Try man aplay or aplay -l or maybe aplay somefile.wav. There's also arec for recording. And amixer has volume controls.
_________________________ Life will be better once the Republicans move to Mars. _________________________ FIRE TRUMP! On Tue, Nov 3, 2026, 8:37 PM Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > are you using a sound server like pulseaudio? > > If you're using plain ALSA without a sound server, you'll probably need > to configure it to specify that you want to use headphones instead of, > say, HDMI. > > I've configured ALSA so that I can use the speakers on my EV2450 monitor > via HDMI: > > • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ > $ aplay -l | grep EV2450 > card 3: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [EV2450] > ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ > > • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ > $ cat .asoundrc > defaults.pcm.card 3 > defaults.pcm.device 3 > > In your case... > > On Tue, 2026-11-03 at 22:14 +0100, [email protected] wrote: > > headphone > > > > APLAY > > > > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] > ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ > > Subdevices: 1/1 > > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital] > > Subdevices: 1/1 > > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] > > Subdevices: 1/1 > > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > ... you could also configure it for the headphones, that is, "Analog", > for the user via $HOME/.asoundrc, with the following content: > > defaults.pcm.card 0 > defaults.pcm.device 0 > > On the other hand, I suspect that "card 0" and "device 0" are default > values that shouldn't actually require any configuration. > > Unlike professional or prosumer audio devices, you don't need dmix or a > soundserver for these onboard audio devices so that multiple programs > can access the audio device at the same time. > > It's really, really rare for my audio to stop working for no apparent > reason. When that happens, I have to restart the computer, and then the > audio works again. > > Does alsamixer not show headphone for your Intel device? Since I use > HDMI, it's irrelevant to me, but for me, alsamixer displays a fader > labeled “Headphon” (not spelled out in full). > > Every now and then I read on mailing lists that there are problems with > onboard devices and headphones. Unfortunately, I can't offer any further > insight on this, since I use professional audio devices when it comes to > headphones. You might want to try a user mailing list for the Linux > distribution you're using, where there's more activity than on this > list. > > Regards, > Ralf > > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user >
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