On Wednesday, 23 March 2022 17:20:53 GMT Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:15 AM Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> > wrote: > > <SNIP> > > > The machine is ~amd64 running Plasma. I log in via SDDM, but even if, > > instead, I log in first and then startx I still get no sound. I haven't > > touched ALSA; it's whatever Plasma wanted to support its audio process. > > So by 'Plasma' you imply KDE to me. Am I correct in that?
Yes, as Wol said. > > What floors me is that two users on the same machine get different > > results. > > Agreed but if it's KDE then generally that implies pulseaudio and users can > have different configurations. Assuming generalized KDE for the moment, > then > > System Settings -> Audio > > should show your playback devices. Possibly the setting got switched to > an HDMI output on your video card or to the chipset sound device > and isn't USB at the moment? As I said, I do see all three sound devices there. I can switch them each on and off, and assign the kind of output I want from them. I do that, and using the Test buttons I hear nothing. -- Regards, Peter.