Re: No sound in debian stretch after install.

[john doe]

On 10/30/2018 8:33 PM, ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> I brought this up a few years ago, but never got things working at least in
> stretch.  When installing using either a dvd or net installer, speech is
> fine, but once the system is installed, there is no sound.  I tried

What system/desktop environment did you install?

> alsamixer thinking that the valume need to be razed, but nothing infact
> gnome does not even get the pop sound when razing the sound.  I am guessing
> that the audio may be muted but have no way to check.  Is there a way to fix
> this without sited help.  I checked the wiki, but nothing current has turned
> up.  Anyone others ussers had this problem?  Debian testing works fine..  I
> have tried other iso installers such as 9.1 with the same result.  HTH.
> BTW, I am using a virtual machine if this matters.  
> 

I don't believe so, it is working fine here using the "debian desktop
environment".

Which vm are you using?

-- 
John Doe

Re: No sound in debian stretch after install.

[deloptes]

john doe wrote:

> Did you install by selecting the option "install with speatch"?

no

> My guess is that there are some issues with pulseaudio after installation.
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility#Debian_installer_accessibility

might be, but might be also something else

regards

Re: No sound in debian stretch after install.

[john doe]

On 10/31/2018 12:59 AM, deloptes wrote:
> ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> BTW, I am using a virtual machine if this matters.
> 
> I just tried a VMware and VBox with Debian Stretch. All works fine. pcspkr
> and also aplay works fine as well.
> 
> I tried them from Debian Stretch box - no idea what is the host of OP.
> 
> 

Did you install by selecting the option "install with speatch"?
My guess is that there are some issues with pulseaudio after installation.

https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility#Debian_installer_accessibility

-- 
John Doe

Re: No sound in debian stretch after install.

[deloptes]

ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote:

> BTW, I am using a virtual machine if this matters.

I just tried a VMware and VBox with Debian Stretch. All works fine. pcspkr
and also aplay works fine as well.

I tried them from Debian Stretch box - no idea what is the host of OP.

regards

Re: No sound in debian stretch after install.

[Brian]

On Tue 30 Oct 2018 at 20:43:20 +, Curt wrote:

> On 2018-10-30, Brian  wrote:
> > On Tue 30 Oct 2018 at 15:33:30 -0400, ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> I brought this up a few years ago, but never got things working at least in
> >> stretch.  When installing using either a dvd or net installer, speech is
> >
> > A few years ago and no sound yet. It cannot be all that important to
> > you.
> >
> 
> I think he meant weeks somehow.
> 
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/10/msg00020.html

A good link. Many thanks, but where do we go from there of here?

-- 
Brian.

Re: No sound in debian stretch after install.

[Curt]

On 2018-10-30, Brian  wrote:
> On Tue 30 Oct 2018 at 15:33:30 -0400, ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I brought this up a few years ago, but never got things working at least in
>> stretch.  When installing using either a dvd or net installer, speech is
>
> A few years ago and no sound yet. It cannot be all that important to
> you.
>

I think he meant weeks somehow.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/10/msg00020.html


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Re: No sound in debian stretch after install.

[Brian]

On Tue 30 Oct 2018 at 15:33:30 -0400, ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote:

> I brought this up a few years ago, but never got things working at least in
> stretch.  When installing using either a dvd or net installer, speech is

A few years ago and no sound yet. It cannot be all that important to
you.

> fine, but once the system is installed, there is no sound.  I tried
> alsamixer thinking that the valume need to be razed, but nothing infact
> gnome does not even get the pop sound when razing the sound.  I am guessing
> that the audio may be muted but have no way to check.  Is there a way to fix
> this without sited help.  I checked the wiki, but nothing current has turned
> up.  Anyone others ussers had this problem?  Debian testing works fine..  I
> have tried other iso installers such as 9.1 with the same result.  HTH.
> BTW, I am using a virtual machine if this matters.

Try a real machine. But if testing works fine for you - what's the
problem?

-- 
Brian.
 

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[Daniel Bareiro]

Hi, deloptes.

On 12/04/18 02:29, deloptes wrote:

>> Killing the 'pulseaudio' process solved the problem. Good to have sound
>> again :)

> Did you remove the .pulse directory before killing or not?

I was checking, but that directory did not exist. So I simply tried
killing the process directly.


Kind regards,
Daniel



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Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[deloptes]

Daniel Bareiro wrote:

> Killing the 'pulseaudio' process solved the problem. Good to have sound
> again :)

Did you remove the .pulse directory before killing or not?

regards

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[Daniel Bareiro]

Hi, deloptes.

On 10/04/18 20:53, deloptes wrote:

 Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix
 it?

>>> try
>>> alsamixer -c0
>>> or
>>> amixer -c0
>>> and see if something is muted there
>>> usually 0 is the alsacard driver - it might be other index for you though

>> I was also looking at the settings with the ncurses interface provided
>> by "alsamixer -c0". "Master", "PCM" and "Speaker" is at maximum, unless
>> I'm missing something. Here some screenshots:
>>
>> https://ibin.co/3xx7l69DriYy.png
>> https://ibin.co/3xx8ERkqHJwW.png
>> https://ibin.co/3xx8ac8djtS4.png
>>
>> I also tried setting "Internal" to the maximum, but it made no difference.

> Automute is enabled - this means when you plug in headphone, speaker is
> turned off
> Headphone is also muted - no sound
> 
> strange that you mention you have no sound at all - without headphones
> plugged, it should work.
> check also the pavucontrol settings in both cases (the icons for default
> device etc)
> 
> If nothing helps remove ~/.pulse directory and reboot or login again or kill
> pulse server (it should respawn)

Killing the 'pulseaudio' process solved the problem. Good to have sound
again :)

Thanks to all for your interest.

Kind regards,
Daniel



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Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[deloptes]

Daniel Bareiro wrote:

> Hi, deloptes.
> 
> On 10/04/18 19:36, deloptes wrote:
> 
>>> Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix
>>> it?
> 
>> try
>> alsamixer -c0
>> or
>> amixer -c0
>> and see if something is muted there
>> usually 0 is the alsacard driver - it might be other index for you though
> 
...
> 
> I was also looking at the settings with the ncurses interface provided
> by "alsamixer -c0". "Master", "PCM" and "Speaker" is at maximum, unless
> I'm missing something. Here some screenshots:
> 
> https://ibin.co/3xx7l69DriYy.png
> https://ibin.co/3xx8ERkqHJwW.png
> https://ibin.co/3xx8ac8djtS4.png
> 
> I also tried setting "Internal" to the maximum, but it made no difference.
> 

Automute is enabled - this means when you plug in headphone, speaker is
turned off
Headphone is also muted - no sound

strange that you mention you have no sound at all - without headphones
plugged, it should work.
check also the pavucontrol settings in both cases (the icons for default
device etc)

If nothing helps remove ~/.pulse directory and reboot or login again or kill
pulse server (it should respawn)

regards

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[Daniel Bareiro]

Hi, Ben.

On 10/04/18 19:51, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> On 11/04/18 10:15, Daniel Bareiro wrote:
>>  From one day to the next I ran out of sound in Debian Stretch. It's
>> strange because I don't remember making any changes and everything was
>> running without problem.
>> I installed pavucontrol to see if there is something muted, but that
>> does not seem to be the case. For example when I am playing a Youtube
>> video, in "Firefox: Audiostream" and in "Output devices" (I'm not sure
>> if that's what it says in the English version because I have the
>> interface in Spanish here) I see how the bottom bar fluctuates as if it
>> was reproducing something, but I am not able to hear any sound neither
>> by the speakers nor by the headset.
>> Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to
>> fix it?

> Did the problem start when you plugged in your headset? What happens if
> you unplug your headset? Do you get sound from your speakers? How are
> your speakers connected? Is this a laptop? I have had a laptop with an
> Intel chipset for which headphone autoswitching was broken. I ended up
> disabling (commenting out) the switch-on-port-available module in
> /etc/pulse/default.pa .
> 
> On my current disktop chipset, my headset is detected as line out (not
> headphones). I am using "Analog Stereo Duplex" in Configuration and
> "Line Out" in "Output Devices". Do you have any HDMI devices connected
> or listed as Configuration options?

The computer where I am having this problem is a Thinkpad T530 notebook.
I'm not getting sound at all, whether I have the headset plugged in or not.

Until a few days ago it was working without problems. I don't remember
exactly when I started to experience this. If it was after return the
notebook from sleeping state or at some other time.

This notebook does not have any HDMI port.

Thanks for your interest.

Kind regards,
Daniel



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Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[Daniel Bareiro]

Hi, deloptes.

On 10/04/18 19:36, deloptes wrote:

>> Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix
>> it?

> try
> alsamixer -c0
> or
> amixer -c0
> and see if something is muted there
> usually 0 is the alsacard driver - it might be other index for you though

This is the output I get with "amixer -c0":

-
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-65.25dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-65.25dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',1
  Capabilities: pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback [on]
  Front Right: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 87
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 87 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Beep',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 63
  Front Left: Capture 63 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 63 [100%] [30.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Enabled'
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 120
  Front Left: Capture 120 [100%] [30.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 120 [100%] [30.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Dock Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Dock Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Loopback Mixing',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Disabled'
-

I was also looking at the settings with the ncurses interface provided
by "alsamixer -c0". "Master", "PCM" and "Speaker" is at maximum, unless
I'm missing something. Here some screenshots:

https://ibin.co/3xx7l69DriYy.png
https://ibin.co/3xx8ERkqHJwW.png
https://ibin.co/3xx8ac8djtS4.png

I also tried setting "Internal" to the maximum, but it made no difference.


Thanks for your reply.

Kind regards,
Daniel



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Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[Ben Caradoc-Davies]

On 11/04/18 10:15, Daniel Bareiro wrote:

 From one day to the next I ran out of sound in Debian Stretch. It's
strange because I don't remember making any changes and everything was
running without problem.
I installed pavucontrol to see if there is something muted, but that
does not seem to be the case. For example when I am playing a Youtube
video, in "Firefox: Audiostream" and in "Output devices" (I'm not sure
if that's what it says in the English version because I have the
interface in Spanish here) I see how the bottom bar fluctuates as if it
was reproducing something, but I am not able to hear any sound neither
by the speakers nor by the headset.
Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix it?


Did the problem start when you plugged in your headset? What happens if 
you unplug your headset? Do you get sound from your speakers? How are 
your speakers connected? Is this a laptop? I have had a laptop with an 
Intel chipset for which headphone autoswitching was broken. I ended up 
disabling (commenting out) the switch-on-port-available module in 
/etc/pulse/default.pa .


On my current disktop chipset, my headset is detected as line out (not 
headphones). I am using "Analog Stereo Duplex" in Configuration and 
"Line Out" in "Output Devices". Do you have any HDMI devices connected 
or listed as Configuration options?


Kind regards,

--
Ben Caradoc-Davies 
Director
Transient Software Limited 
New Zealand

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[deloptes]

Daniel Bareiro wrote:

> Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix
> it?

try
alsamixer -c0
or
amixer -c0
and see if something is muted there
usually 0 is the alsacard driver - it might be other index for you though

regards

Re: No sound in Debian Stretch

[Michael Lange]

Hi,

On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:15:35 -0300
Daniel Bareiro  wrote:

> Hi all!
> 
> From one day to the next I ran out of sound in Debian Stretch. It's
> strange because I don't remember making any changes and everything was
> running without problem.
> 
> I installed pavucontrol to see if there is something muted, but that
> does not seem to be the case. For example when I am playing a Youtube
> video, in "Firefox: Audiostream" and in "Output devices" (I'm not sure
> if that's what it says in the English version because I have the
> interface in Spanish here) I see how the bottom bar fluctuates as if it
> was reproducing something, but I am not able to hear any sound neither
> by the speakers nor by the headset.
> 
> Has anyone experienced something like that and has some clue how to fix
> it?

here it has happened that pulseaudio changed its output from analog out
to hdmi without myself doing anything about it. For me it worked in such
cases to start pasystray, click on the tray icon to open the menu and go
to "Default sink" and change it back to the analog output.

Of course, this is just a shot into the dark, your problem might be
something entirely different.

Best regards,

Michael


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