Have you tried orca --replace lately?
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > There are two choices when I press F6, the Intel PCI audio and USB1. > The latter is likely the USB audio card, but I tried both anyway, and the > audio comes out the external USB soundcard, in the terminal. > That is with all terminal audio tests. > But either choice gives me nothing in the GUI with Orca. > > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jude DaShiell" <[email protected]> > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 5:58 PM > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble > > > I hate pulseaudio! The information generated by pactl is very nearly > useless. > See if you can run alsamixer hit f6 select USB Audio and hit enter. > After that a ways down the screen there's going to be lots of m's. try > arrowing into that mess and see if you can change those m's to u's then > take the percentages up. You may have to use tab to navigate those > controls I normally avoid alsamixer and prefer amixer since it's simpler. > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > > > Hi Jude, > > I think card 0 is unmuted, but I don't know how to select it as the main > > source. > > I tried > > pacmd set-default-sink card0 > > and it did not recognize card0 or card 0 as a device name. > > Based on the below, from pacmd list-sinks > > I get the list, but I don't know what name to use: > > > > Thanks: > > 1 sink(s) available. > > * index: 0 > > name: > > <alsa_output.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo> > > driver: <module-alsa-card.c> > > flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY > > DYNAMIC_LATENCY > > state: SUSPENDED > > suspend cause: IDLE > > priority: 9049 > > volume: front-left: 30419 / 46% / -20.00 dB, front-right: 30419 / 46% > > / -20.00 dB > > balance 0.00 > > base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB > > volume steps: 65537 > > muted: no > > current latency: 0.00 ms > > max request: 0 KiB > > max rewind: 0 KiB > > monitor source: 0 > > sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz > > channel map: front-left,front-right > > Stereo > > used by: 0 > > linked by: 0 > > configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms > > card: 0 <alsa_card.usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device-00> > > module: 7 > > properties: > > alsa.resolution_bits = "16" > > device.api = "alsa" > > device.class = "sound" > > alsa.class = "generic" > > alsa.subclass = "generic-mix" > > alsa.name = "USB Audio" > > alsa.id = "USB Audio" > > alsa.subdevice = "0" > > alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0" > > alsa.device = "0" > > alsa.card = "1" > > alsa.card_name = "USB Audio Device" > > alsa.long_card_name = "C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Audio Device at > > usb-0000:00:14.0-1.1, full speed" > > alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio" > > device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:1.1:1.0" > > sysfs.path = > > "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/sound/card1" > > udev.id = "usb-C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device-00" > > device.bus = "usb" > > device.vendor.id = "0d8c" > > device.vendor.name = "C-Media Electronics, Inc." > > device.product.id = "0014" > > device.product.name = "Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A)" > > device.serial = "C-Media_Electronics_Inc._USB_Audio_Device" > > device.string = "front:1" > > device.buffering.buffer_size = "352800" > > device.buffering.fragment_size = "176400" > > device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" > > device.profile.name = "analog-stereo" > > device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo" > > device.description = "Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) Analog Stereo" > > alsa.mixer_name = "USB Mixer" > > alsa.components = "USB0d8c:0014" > > module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" > > device.icon_name = "audio-card-usb" > > ports: > > analog-output-speaker: Speakers (priority 10000, latency offset 0 usec, > > available: unknown) > > properties: > > device.icon_name = "audio-speakers" > > active port: <analog-output-speaker> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <[email protected]> > > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]>; > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 5:33 PM > > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble > > > > > > Try running pulseaudio in ssh with nothing on the command line, that may > > start it up. > > > > > > > >
