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Ploppz

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Registered: 2013-09-14

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Pulseaudio: no sound output

I have had two previous problems with my sound, both resolved. The current problem has persisted for some while, since some update I think, and I haven't used my laptop a lot since then.

I'm using pulseaudio. There is no sound output. Not from nmpcpp, mpv, firefox, anything. I have pulseaudio-alsa installed. I don't know what more info I could provide right now, so please enlighten me.

This is alsa-mixer:

This is pavu-control:

Thank you.

Last edited by Ploppz (2014-10-12 20:28:56)

Daniman.teshome

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Registered: 2013-10-13

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

Did u try start alsa? Try

mcs@Myhost ~#alsa_in

  Hopes it workes

Ploppz

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

Hi, thanks for reply, and sorry for late re-reply. This happens:

connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-0/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or directory)
jackd 0.124.1
Copyright 2001-2009 Paul Davis, Stephane Letz, Jack O'Quinn, Torben Hohn and others.
jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details

could not open driver .so '/usr/lib/jack/jack_firewire.so': libffado.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

JACK compiled with System V SHM support.
loading driver ..
creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
configuring for 48000Hz, period = 1024 frames (21.3 ms), buffer = 2 periods
ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit integer little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for capture
ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for playback
Capture open error: Device or resource busy
jack main caught signal 12

(Could the problem be cause by missing AUR pakages? Because last time I updated, the official packages got updated but not the AUR ones)

Ploppz

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

Bump. I need sound on my laptop

mrunion

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

1) Don't bump.
2) Did you ever fix the error in your output ("libffado.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory")?
3) Have you updated your AUR packages?

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Matt

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Ploppz

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

Yes, all AUR packages are updated and the problem persists.

I installed the libffado package and ran alsa_in again:

[root]# alsa_in
connect(2) call to /dev/shm/jack-0/default/jack_0 failed (err=No such file or directory)
jackd 0.124.1
Copyright 2001-2009 Paul Davis, Stephane Letz, Jack O'Quinn, Torben Hohn and others.
jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details

JACK compiled with System V SHM support.
loading driver ..
creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
configuring for 48000Hz, period = 1024 frames (21.3 ms), buffer = 2 periods
ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit integer little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for capture
ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for playback
Capture open error: Device or resource busy
[root]# jack main caught signal 12
no message buffer overruns

(don't know why the prompt popped up again before the two last lines)

Last edited by Ploppz (2014-11-07 17:54:54)

eriks

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Registered: 2013-06-11

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

Stupid question: Are you member of the audio group? I had a small issue relating to this after the 3.17-update.

serdotlinecho

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

Stupid question: Are you member of the audio group? I had a small issue relating to this after the 3.17-update.

No, there's no need to add $USER to audio group. Group#Pre-systemd_groups.

Ploppz

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

I am in the audio group anyway.

Last edited by Ploppz (2014-11-10 16:07:43)

roobre

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

Same issue here, had same `alsa_in` output. I plugged in my headphones, unplugged them, and audio now works (both headphones and speakers).

Don't ask me what happened.

EDIT: Ok, I know what *may* have happened: I rebooted with headphones plugged in. Give it a shot and tell me if your problem was the same.

Last edited by roobre (2014-11-13 00:13:38)

Ploppz

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Re: Pulseaudio: no sound output

Thanks, that worked!