[solved] Asus Xonar DG configuration with PulseAudio

mybestaccount · 2012-06-30 03:56:59

Hey there, just got onto Arch Linux. My sound card is a Xonar DG, which has limited Linux compatibility; works with alsa, but it has no volume support. Can someone please, for the love of god, help me get volume working? Everywhere I have looked says all you need to do is install PulseAudio, but it certainly doesn't seem as simple as that (at least to me). Thanks!

Last edited by mybestaccount (2012-07-02 16:00:48)

mybestaccount · 2012-07-01 05:00:49

Please, guys, I just want to know how to configure PulseAudio correctly

ZekeSulastin · 2012-07-01 05:50:10

Well, you haven't posted exactly what issues you HAD trying to set up Pulse; the best I can do is point you to the Arch Wiki article: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio

mybestaccount · 2012-07-01 13:51:29

Alright, well, I installed PulseAudio, pavucontrol, paprefs, and pulseaudio-alsa. /etc/asoundrc was what PA installed, setting the type to Pulse. No ~/..asoundrc. I opened Audacious and the sound thing was set to Alsa. Played a song, I could hear it, but the volume controls in pavucontrol didn't do anything. Change to PulseAudio in Audacious, and there is no sound.
Does that help?

boast · 2012-07-01 18:10:23

Do you get an errors or issues in your logs about pulse?

mybestaccount · 2012-07-02 01:48:14

Alright, sorry guys, I figured it out. I edited /etc/pulse/default.pa so it loaded the correct card and such, all I did was uncomment one line. I then changed a setting in pavucontrol. Everything works as expected now.

ngoonee · 2012-07-02 02:35:39

Good that you got it solved, please mark the thread [solved] as well

pootzko · 2013-06-22 18:40:39

Hi, sorry for ressurecting this, but I would just like to add that I had the same problem - no volume control with multimedia buttons and no matter what I did with systemsettings (I use KDE) or asound.conf, nothing seemed to help. I would have the sound but it would occasionaly drop and I still had no volume control.

After installing pulseudio, pavucontrol, paprefs, and pulseaudio-alsa it didn't work at first (now I didn't even have the sound). I didn't touch any config files. In pavucontrol I saw that there was some signal going to the output but it was for the on-board sound card and not for Xonar. Previously I also had problems with the Nvidia HDMI output putting itself in front of Xonar. In pavucontrol under "configuration" tab, I set the "NVidia HDMI" and "Build-In Audio" to off and everything started working immediately as it should. Hope this helps someone in the future.

Cheers!

Last edited by pootzko (2013-06-22 18:41:47)

boast · 2013-06-24 16:34:41

Could you guys make a wiki page for the Xonar?

I was thinking of buying one, didn't know it had issues with linux.

durazell · 2013-08-01 13:50:56

Xonar DG drivers lack microphone & front panel support. In my understanding they are not under development either.

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#1 2012-06-30 03:56:59

[solved] Asus Xonar DG configuration with PulseAudio

#2 2012-07-01 05:00:49

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#3 2012-07-01 05:50:10

Re: [solved] Asus Xonar DG configuration with PulseAudio

#4 2012-07-01 13:51:29

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#5 2012-07-01 18:10:23

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