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#1 2010-08-21 19:32:24

DWilliams
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Registered: 2009-11-22
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No sound at all since last upgrade

I upgraded a bunch of packages on my system last night and restarted. Since then, no program at all can play sounds on my system.

I don't know which package specifically could have caused it but here's my pacman log showing everything I updated:

[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded avahi (0.6.25-3 -> 0.6.27-2)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded nss (3.12.6-3 -> 3.12.7-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded chromium (5.0.375.125-1 -> 5.0.375.127-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded libgnome-keyring (2.30.1-1 -> 2.30.1-2)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded evolution-data-server (2.30.2.1-1 -> 2.30.3-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded gstreamer0.10 (0.10.29-1 -> 0.10.30-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded orc (0.4.6-1 -> 0.4.7-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded udev (160-1 -> 161-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded gstreamer0.10-base (0.10.29-1 -> 0.10.30-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded gstreamer0.10-base-plugins (0.10.29-1 -> 0.10.30-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded linux-firmware (20100623-2 -> 20100807-1)
[2010-08-21 12:23] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2010-08-21 12:23] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2010-08-21 12:23] >>> ----------------
[2010-08-21 12:23] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2010-08-21 12:23] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2010-08-21 12:23] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2010-08-21 12:23] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2010-08-21 12:23] 
[2010-08-21 12:23] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2010-08-21 12:23] ==> Building image "default"
[2010-08-21 12:23] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Begin build
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-08-21 12:23] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-08-21 12:23] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2010-08-21 12:23] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Begin build
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-08-21 12:23] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-08-21 12:23] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-08-21 12:23] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.34.3-1 -> 2.6.35.2-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded kernel26-headers (2.6.34.3-1 -> 2.6.35.2-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded libdatrie (0.2.3-1 -> 0.2.4-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded libnewt (0.52.8-2 -> 0.52.12-2)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded mdadm (3.1.2-2 -> 3.1.3-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded pycairo (1.8.8-1 -> 1.8.10-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded pygtk (2.17.0-1 -> 2.17.0-2)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded meld (1.3.1-2 -> 1.3.2-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded nvidia (256.44-1 -> 256.44-2)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded perl-xml-simple (2.18-2 -> 2.18-3)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded poppler-data (0.4.2-1 -> 0.4.3-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded qimageblitz (0.0.5-1 -> 0.0.6-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded usbutils (0.87-1 -> 0.90-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded vlc (1.1.2-2 -> 1.1.3-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded wine (1.3.0-1 -> 1.3.1-1)
[2010-08-21 12:24] upgraded xf86-input-evdev (2.4.0-1 -> 2.4.0-2)

My sound worked fine before that. I'm running KDE 4.4.5. I pulled up alsamixer to verify that all my channels are unmuted and turned up and spotted nothing wrong there. I played with KDE's multimedia settings but again nothing helped.

How can I get my sound back? I really need it for a bunch of things...

Last edited by DWilliams (2010-09-02 00:32:54)

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#2 2010-08-21 19:34:44

cesura
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From: Tallinn, Estonia
Registered: 2010-01-23
Posts: 1,867

Re: No sound at all since last upgrade

My bet is that it was the kernel upgrade that did it. Is it all of your programs that don't play sound? (Something like Chromium may not work, but mplayer might)

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#3 2010-08-21 19:39:32

DWilliams
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Registered: 2009-11-22
Posts: 119

Re: No sound at all since last upgrade

itsbrad212 wrote:

My bet is that it was the kernel upgrade that did it. Is it all of your programs that don't play sound? (Something like Chromium may not work, but mplayer might)

As far as I know no sound works at all.

Programs that previously had sound and don't now:
- TeamSpeak 3
- Chrome
- VLC
- Dragon Player
- Several games in Wine

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#4 2010-08-21 19:43:15

loafer
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Re: No sound at all since last upgrade

Have you tried running alsaconf (as root) to see if that helps? Which hardware are you using?


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#5 2010-08-21 19:44:12

cesura
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From: Tallinn, Estonia
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Re: No sound at all since last upgrade

DWilliams wrote:
itsbrad212 wrote:

My bet is that it was the kernel upgrade that did it. Is it all of your programs that don't play sound? (Something like Chromium may not work, but mplayer might)

As far as I know no sound works at all.

Programs that previously had sound and don't now:
- TeamSpeak 3
- Chrome
- VLC
- Dragon Player
- Several games in Wine

What happens if you downgrade your kernel? Could you try that and see if we can find where the problem is? smile

EDIT: Or try what loafer said above tongue

Last edited by cesura (2010-08-21 19:44:42)

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#6 2010-08-21 19:52:02

DWilliams
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Registered: 2009-11-22
Posts: 119

Re: No sound at all since last upgrade

loafer wrote:

Have you tried running alsaconf (as root) to see if that helps? Which hardware are you using?

Running alsaconf seems to have solved the problem, thank you very much big_smile

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#7 2010-09-02 00:33:46

DWilliams
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Registered: 2009-11-22
Posts: 119

Re: No sound at all since last upgrade

Erm, un-solving this

It worked for a while but I had to run alsaconf on every restart to make it work. Now, I did another large update (including another kernel update) and my sound no longer works again even after running alsaconf.

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#8 2010-09-02 09:16:58

xsoul
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Registered: 2009-08-18
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Re: No sound at all since last upgrade

got the same problem here. tried everything on wiki(Alsa), still no luck. maybe we should look forward to next kernel update?

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#9 2010-09-02 09:25:51

Primoz
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Registered: 2009-03-04
Posts: 688

Re: No sound at all since last upgrade

I had a same problem, but I've solved more details here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103181

Long story short, go to system settings ->multimedia->phonon and check your settings also tick show advanced options or something similar to this...
Then use the device you have; in my case it's HDA nVidia digital S/PDIF. In your case it's probably just digital.
Also try other backends, for me VLC is the best, while xine sometimes works and sometimes doesn't and gstreamer completely fails.

P.S.: I do use kernel26-ck, so it might actually be a kernel problem and I don't know about it. But still you can at least try this.

Last edited by Primoz (2010-09-02 09:27:21)


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