On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 05:48:53PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > I'd suggest after uninstalling Pulse*, run alsamixer, make sure the > headphones slide is unmuted, and crank that slide up to 100%, with the > headphones off your ears to prevent ear damage. Crank master and PCM up > to 100% too. You'll probably hear the music. > > If not, use amixer, aplay and speaker-test as diagnostics. I wrote a > document on troubleshooting sound systems at > http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/sound/sound_troubleshooting.htm . > Unfortunately, I wrote it before realizing the true problems with > PulseAudio. But still, it might help.
Uninstalling pulseaudio is a good first diagnostic step, and having done so, your diagnostic suggestions are applicable. One other good idea is this: alsactl init The command will put your soundcard in a usable state. As exemplified here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15765/why-do-i-have-to-run-alsactl-init-each-time-i-boot-my-system cheers, Joel > SteveT > > Steve Litt > December 2018 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century > http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
