[solved] deleted ".asound" accidentally

mazhar · 2016-07-13 18:14:52

Hi, I deleted my /etc/.asound file by accident and reading arch wiki didn't give me a straight answer to solve it. Anyway can you give me a hint to start with fixing it? i'll really appreciate it. thanks for your time

Last edited by mazhar (2016-07-23 17:14:17)

dockland · 2016-07-13 18:17:57

mazhar wrote:

Hi, I deleted my /etc/.asound file by accident and reading arch wiki didn't give me a straight answer to solve it. Anyway can you give me a hint to start with fixing it? i'll really appreciate it. thanks for your time

Try reinstalling alsa-utils

mazhar · 2016-07-13 18:22:45

tried it twice not working

Alad · 2016-07-13 18:33:08

So, what's the actual problem here? /etc/asound.conf (not /etc/.asound, which has no effect) is a user created file.

mazhar · 2016-07-13 20:04:14

Alad wrote:

So, what's the actual problem here? /etc/asound.conf (not /etc/.asound, which has no effect) is a user created file.

after deleting that file i am recieving this problem opening moc(Music Player Console):

Can't load plugin libmusepack_decoder: file not found
Running the server...
Trying JACK...
Trying ALSA...
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Trying OSS...

FATAL_ERROR: No valid sound driver!

FATAL_ERROR: Server exited!

And also Mplayer won't play audio in video playing.
Im sure i never did anything causing damage to sound driver. Im saying that deletation caused it because in /'arch wiki'/'ALSA page' i saw this :

"The system configuration file is /etc/asound.conf, and the per-user configuration file is ~/.asoundrc."

Last edited by mazhar (2016-07-13 20:04:36)

ewaller · 2016-07-13 20:15:24

mazhar wrote:

Im saying that deletation caused it because in /'arch wiki'/'ALSA page' i saw this :
"The system configuration file is /etc/asound.conf, and the per-user configuration file is ~/.asoundrc."

You make Alad's point. The presence or absence of /etc/.asound should have no effect.

As a sanity check, what are the output of uname -a and of pacman -Qi linux
Specifically, do the reported versions for the kernel match?

mazhar · 2016-07-13 20:26:26

ewaller wrote:

mazhar wrote:
Im saying that deletation caused it because in /'arch wiki'/'ALSA page' i saw this :
"The system configuration file is /etc/asound.conf, and the per-user configuration file is ~/.asoundrc."
You make Alad's point. The presence or absence of /etc/.asound should have no effect.
As a sanity check, what are the output of uname -a and of pacman -Qi linux
Specifically, do the reported versions for the kernel match?

sorry i didn't understand it well, ill post the output.
here's the output:
[root@mazhar ~]# uname -a
Linux mazhar 4.6.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 24 21:19:13 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@mazhar ~]# pacman -Qi linux
Name : linux
Version : 4.6.3-1
Description : The Linux kernel and modules
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Licenses : GPL2
Groups : base
Provides : None
Depends On : coreutils linux-firmware kmod mkinitcpio>=0.7
Optional Deps : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 75.85 MiB
Packager : Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
Build Date : Fri Jun 24 19:20:35 2016
Install Date : Wed Jul 6 23:12:17 2016
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : Signature

Alad · 2016-07-13 20:57:02

The fact you're logged in as root might explain the issues and confusion you're having. Create a regular user as the wiki tells you, and login from there.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … management

ewaller · 2016-07-13 21:08:30

Alad wrote:

The fact you're logged in as root might explain the issues and confusion you're having. Create a regular user as the wiki tells you, and login from there.

This ^^

But, the running kernel does match the installed modules. This is a good thing

Edit: Are you using pulseaudio?

mazhar · 2016-07-14 06:25:50

Alad wrote:

The fact you're logged in as root might explain the issues and confusion you're having. Create a regular user as the wiki tells you, and login from there.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … management

That is not solving my problem, it only prevents me to make a new one! i wanna have trouble because i learn more when i have more problems. I appreciate your effort but changing user (which i did) didn't solve it thought it may have caused it, because all forums talk about a ~/.asoundrc file which i don't seen to have in root (~).
If you have any other solution or hint, cheer me up. unless thanks for everything.

Last edited by mazhar (2016-07-14 07:01:58)

mazhar · 2016-07-14 06:28:55

ewaller wrote:

Alad wrote:
The fact you're logged in as root might explain the issues and confusion you're having. Create a regular user as the wiki tells you, and login from there.
This ^^
But, the running kernel does match the installed modules. This is a good thing
Edit: Are you using pulseaudio?

Well thats good to know.

yes! i just tried to install some packages according to this https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=176997
and this
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=210507

now my /etc/asound.conf is back, but still the same error

Last edited by mazhar (2016-07-14 07:06:22)

mazhar · 2016-07-14 07:24:17

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey finally fixed! i made so much reinstalling and finally found ".asoundrc" in the / instead of /root and moved it into /root which was my ~ by that time. Then i logged into new user i created and now im listening to music playing on MOC! thank you so much ewaller and Alad. I hope you have the best day as me now the fun part is i have another chance costomizing new user desktop

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