Sound Issue with Suse 11.2

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#1

I just intalled suse 11.2, running KDE on a Dell Studio 1535. There is sound on bootup and logout, but not through media players, YouTube, etc.

I tried alsamixer – nothing is muted, levels are fine.

Here is some code requested in another thread:

rpm --query --all ‘libav*’ ‘libpostproc*’ ‘libswscale*’ ‘xine’ ‘gst’ ‘layer’ ‘vlc’ | grep -v avahi | sort

gstreamer-0_10-0.10.24-3.1.x86_64
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base-0.10.24-2.4.x86_64
libgstapp-0_10-0-0.10.24-2.4.x86_64
libgstinterfaces-0_10-0-0.10.24-2.4.x86_64
libgstreamer-0_10-0-0.10.24-3.1.x86_64
libxine1-1.1.16.1-7.6.x86_64
libxine1-gnome-vfs-1.1.16.1-7.6.x86_64
libxine1-pulse-1.1.16.1-7.6.x86_64
phonon-backend-gstreamer-0_10-4.3.1-3.3.x86_64
phonon-backend-xine-4.3.1-3.3.x86_64
pullin-flash-player-11.2-2.1.x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-143.2.x86_64

and

zypper lr -d

# | Alias                               | Name                        | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                             | Service
--+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | http-download.opensuse.org-046e5601 | Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/                       |
2 | openSUSE 11.2-0                     | openSUSE 11.2-0             | Yes     | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///                                                          |
3 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-11.2-Debug         | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/  |
4 | repo-non-oss                        | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss/    |
5 | repo-oss                            | openSUSE-11.2-Oss           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/        |
6 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-11.2-Source        | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/ |

Thanks in advance for any assistance…

#2

Please, let me say WELL DONE in an EXCELLENT help request post. You researched before and provided superb information. :slight_smile:

OpenSUSE is crippled for proprietary video and sound as packaged, so what needs to be done is replace your Novell/SuSE-GmbH packaged multimedia applications with packman packaged applications. You can tell Packman packaged applications by a “pm” in the rpm version number.

Please follow the guidance here:
Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums

Note I recommend ONLY OSS, Non-OSS, Update and Packman repos. No others. None. Not one. You can add others once you become an openSUSE expert (or well informed average user). Hence you can disable repos #2 in the list you provided (as it is your CD and it will keep nagging for you to insert your CD/DVD until you disable that).

Here are some URLs you could consider reading:

Best of luck in your efforts, and if you get stumped, please do not spin your wheels. Instead post in our forum for help.

#3

Wow, oldcpu – definitely a crazy learning curve, but I somehow scrambled my way through the process in your tutorial… and I’m listening to some internet radio as I write.

Thank you!