Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed -- problem solved

2014-11-14 Thread Bill Unruh
William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | un...@physics.ubc.ca Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ On Fri, 1

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed -- problem solved

2014-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> >>>Just for curiosity's sake: what other Linux program > >>>could I substitute for pulseaudio? Someday, when I've > >>>picked myself up off the floor, I might feel like playing > >>>with it. I am a musician, play violin and viola, so > >>>the temptation is there. Soon or l

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed -- problem solved

2014-11-14 Thread Alan McConnell
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:41:32PM -0800, Bill Unruh wrote: > > If you want to know exactly what goes on you will need to read the source. As > far as I know pulseaudion has no document that details the exact way in which > it works, etc. I agree with this, having done the search. I d

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed -- problem solved

2014-11-14 Thread Bill Unruh
William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | un...@physics.ubc.ca Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ On Fri, 1

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed -- problem solved

2014-11-14 Thread Alan McConnell
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:29:50AM -0800, Bill Unruh wrote: > JUst to clarify a bit. pulseaudio sits on top of alsa-- ie it needs alsa (or > oss) to be running properly in order for it to work. It takes audio streams > from the programs and mixes them together and sends them off to the alsa > drive

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed -- problem solved

2014-11-14 Thread Bill Unruh
JUst to clarify a bit. pulseaudio sits on top of alsa-- ie it needs alsa (or oss) to be running properly in order for it to work. It takes audio streams from the programs and mixes them together and sends them off to the alsa drivers, etc (at least when it is working properly). This means that if,

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed -- problem solved

2014-11-14 Thread Alan McConnell
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 07:17:54PM -0600, Alves, Prashant wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > Sorry for the late reply. I have lost access to the pc that was similar > to your setup so I will not be able to do any experiments. My replies > are below. No need to! The solution to my problem was

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed

2014-11-13 Thread Alves, Prashant
Hi Alan, Sorry for the late reply. I have lost access to the pc that was similar to your setup so I will not be able to do any experiments. My replies are below. On 2014-11-11 08:40, Alan McConnell wrote: > Hi, Prashant, thanks for your E-mail, and suggestions. > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed

2014-11-11 Thread Alan McConnell
Hi, Prashant, thanks for your E-mail, and suggestions. On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 05:21:45PM -0600, Alves, Prashant wrote: > > > Did you check alsamixer to ensure that the outputs are not muted ? Also > if you have pulseaudio installed, you would have to check pulse audio > mixer to ensure the sou

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed

2014-11-10 Thread Alves, Prashant
Did you check alsamixer to ensure that the outputs are not muted ? Also if you have pulseaudio installed, you would have to check pulse audio mixer to ensure the sound is not muted there (or remove pulseaudio to debug or reduce complexity). My computer is connected via HDMI and I had to create

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed

2014-11-10 Thread Alan McConnell
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:03:56AM -0600, Alves, Prashant wrote: > > It looks like you have a similar card as mine: > > 0 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI > HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf7d34000 irq 62 > 1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH > HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7d3 irq 63 I don't und

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed

2014-11-10 Thread Alves, Prashant
It looks like you have a similar card as mine: 0 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf7d34000 irq 62 1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7d3 irq 63 I had to go to a backported kernel to fix the sound for me. Here is the kernel that worked for me

Re: [Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed

2014-11-10 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Alan McConnell wrote: > I bought a new desktop, and installed Wheezy(Debian v 7) on it. > And sound, ALSA, which ran very well with Squeeze, is now > frightful. When it runs, it yields horribly staticy, crackly > sound. > > My kernel is: vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-686-pae . You need a newer kernel. > A

[Alsa-user] Sound on new Debian install is hosed

2014-11-10 Thread Alan McConnell
Assembled Wisdom! I bought a new desktop, and installed Wheezy(Debian v 7) on it. And sound, ALSA, which ran very well with Squeeze, is now frightful. When it runs, it yields horribly staticy, crackly sound. When I click to pause a video, the crackly sound continues for another 4 secondes befor