Somehow I cannot get sound on my newly installed opensuse 11.3, KDE 64 bit
I tried the sound panel and it looks allright. I also followed the multimedia guide an installed packman repositiry and vlc, - i might have done it wrong? Anyway… still no sound…
Could someone give a little help…?
What is your test criteria for determining if there is sound ? some tests:
If no sound in any application, then try each of the following in a terminal, first as a regular user and then with root permissions. Try with and without headsets:
speaker-test -Dplug:front -c2 -l5 -twav
speaker-test -c2 -l5 -twav
speaker-test -c2 -D hw:0,0 -t wav -l3
aplay -vv /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_*
aplay -vv /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav
Do any of those give an indication of sound ?
Please, can you then also provide more information ? Specifically provide the information that is recommended to be provided per our multimedia stickie:
please post in this “multimedia” sub-forum, providing in your post the following information:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh
and select the SHARE/UPLOAD option and after the script finishes it will give you a URL to pass to the support personnel. Please post here the output URL/website-address that gives. Just the URL/website-address. You may need to run that script twice (the first time with root permissions to update in the /usr/sbin directory, and the second time to get the URL).
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Note if for some reason that gives you no website/url/address then run it with the no-upload option:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
and post the file /etc/alsa-info.txt it creates to Pastebin.com and press SUBMIT on that site and again post here the URL/website-address it provides. Also do the following steps …
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… some clarification on running the script “alsa-info.sh” … when you run:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh
you should get something like this (if it asks for an update, select NO):
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followed by this (select the SHARE/UPLOAD option):
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followed by this (its quickest if you simply select ‘NO’ to seeing the output - you will see it on the web page) :
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followed by this (where in RED is the URL).
http://thumbnails23.imagebam.com/9280/d9858092794051.jpg](ImageBam)
Just post the URL you get (similar to the RED URL in my example, but yours will be different).
Again, if you can not get that, then run this with the no upload option:
/usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh --no-upload
which will create the file /tmp/alsa-info.txt. Copy that file and paste it on Pastebin.com and press submit. That will give you a URL address. Please post that URL here.
Hello Oldcpu
First of all, I appreciate you using your time in helping me!
And that is a very detailed and thorough reply, which makes it easier.
So I have tried to follow it…
The first 3 soundtest you gave did give a faint sound, very low, both in left and right.
So there is some kind of sound, - before I wrote I have checked Yast, tried the sound option, as well as checked Kmix, its at a 100%, - just checked again to be sure.
Test 4 & 5 “so run this command and tell me if the number of #'s and %'s are changing:”
Yes they did.
And then I tried to follow the bash commands, and after a bit of trial and error, think I got around to doing it right.
So it put a file n temporay; /tmp/alsa-info.txt.W2Ml5T0K1Z
which I copied and put in
file:///tmp/alsa-info.txt.W2Ml - Anonymous - DK2Bceq9 - Pastebin.com
But it did not give me a url, on the second try, taking careful notes of the five bashscreens you provided it did give me this
“Your ALSA information is located at http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=02de14ead161b4f26c624a2e2cf54647f17b0b94
Please inform the person helping you.”
So that done, maybe the uploaded text doesn’t matter.
So far so good…
Then what could I do…?
Thats good news !
Thats good news.
From that I note a 64-bit openSUSE-11.3 with the 2.6.34-12-desktop kernel on an ECS G31T-M7 motherboard/pc with the ‘stock’ alsa that comes with openSUSE-11.3 (v.1.0.22.1/1.0.23). I also note your hardware audio codec is a VIA VT1708B 8-Ch where I recall many openSUSE-11.3 users have struggled with that.
I also note from your mixer:
Mixer name : ‘VIA VT1708B 8-Ch’
Simple mixer control ‘Master Front’,0
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] -40.25dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] -40.25dB] [on]
Can you start your mixer and move UP the master front volume control and see if that helps.
Failing that, I can give you some guidance on updating the alsa driver.
Yes you are very right about the motherboard, and also about the soundcard. It is also true that alsa is the stock alsa.
Mmja the mixer… I have a widget in the panel which shows 100%, i just clicked and moved it down, then up again.
Also Kmix was up in all settings, I checked it earlier today, but for some reason it won’t load now it just begins to (there is a jumping icon next to the mousepointer ) and disappears.
So as far as I know the mixers are up 100%. I will restart and heck Kmix again.
Ahhh I think it was running, represented by the icon in the panel, there I could chose Kmix (probably how I did it earlier also) and i got a possibility of 1) show mixer window, 2) select Master channel, mute - mute is not checked.
Master channel was marked in pcm, - should it be that? And I could get a window with four settings front, pcm, cd and headphones where volume could be moved up and down, they were all up full.
Under kmix go to SETTINGS > CONFIGURE channels, and add the control for Master Front.
I am not really sure I follow…?
Under Kmix I can choose settings - CONFIGURE channels, and then I cant add the control for Master Front… all I can do is marking it with blue as I point at it.
The dialogbox is like this;
/To the left:)
Configuration of the channels
Available channels
Master Front
Front Mic
Line
Mic
IEC958
IEC958 Default PCM
Capture
Capture 2
Independent HP
Input source
Smart 5.1
(to the right)
visible channels
Front
PCM
headphones
cd
I can not make it more clear. Sorry.
The menu item I pointed out is how you add more controls to your mixer. If that does not make sense to you, then there is nothing more I can do to explain it better.
Well it is a bit stalled here… and I am of course sorry that I do not understand it.
But I will try to clarify what I can,
Kmix has a small Icon in the right side of the bottom panel of my KDE
If I put the mouse pointer to it, I get the sound volume.
If I right click with the mouse, I get a menu/dialogbox where I can chose Mute, select master channel, mixer window.
If I there chose select master channel, I get this menu.
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there I can only point one place.
If I there chose mixer window, I get a small box showing that mixer channel, in.example pcm.
(PCM is marked now)
in there I can chose mixer, and I get this window
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Now there I can chose settings, configure channels, it does not seem I can do anything in there neither by right or left clicking any place.
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I can also chose settings, select master channel and get this menu
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In that I can chose one, but then unchose the previous…
I cannot add one (more)
Is that what I should do, chose one instead of the other, masterfront instead of PCM…? (I didn’t)
( And then i just restarted Opensuse, and it made a sound… but Amarok is mute, and i cannot click it un-mute)
(( Ok I was also opening and closing the windows, fiddling quite a bit whilst trying to snapshot it for this, - one time i I marked in masterfront, and when its mixer came up, it was not full up, so I moved it up, and contimued snapshotting… (maybe that was what you wanted me to do…? ) Anyway, my snapshotting stalled and i re-started and IT MADE A SOUND!!! Now i will have my dinner and tjek the various media, - checked two already, Amarok is mute, Mplayer is not.))
Now I checked avi and mp3 play back and its fine, - and Amarok just needed to be unmuted, which i found i could do. So thanks for the help so far, this issue with my pc is a big thing for me, and you have really helped.The only issue now is that Kscd player (and Mplayer) does not play cds fluently, they stall, continue and stall. What might that be? (it is probably not the Dvd writer - because its new, and works in windows (But i do not want to use windows, its not as good as opensuse, - once it is up and running))
Glad you have sound.
I don’t know the cause of the stall / continue / stall problem.
I could suggest things to look at, but it would be timeconsuming for you if I did so, and it may have nothing to do with your problem, so I’m not sure if you wish to check it out? Anyway, in case you are … then take a look at step#7 here: SDB:Audio troubleshooting - step#7
Absolutely, if you would bother to help, I will certainly want to check it out.
For a start I will look at step 7.
like this; /etc/pulse/ (enter)
load-module module-hal-detect tsched= 0 (enter) ?
If I remove this feature (pulse), and it is not the problem, though I can see the thing about choppy / skipping sound, could I reverse it if it doesn’t solve the problem…? ( it is probably reversible…by putting the original line back?)
Couldn’t it also be a codec issue; perhaps I some got something wrong in installing packman or VLC drivers.? Since it is only kscd?
Don’t remove anything you can not restore (is my philosophy).
if you think it a pulse audio problem, you could open up a Terminal session and enter su - and then the password.
At the terminal prompt enter this command (with root permissions).
setup-pulseaudio --disable
restart and test.
If that does not work, then you MUST enable it again with (with root permissions):
setup-pulseaudio --enable
vlc drivers? How are those relevant to kscd? Have you mixed Packman and Videolan repositories ?
Thats a philosophy that sounds wise to me…!
Hmm Bash says there is no pulse audio installed (doesn’t it come with the package ? would that be a good idea to have? )
peter@1503022856:~> sudo setup-pulseaudio --disable
root’s password:
sudo: setup-pulseaudio: command not found
peter@1503022856:~> setup-pulseaudio --disable
If ‘setup-pulseaudio’ is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
cnf setup-pulseaudio
peter@1503022856:~> sudo setup-pulseaudio --disable
sudo: setup-pulseaudio: command not found
peter@1503022856:~> cnf setup-pulseaudio
The program ‘setup-pulseaudio’ can be found in following packages:
Try installing with:
sudo zypper install pulseaudio
peter@1503022856:~>
sudo: setup-pulseaudio: command not found
peter@1503022856:~>
Concerning VLC and Packman, - I installed the items listed in “Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide”, - didnt uninstall VLC repository, since i thought it might be good to have.
I can not tell, because you decided not to provide all the information I asked for … Please note my above post where I asked:
I assume that was because you missed it ??
I had the same problem. I upgraded to 11.3 and sounds were very low. Kmixer and every other sound volume handle turned up, up, up.
A guest tried starting something called alsamixer and turned up main volume there which fixed it. Never heard of alsamixer before and certainly I didn’t turn the volume down with it!
Anyway now things are fine.
That is embarrasing, I certainly did miss that.! I’m with my woman right now, but will do tomorrow.
Hi again
Here is the result of the five command lines:
peter@1503022955:~> rpm -qa ‘alsa’
alsa-oss-1.0.17-29.2.x86_64
alsa-plugins-1.0.23-1.9.x86_64
alsa-1.0.23-2.12.x86_64
alsa-plugins-32bit-1.0.23-1.9.x86_64
alsa-utils-1.0.23-1.8.x86_64
alsa-oss-32bit-1.0.17-29.2.x86_64
peter@1503022955:~>
peter@1503022955:~> rpm -qa ‘pulse’
libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.21-10.1.1.x86_64
libxine1-pulse-1.1.19-1.pm.44.3.x86_64
libpulse0-0.9.21-10.1.1.x86_64
peter@1503022955:~>
peter@1503022955:~> rpm -q libasound2
libasound2-1.0.23-2.12.x86_64
peter@1503022955:~>
peter@1503022955:~> uname -a
Linux 1503022955 2.6.34-12-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-06-29 02:39:08 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
peter@1503022955:~>
peter@1503022955:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
peter@1503022955:~>
Hope that will help, and that I did not overlook anything, - I think I did the rest in that post.