On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:51, Canek Peláez Valdés <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Tamer Higazi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Am 29.09.2011 01:27, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Tamer Higazi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> Am 29.09.2011 00:03, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > >>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Tamer Higazi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> Am 28.09.2011 23:28, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > >>>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Tamer Higazi < > [email protected]> 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 > > OK, I'm back on my laptop. I would have told you yesterday the > commands, but using my phone keyboard make it slightly impossible. > > The problem (I think) is that your sound card has digital and analog > outputs. At some point in the future, the kernel drivers would be able > to auto-detect which output has a cable connected to it, but right now > (AFAIK) is not working, and for some reason in your machine pulse is > sending the output through the digital output: that's the meaning of: > > Aktive Profile: output:iec958-stereo > > the last line of your "pactl list". The profile you want is > "output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo", because (if I'm not > mistaken), that's the output that sends the sound to your speakers. To > select that profile, simply do (as your normal user, not as root): > > pacmd set-card-profile 0 "output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo" > > The 0 is the index of your card (you know is this for the line "Karte > #0" in the output of pactl list), and the profile is the analog one, > both for output and input. > > Please reboot your machine with the default config files in > /etc/pulse, and with your /etc/asound.conf, to make sure no other > setting is getting in the way, and try the pacmd command. Then try > again to play music with rhythmbox. > > Regards. > -- > Canek Peláez Valdés > Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México > > Merge pavucontrol and use it to configure pulseaudio, it's a graphical "pacmd interface" (not exactly true). Also, you don't need to reboot, only if you updated pulseaudio itself, and even then, a logout-login should be enough. Claudio Roberto França Pereira (a.k.a. Spidey) hardMOB - HTForum - @spideybr Engenharia de Computação - UFES 2006/1
