Hi
Today when i started my computer then tried playing a vid there was no sound. If i put my ear up to the the speaker
i can barely here it. Yesterday it workrd fine.
I am running 11.4 64 bit
Sound card is GeForce GT520 using pulseaudiio
Here is the tail of /var/log/messages
Mar 12 11:37:54 linux-w6sx rtkit-daemon[3567]: Canary thread running.
Mar 12 11:37:54 linux-w6sx rtkit-daemon[3567]: Failed to make ourselves RT: Operation not permitted
Mar 12 11:37:54 linux-w6sx rtkit-daemon[3567]: Watchdog thread running.
Mar 12 11:37:54 linux-w6sx pulseaudio[3583]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Mar 12 11:37:54 linux-w6sx kernel: 69.385692] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
Mar 12 11:37:54 linux-w6sx pulseaudio[3585]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Mar 12 11:37:54 linux-w6sx polkitd(authority=local): Registered Authentication Agent for unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1 (system bus name :1.26 [/usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1], object path /org/kde/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)
Mar 12 11:38:01 linux-w6sx kernel: 76.183621] psulauncher[3600]: segfault at 7f093c671010 ip 00007f093c671010 sp 00007f093d0bce68 error 14
Mar 12 11:38:15 linux-w6sx pulseaudio[3563]: ratelimit.c: 2 events suppressed
Mar 12 11:40:22 linux-w6sx su: (to root) terry on /dev/pts/1
I had thought GeForce GT520 was a graphic card. If I am correct, does this mean you use HDMI for audio ?
Support for openSUSE-11.4 ended a long time ago. I can’t recall the state of pulse audio for 11.4 , but I do believe it was a bit buggy and no where as near as stable as the pulse audio that is in openSUSE-12.1 and 12.2.
I note a 64-bit openSUSE-11.4 with a 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop kernel, with the alsa-driver-1.0.23 and the alsa utilities 1.0.24.2 where your audio hardware has an ALC892 hardware audio codec and also a nVidia HDMI device.
openSUSE-11.4 nominally comes with a 2.6.37 kernel. Its been too long since 11.4 that I can no longer recall the alsa version, although distro watch notes the alsa-lib was 1.0.24.1 which is close to your 1.0.24.2.
From what I can see from the diagnostic script, you have your Master audio control set wrong, with 0% gain. I believe that is why audio does now work for you. You need to go to the mixer and move that volume control up. If you fail there in doing so, you could try the program ‘alsamixer’ and failing that, I could give you an ‘amixer command’.
Here is your PC’s current incorrect mixer settings:
**!!Amixer output
**!!-------------
**!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [PCH]
**
Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xfb400000 irq 54'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC892'
**Simple mixer control 'Master',0**
Mono: Playback 0 **[0%]** -64.00dB] [on]
**Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0**
Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
**Simple mixer control 'PCM',0**
Front Left: Playback 251 [98%] [0.80dB]
Front Right: Playback 251 [98%] [0.80dB]
**Simple mixer control 'Front',0**
Front Left: Playback 58 [91%] -6.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 58 [91%] -6.00dB] [on]
**Simple mixer control 'Surround',0**
Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
**Simple mixer control 'Center',0**
Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
**Simple mixer control 'LFE',0**
Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
I am rusty on amixer commands (as I rarely send them, typically I only use them for help threads such as this). I believe card-0 (ie " c 0 " ) is your sound card. You could try one of these
amixer -c 0 -- set Master playback 70%
.
or
amixer -c 0 set Master 70%
.
or
amixer -c 0 cset Master 70%
Likely one or more or all of those will give a syntax error. I’m hoping the 1st one works. I am VERY rusty with the syntax.
