LOL started the java app, and got sound, no idea why speaker-test didn't work.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Daiajo Tibdixious <[email protected]> wrote: > Had gentoo linux for years. Original system had working sound, which > gradually petered out (working in some apps and not others) until no > sound at all. > > Got a new system, a few months old, set it up according to the ALSA > guilde (wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ALSA) but no sound. > > Physically removed the speakers, plugged into laptop, works fine. > Put back in desktop (linux) and no sound. > > linux # lsof /dev/snd/pcmC1D3p > linux # speaker-test -t wav -c 2 > > speaker-test 1.0.27.2 > > Playback device is default > Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels > WAV file(s) > Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) > Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192 > Period size range from 1024 to 1024 > Using max buffer size 8192 > Periods = 4 > was set period_size = 1024 > was set buffer_size = 8192 > 0 - Front Left > 1 - Front Right > -- > I got the sound device from lsof | grep snd with a java app running > which locks the sound device. Did the above with it shut down. > > alsamixer shows 2 cards, 1 HDMI, so I presume I got the right 1. > The speaker cable is green so I plugged in the middle green hole > (which also says "line out"). Also tried the other ones ("line in" and > mic symbol). > > There are no other audio slots anywhere so I think is a software problem. > > alsamixer calls the card "HDA AIT SB:" chip "Realtek ALC887-VD" > I have PCI/Intel HD Audio/Realtek enabled (plus many others in that group). > > I'm doing all this testing from root. > > I've tried everything I can think of, what next?
