No sound in 12.2/kde

[lshantz]

Somehow I missed this before. I just tried that, and it still is showing dummy output.

MANY thanks! That did it. I had to reboot, but adding myself the audio group solved the permissions issue.

@Cirdan52

12.2 is using both sysinit & systemd I believe. Anyhow I am using the workaround of joining the audio group for now until sombody can pin point the issue.

[kog13]

Could it be that ‘audio’ is a new default group for users in 12.2 and is required for sound? That might explain why sound works for fresh installs but not upgrades, because the upgrade wouldn’t create a new account.

[rafaelocremix]

Hello People,

I have found a very particular workaround to this issue. Like Cirdan52 I had no sound as normal user, but everything worked fine for root user suggesting an permission issue. So I have created another user and this new one had normal access to sound. This made me think about a user level configuration issue. I have deleted almost all configuration files on my home - using root account to prevent confusing gnome - without much loss and now sound is working very well.

I said it was very particular to me because my /home was migrated from Ubuntu recently and was full of configuration files from the former system, this probably has caused some conflict to the system. However, this may apply to some of you since recurrent upgrades of the system my cause thus issue.

Hope it help you out.

[popaclay]

@rafaelocremix

Hello People,

I have found a very particular workaround to this issue. Like Cirdan52 I had no sound as normal user, but everything worked fine for root user suggesting an permission issue. So I have created another user and this new one had normal access to sound. This made me think about a user level configuration issue. I have deleted almost all configuration files on my home - using root account to prevent confusing gnome - without much loss and now sound is working very well.

I said it was very particular to me because my /home was migrated from Ubuntu recently and was full of configuration files from the former system, this probably has caused some conflict to the system. However, this may apply to some of you since recurrent upgrades of the system my cause thus issue.

Hope it help you out.

Thanks - modified the permission and it worked.

[chufarj]

@lshantz

This laptop is a Del XPS M1530 and has used Opensuse for 2 years. This is the first version that the sounds is not working.

In hardware it sees the Intel 82801H ICH8 Family HD Audio controller. The Kmix icon shows a “dummy output”. In the settings, it sees dummy output for playback. Going to "audio setup/device preference shows a greyed out internal audio analog stereo, and a Dummy output. Audio hardware setup shows blank. NOTHING. Nothing to select. So if I were a guessing man, I’d guess it is Kmix, not the hardware detection.

SO I’m looking for some guidance on what to do to trouble shoot this on where to start. Thanks in advance.

Went into yast -security-users and groups.
added audio group (under each user -details)
logged out then back in

Now the real card shows in kmix

[lshantz]

Yes, you are correct! Thanks. I figured it out earlier, but forgot to post my results.

@chufarj

Went into yast -security-users and groups.
added audio group (under each user -details)
logged out then back in

Now the real card shows in kmix