Re: [DNG] Chimaera; Lost sound

2021-05-21 Thread terryc 
On Thu, 20 May 2021 21:50:18 -0700
Gregory Nowak via Dng  wrote:

> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 12:52:29PM +1000, terryc wrote:
> > I carried out the install from the recommended(last) chimera iso and
> > all basically was well. Sounds was there, but I didn't want
> > pulseaudio and removed it and installed alsa, alsaplayer,
> > alsamixer, etc.
> > 
> > But I have no sound. It seems to have something to do with certain
> > drivers for PCMs not being installed.  
> 
> What does
> 
> amixer -c0 get PCM
> amixer -c1 get PCM
> 
> give you?

Here tis;

user@system:~$ amixer -c0 get PCM
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0

user@system:~$ amixer -c1 get PCM
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 182 [71%] [-14.60dB]
  Front Right: Playback 182 [71%] [-14.60dB]

Terryc
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Re: [DNG] Chimaera; Lost sound

2021-05-20 Thread Gregory Nowak via Dng 
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 12:52:29PM +1000, terryc wrote:
> I carried out the install from the recommended(last) chimera iso and
> all basically was well. Sounds was there, but I didn't want pulseaudio
> and removed it and installed alsa, alsaplayer, alsamixer, etc.
> 
> But I have no sound. It seems to have something to do with certain
> drivers for PCMs not being installed.

What does

amixer -c0 get PCM
amixer -c1 get PCM

give you?

Greg


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[DNG] Chimaera; Lost sound

2021-05-20 Thread terryc 
I carried out the install from the recommended(last) chimera iso and
all basically was well. Sounds was there, but I didn't want pulseaudio
and removed it and installed alsa, alsaplayer, alsamixer, etc.

But I have no sound. It seems to have something to do with certain
drivers for PCMs not being installed.

lspci| grep Audio
09:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 10
HDMI Audio 
0b:00.4 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller

I can get sound via vlc, but only after selecting the realtek chip on
the mother board. This only works for vlc(and ?*), but not for
alsaplayer, the browser and other programs(**)
. 
* & ** If the program allows selection of a PCM(?), you may get sound.

Essentially, the 'default' sound option is missing, So 
>user@system:alsaplayer /usr/share/sounds/sound-icons/canary-long.wav
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
snd_pcm_open: No such file or directory (default)
Failed to initialize plugin!
Failed to register
 plugin: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsaplayer/output/libalsa_out.so
 Failed to load output plugin "alsa". Trying defaults. ALSA lib
 pcm_dmix.c:1075:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave snd_pcm_open:
 No such file or directory (default) Failed to initialize plugin!
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsaplayer/output/libalsa_out.so failed to
 load NOTE: THIS IS THE NULL PLUGIN.  YOU WILL NOT HEAR SOUND!!


...done playing

I have tried deleting/purging and reinstalling alsa and
alsaplayer(alsa and oss), but that link is not restored.
FWIW, vlc says the OSS sound system isn't there.

So something is missing that ties stuff together.
I am at a loss as to which package it  might require.

With that in mind, list of alsa packages follows;
alsa-firmware-loaders/testing,now 1.2.2-1 amd64 [installed]
alsa-oss/testing,now 1.1.8-1 amd64 [installed]
alsa-tools-gui/testing,now 1.2.2-1 amd64 [installed]
alsa-tools/testing,now 1.2.2-1 amd64 [installed]
alsa-topology-conf/testing,now 1.2.4-1 all [installed]
alsa-utils/testing,now 1.2.4-1 amd64 [installed]
alsaplayer-alsa/testing,now 0.99.81-2+b1 amd64 [installed]
alsaplayer-common/testing,now 0.99.81-2+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
alsaplayer-daemon/testing,now 0.99.81-2+b1 amd64 [installed]
alsaplayer-oss/testing,now 0.99.81-2+b1 amd64 [installed]
alsaplayer-text/testing,now 0.99.81-2+b1 amd64 [installed]
libclalsadrv2/testing,now 2.0.0-3.1 amd64 [installed]
libghc-alsa-core-dev/testing,now 0.5.0.1-6+b1 amd64
[installed,automatic] libghc-alsa-core-doc/testing,now 0.5.0.1-6 all
[installed] libghc-alsa-core-prof/testing,now 0.5.0.1-6+b1 amd64
[installed] libghc-alsa-mixer-doc/testing,now 0.3.0-2 all [installed]
volumeicon-alsa/testing,now 0.5.1+git20170117-1+b1 amd64 [installed]

Sigh. Looking for clubies.
And yes, nothing is muted and mixers(alsa and qas) are fine, but
'card' needs to be selected.
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