Am 29.09.2011 01:27, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Am 29.09.2011 00:03, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> Am 28.09.2011 23:28, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> I have configured pulseaudio according >>>>>> >>>>>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/PulseAudio >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> but I simply have no sound. >>>>>> >>>>>> The pulseaudio playback volume meter shows me signal, and that the bars >>>>>> are jumping if I playback a music track. >>>>>> >>>>>> alsa-plugins (with pulseaudio USE flag) >>>>>> gst-plugins-pulse >>>>>> >>>>>> are installed. But I don't know what is being blocked, that I have no >>>>>> sound output at my headphones. >>>>>> >>>>>> PS: the headphones are ok. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> What music player are you using? Did you set or modify ~/.asoundrc? >>>> >>>> ~/.asoundrc doesn't exist. >>>> >>>> I have /etc/asound.conf with these entries: >>>> >>>> >>>> pcm.pulse { >>>> type pulse >>>> } >>>> >>>> ctl.pulse { >>>> type pulse >>>> } >>>> >>>> for all alsa applications to be redirected to pulse! >>> >>> Mmmh. It's not exactly like that: If you use pcm.pulse and ctl.pulse, >>> then you need to specify pulse as the virtual ALSA device. If you want >>> "all alsa applications to be redirected to pulse", you need: >>> >>> pcm.!default { >>> type pulse >>> } >>> >>> ctl.!default { >>> type pulse >>> } >>> >>>> The players Rhythmbox, xine all with pulseaudio default output plugins. >>> >>> That should work. Did you check in sound settings that pulse is indeed >>> the desired output >>> >>>>> What Desktop do you use? >>>> >>>> Gnome, latest 2.x version >>>> >>>> Is the pulseaudio daemon running? >>>> >>>> Yes! >>>> >>>> tamer@office ~ $ pstree -pu | grep puls >>>> >>>> |-pulseaudio(22833,tamer)-+-gconf-helper(22840)---{gconf-helper}(22841) >>>> | |-{pulseaudio}(22839) >>>> | `-{pulseaudio}(22842) >>> >>> Looks OK. >>> >>>> I have added all config files in "/etc/pulse/" >>> >>> I wouldn't touch the files on /etc/pulse. I recommend first trying to >>> make it work with the files included with pulseaudio (backup >>> /etc/pulse, move the dir out of /etc and emerge again pulseaudio) >>> before trying anything else. Supposedly, pulseaudio should "just >>> works". Since the first time I installed it I have never touched the >>> files in /etc/pulse, except to change the log-level of the daemon. >>> >> As requested, I moved the pulse folder somewhere else and remerged >> pulseaudio as well moved /etc/asound.conf somewhere else as well. >> >> No sound! > > Weird. > >>> I'm on GNOME 3, so things are a little different, and I don't remember >>> exactly the dialogs, but instead of the Gentoo wiki page, I would >>> follow this: >>> >>> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup >>> >>> And more specifically: >>> >>> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#GNOME >>> >>> and >>> >>> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#GStreamerApplications >>> >>> Also, in really weird cases, the ALSA device gets its volume muted: >>> You can try to remove (back up first) /etc/asound.conf, and run (as >>> root) >>> >>> alsamixer -V all >> >> I did, and fired all the bars up. nothing! really nothing! > > Really weird. > >>> and trying to unmute and turn up the volume on everything. When you >>> hear something with any player, return the asound.conf to /etc and try >>> again. >>> >>> Regards. >> >> I have the dumb feeling that one process is blocking the output, I hear >> in my headphones the white noise of my system, which wouldn't be there >> if the soundcard hadn't been initialised. > > It's more simple than that: if you see the bars movind in the mixer > application, some sound should be made. > >> Is there a way to find out which applications might make use of the >> soundcard right now?! > > Probably with strace or a similar tool; however, let me see first if > I'm understanding the problem. This is a laptop?
A usual tower machine! Core2 DUO, nothing's special! If so, the sound > works without headphones? The internal speakers work? with the headphones all the time.... There are no internal speakers (not a notebook) > > Also, can you please post the output of "pactl list"? Yes of course, here it is: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wDgy3x64 > > Regards. thanks Tamer
