no /proc/asound, test sound works though

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I am not able to get any sound from software, other than LoopDub… which when I installed it, the issue began.
I can play test sounds via;

yast —> sound -----> other → play test sound
&
speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav

BUT

no aplay, audacity, youtube etc… The programs appear to be playing the sound/audio but nothing comes out. When audacity starts there is a flurry of chtchs sounds, but thats it. Also there is a similar sound from the volume control when I move it, but not the familiar plunk sound.

Incidentally, what is that sound?

I was reading through the troubleshooting guide in this subforum and came upon the section about querying the alsa version, when I discovered that there is no;

/proc/asound

directory whatsoever.

Is the solution to update alsa, https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Alsa-update ? I saw this, but am unsure if 1.) will fix it and 2.) its neccesary

I am asking here, rather than asking the developer of loopdub because I think that this may be something that is more easily resolved from this end, although I may mention it to him, if I get it fixed.

Thank You,

a5’

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Sorry, don’t know what I did but the sound came back… its been down for two weeks but works now.

??

and asound is back.

thanks anyway.

a5’

3

Well, that us fine of course.

But can you please next time tell which software and versions you use. Now we even do not know which version of openSUSE so miraciously recovered.

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I apologize.

less /etc/SuSE-release>
openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64)
VERSION = 12.3
CODENAME = Dartmouth

uname -a

Linux res-cmts 3.7.10-1.16-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 31 20:21:23 UTC 2013 (97c14ba) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Gnome
Version 3.6.2

Mem 7.8 GiB
Processor Intel Xeon CPU 3.60GHz x 4
Graphics Quadro FX 1400/PCle/SSE2
OS type 64-bit
Disk 2.0 TB

less /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.7.10-1.16-desktop.

LoopDub installed from /usr/local/LoopDub-0.4/

Thanks,

a5’

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Also, this might help

lspci -k | less 

--- snip --

02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB X-Fi
        Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 0024
        Kernel driver in use: snd_ctxfi
--snip--
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Shedding light

after using rakarrack the sound fails again,

also loopdub.

visiting;

YaST ----> Sound ----> (select card) Edit ------> Reset Values (confirm)

seems to set it strait,

also maybe select analog output from card.

-a5