJO1e4/3U1LMIeoGIOuKGhNB93 bFBTu2By8XV+/ZRYVz+pG9fuoBAiQ/M2Du+5/xhJv0y347BB46tbdIlikL6wlvI1 nFYDAhwqivWWdryTRRtCU/5qjpm6K+ZNarsOr46kRlCvNePRwyNZywfrKOl8lMMR JYcAEOp9hoD74LS8PV0YuC6rKspdRA/JVU2hyUz2VvENEYByEwQmgEWMtiy+XIAY IWl21QqSBJKJQvn+GwtEhU7zI8BPjxFmGUr1+aKbB+kVolpoWZae0gdEC5MEXUPs DeW+kP8mLmqMZJ3oSatDBHES5b980vde9g/mIW3vlPTVPQczszzgqsSwT3ru68Pa EOjmt/g3sNOJMDSQ4Qn3BS6thzwGbaMQ0SjbW6uh4hC459eDOCdJGlp0Fwo6sgCk WIAwREolWs55y2Re3+ztJxHsYW+G0W16fJtYe4xIsRrvyXSKDo0fOre0317yKHa8 /8DyY7OaxVmHoplpy2OxZjIorl30zDnZ4zbLGZPP0YRpJcnggkWlI02W+PMib7IL QbIs1RR2//ebhWodG52/ZBfNN4+GxJtmxyKNuwT3/NIbf5GQ5UaZHEF/NvTVse6E 3v5kZs2yJMT9HyUYa5Sa =8jnF -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f797c14.1090...@hotmail.com
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:14:44PM +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: On 02.04.2012 12:49, Nick White wrote: One thing which isn't yet working though is sound. Try installing Pulseaudio. It has fixed same issue for me. Didn't help, unfortunately. Unsuprisingly, given that even alsamixer and friends didn't succeed. Thanks for the thought, though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402104332.GC1785@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
On Lu, 02 apr 12, 13:14:44, Mika Suomalainen wrote: Try installing Pulseaudio. It has fixed same issue for me. At this point I'd rather not add another variable. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: No sound with new install
On Lu, 02 apr 12, 10:49:05, Nick White wrote: 'alsactl init' returns the following: Unknown hardware: HDA-Intel Realtek ALC887-VD HDA:10ec0887,1458a002,00100302 0x1458 0xa002 Hardware is initialized using a guess method This is not very encouraging (given that you are already using a fairly new kernel), am I correct to assume this is a (very) new board? Please also add output of: aplay -l aplay -L cat /proc/asound/cards Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:48:21PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: This is not very encouraging (given that you are already using a fairly new kernel), am I correct to assume this is a (very) new board? Yes, likely. It's a new PC, so could well be. Please also add output of: 'aplay -l' output: List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 'aplay -L' output: null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output 'cat /proc/asound/cards' output: 0 [PCH]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7d0 irq 41 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402105757.GD1785@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
On Lu, 02 apr 12, 11:57:57, Nick White wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:48:21PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: This is not very encouraging (given that you are already using a fairly new kernel), am I correct to assume this is a (very) new board? Yes, likely. It's a new PC, so could well be. Please also add output of: [snip] Ok, this all looks good. Please make sure that you turn off any program that may produce sounds[1] and try as root *and* as user: speaker-test -c2 You should hear hissing (pink) noise alternating from the left and right speaker. Use Ctrl+C to interrupt and post error messages here (if any). [1] including but not limited to music/video players, browsers, or even the entire desktop environment. To be 100% safe you should probably boot in recovery mode... Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: No sound with new install
On Lu, 02 apr 12, 10:49:05, Nick White wrote: 'alsamixer' fails with: cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument What about 'amixer'? Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: No sound with new install
2012/4/2 Nick White nick.wh...@durham.ac.uk On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:48:21PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: This is not very encouraging (given that you are already using a fairly new kernel), am I correct to assume this is a (very) new board? Yes, likely. It's a new PC, so could well be. Please also add output of: 'aplay -l' output: List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog] Have a look at /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/ there are lots of info about hd models (install alsa-base if you don't) look for your souncard model infod in the relevant files and the specify your model in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf using options snd-hda-intel model=MODEL regards -r
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:06:40PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: What about 'amixer'? amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402112230.GE1785@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:57:57 +0100 Nick White nick.wh...@durham.ac.uk wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:48:21PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: This is not very encouraging (given that you are already using a fairly new kernel), am I correct to assume this is a (very) new board? Yes, likely. It's a new PC, so could well be. Please also add output of: 'aplay -l' output: List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 'aplay -L' output: null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC887-VD Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output 'cat /proc/asound/cards' output: 0 [PCH]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7d0 irq 41 I spent the last 2 days trying to resolve this same issue on a new motherboard. The alternative method from http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA worked for me. HTH Tom Ashley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402072510.115cc846@tomshome.tomshome
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:05:31PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Ok, this all looks good. Please make sure that you turn off any program that may produce sounds[1] and try as root *and* as user: speaker-test -c2 You should hear hissing (pink) noise alternating from the left and right speaker. Use Ctrl+C to interrupt and post error messages here (if any). Sadly I don't hear anything at all. I closed everything including X, so am pretty confident nothing was stealing the soundcard. Also no error messages; the speaker test continued happily sending pink noise nowhere. Thanks for your help so far, Andrei! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402115319.GA16487@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 07:25:10AM -0400, Tom Ashley wrote: I spent the last 2 days trying to resolve this same issue on a new motherboard. The alternative method from http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA worked for me. Thanks for the tip. However, I'd really like to get this working using a stock kernel with stock modules if possible, to ease upgrading etc. Also I don't know what license that kernel module is, and I generally hate the idea of loading unknown modules into my system. And ALSO I have no idea whether the audio board is realtek. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402115657.GB16487@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:16:12PM +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: Have a look at /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/ there are lots of info about hd models (install alsa-base if you don't) look for your souncard model infod in the relevant files and the specify your model in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf using options snd-hda-intel model=MODEL Thanks Raffaele. Is there a good way of finding out the model of soundcard in my computer, without taking the case off (possible, but not ideal)? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402115801.GC16487@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
2012/4/2 Nick White nick.wh...@durham.ac.uk On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 01:16:12PM +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: Have a look at /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/ there are lots of info about hd models (install alsa-base if you don't) look for your souncard model infod in the relevant files and the specify your model in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf using options snd-hda-intel model=MODEL Thanks Raffaele. Is there a good way of finding out the model of soundcard in my computer, without taking the case off (possible, but not ideal)? well, as showed from aplay -l your model is : ALC887-VD `cd /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver` and `gunzip HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz` open HD-Audio-Models.txt with your favourite text editor/viewer, rows [128..153] they seems to match your model (-VD apart), have a try according to your computer and/or souncard and/or board I see your card has an spdif so I would guess one of 3stack-dig 6stack-dig 3stack-6ch-dig 3stack-6ch-intel remember to reload alsa after each change (service alsa-utils restart) -r -- *L'unica speranza di catarsi, ammesso che ne esista una, resta affidata all'istinto di ribellione, alla rivolta non isterilita in progetti, alla protesta violenta e viscerale. (V. Evangelisti) *
Re: No sound with new install
Am Montag, 2. April 2012, 11:49:05 schrieb Nick White: Hi debian folks, I installed Debian last week (for the first time), and things generally went very nicely. One thing which isn't yet working though is sound. I'm currently using the kernel from debian-backports (linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64) in order to get my ethernet working, but the same thing happenned with the stock 2.6 kernel too (linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64) I've got the same issue on sid. At the moment I'm working around it by killing pulseaudio after booting. When it then autimatically restarts, sound is working for me. kind regards, Jens-Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201204021616.28167.j...@jmho.de
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:29:56PM +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: well, as showed from aplay -l your model is : ALC887-VD `cd /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver` and `gunzip HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz` open HD-Audio-Models.txt with your favourite text editor/viewer, rows [128..153] they seems to match your model (-VD apart), have a try according to your computer and/or souncard and/or board I see your card has an spdif so I would guess one of 3stack-dig 6stack-dig 3stack-6ch-dig 3stack-6ch-intel remember to reload alsa after each change (service alsa-utils restart) Thanks alot for the clear advice. Unfortunately none of those made a jot of difference, and nor did trying the other most obvious candidates from the models list. I found the motherboard model this soundcard is attached to online; http://www.gigabyte.tw/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4091#sp - and it does indeed list it as a Realtek ALC887 High Definition Audio device. I suppose I could try the external Realtek driver pointed to from the 'Alternative Method' section of the Alsa wiki page, but as I mentioned earlier I'd far rather find a proper solution to the problem (particularly because I want to use a fully mainline or debian-maintained kernel). Anybody have any other suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402144400.GA1911@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 04:16:28PM +0200, Jens-Michael Hoffmann wrote: I've got the same issue on sid. At the moment I'm working around it by killing pulseaudio after booting. When it then autimatically restarts, sound is working for me. Hi Jens-Michael, That doesn't sound like the same issue that I'm reporting at all, actually (read further messages in the thread for more details of my problems). Maybe you should start a new thread for your problem, or open a bug? Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402144609.GB1911@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
On 02/04/12 11:49, Nick White wrote: Hi debian folks, I installed Debian last week (for the first time), and things generally went very nicely. One thing which isn't yet working though is sound. I'm currently using the kernel from debian-backports (linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64) in order to get my ethernet working, but the same thing happenned with the stock 2.6 kernel too (linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64) Any suggestions at all of things to try would be most appreciated. Below is hopefully relevant output from interesting commands. Ok.. I know these may sound really naive... but with the integrated audio thingies sometimes audio is really troublesome to set up even if everything is working correctly, so: - Are you 100% sure you have plugged your headphones/speakers in the right output. This may seem funny but here e.g. I have front and rear headphone jack and these are selectable from the alsamixer. I've seen situations in which only one worked so you should try the combinations. - On the same line try playing with levels and switches in (alsa)mixer (or some other gui version) .. I have seen that sometimes when I upgrade, for some unpredictable reason the PCM volume is turned down to 0 (PCM is basically all the audio you'll get from applications). You would be surprised to know how many times I wasted time debugging audio problems at the driver level and the issue was actually in the (alsa) mixer, cables, plugs etc. Good luck! Lorenzo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f79bd86.7070...@gmail.com
Re: No sound with new install
Those Realtek/intel on-board soundards have a problem with 3.2 kernels. Some things work, some things do not. Two new controls were added: speaker and headphone (so I was informed in a similar thread a few weeks ago when the problem surfaced on my machine). The speaker control does not show up at all. The headphone control will show on asla-mixers and qasmixe but NOT on kmix. Headphone must be enabled to get sound. Media through browsers still does not work but other playback MAY. (BTW: Headphones pugged into the interface do not work.) As of 3.1 kernels and onwards, direct line input to this interface also does not work (maybe a hardware problem by me?). I had another card plugged in to that. I have to go through jack and alsa_out to work around this problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201204021808.00059.d_ba...@012.net.il
Re: No sound with new install
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 04:53:58PM +0200, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: Ok.. I know these may sound really naive... but with the integrated audio thingies sometimes audio is really troublesome to set up even if everything is working correctly, so: - Are you 100% sure you have plugged your headphones/speakers in the right output. This may seem funny but here e.g. I have front and rear headphone jack and these are selectable from the alsamixer. I've seen situations in which only one worked so you should try the combinations. Yeah, those are good thoughts. I haven't actually heard sound from the PC yet (it's new, and didn't come with an OS), so plan to load up a few live CDs to check whether things work better there, and to more closely rule out hardward issues. I have tried plugging my speakers into everywhere, though, so think it's unlikely to be the issue here (and checked that audio was enabled in my bios). - On the same line try playing with levels and switches in (alsa)mixer (or some other gui version) .. I have seen that sometimes when I upgrade, for some unpredictable reason the PCM volume is turned down to 0 (PCM is basically all the audio you'll get from applications). As alsamixer and related applications all don't start due to an error at the moment I can't do this, and it implies that it's more than just a little configuration thing sadly. You would be surprised to know how many times I wasted time debugging audio problems at the driver level and the issue was actually in the (alsa) mixer, cables, plugs etc. I really hope I don't find out that it's something stupid like that in this case! Doesn't seem to be, I think. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120402153611.GC1911@starfish
Re: No sound with new install
Nick White nick.wh...@durham.ac.uk wrote:
I installed Debian last week (for the first time), and things
generally went very nicely.
One thing which isn't yet working though is sound.
I did an installation of a Wheezy-system about a month ago and ran into
the same problem: No sound. I did not take notes as to how I got sound
working (I am rather impatient with these kind of problems), but to my
recollection, it ran along these lines:
At some point (not during the installation but later) I got an error
message informing me that the file:
/usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf
was obsolete (or something to that effect), I then renamed the file:
$ sudo mv /usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf /usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf.org
and thereafter I did:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
and actually I think that solved my problem at that point. You could try
renaming or deleting the above mentioned file and see if it does not help
you.
However, sometime later, sound once again stopped working (for whatever
reason I do not know). I then proceeded to delete all packages related to
pulseaudio, leaving me with only alsa sound packages.
I ran:
$ aplay -l
List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices
card 1: Aureon51MkII [Aureon5.1MkII], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
to find out what number my sound card had (it was number '1').
I then put these two lines into $HOME/.asoundrc:
defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.ctl.card 1
(you should replace '1' with '0' in the above two lines)
and then
$ sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
and bingo, sound has worked for me ever since.
I do not know if it will solve your problem, as it seems you have other
issues, but try it and then run the speaker test mentioned elsewhere in
this thread.
Obviously your sound cards output channel must not be muted. You open it
up with a sound mixer, but I did note that you could not run that. Try
and google for the error message that you got in regard.
Regards,
Morten
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Re: No sound with new install
On 02/04/12 15:44, Nick White wrote: Anybody have any other suggestions? When I installed Squeeze 6.0.3/4 onto my newish HP G62 laptop, I had no sound. I was given this advice by someone, (I'm afraid I can't remember who), from Linuxquestions - Debian forum:- Download the latest alsa-driver package from alsa-project.org. Install linux-source-? linux-headers-?, also binutils needed. (? = kernel patch numbers) Configure it with:- ./configure --with-debug=full--enable-dynamic-minors \ --with-moddir=updates (all one line) make make install Rebooted had sound! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f79f4ea.9000...@gmail.com
