Audio output failed: The audio device "default" could not be used: No such file or directory.

VLC 2.0.6 on openSUSE 12.3 64 bit reports:

Audio output failed:
The audio device “default” could not be used:
No such file or directory.`

I CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE SOUND TO WORK

Perhaps I need to address this:

!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

No sound servers found.

as found in the log created by running alsa-info.sh

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Your ALSA information is located at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=677a07b33eac78ef14bf3bf188b0d5416400458a

upload=true&script=true&cardinfo=
!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.62
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Sat Jun 29 02:53:59 UTC 2013

!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Welcome to openSUSE 12.3 “Dartmouth” - Kernel \r (\l). openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) NAME=openSUSE PRETTY_NAME=“openSUSE 12.3 (Dartmouth) (x86_64)” ID=opensuse CPE_NAME=“cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3”

!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
Product Name: TOSHIBA NB550D
Product Version: PLL5FE-00201FPL
Firmware Version: 1.40

!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release: 3.7.10-1.16-desktop
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Architecture: x86_64
Processor: x86_64
SMP Enabled: Yes

!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version: k3.7.10-1.16-desktop
Library version:
Utilities version: 1.0.26

!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------

snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_intel

!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

No sound servers found.

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

0 [Generic ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
HD-Audio Generic at 0xfeb44000 irq 42
1 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0xfeb40000 irq 16

!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6250/6310]
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)

Do you have pulse audio installed and enabled ? What is the output of


rpm -qa *pulse*

For example, on my PC I get:


oldcpu@corei7-920:~/panorama> rpm -qa *pulse*
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
vlc-aout-pulse-2.0.6-128.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-utils-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-x11-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
libpulse0-32bit-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulse-1.0.26-1.1.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-equalizer-2.7rev4-1.4.noarch
libxine2-pulse-1.2.3-84.1.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-jack-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
libpulse0-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64
alsa-plugins-pulse-32bit-1.0.26-1.1.2.x86_64
pulseaudio-module-lirc-3.0-1.6.1.x86_64

I believe you should have something similar.

Also, I note this:


aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

You have your HDMI device as card-0 and your nominal audio as card-1. By default desktops tend to send audio to card-0. If you are not using HDMI then IMHO you should switch those in YaST.

And finally I note in your mixer for your nominal audio (which I believe is inappropriately assigned as card-0) the following:


**!!-------Mixer controls for card 1 [SB]**

**Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfeb40000 irq 16'**
  Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC269VB'
**Simple mixer control 'Master',0**
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono: Playback 0 **[0%]** -65.25dB]** [off]**

So even if you did not have card-0 and card-1 swapped and even if pulse was appropriately installed enabled, sound still would not work as the master volume control has all audio muted.