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This is my 4th time installing Arch, but my first on this system. I've never had trouble getting sound to work before, honestly it's been so easy that I can't seem to recall how I did it.
My hardware on this system is:
CPU: AMD Ryzen r5 1600
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080
MOBO: Gigabyte Gaming r3
Don't think anything else is particularly relevant, but I'll post if it's needed. My speakers are built into my monitor, and it's plugged in with a DVI cable directly into the GPU. Sound works fine in Windows, but I don't like using Windows for development work.
I also have a USB headset that I use most of the time, but I'm trying to get sound working with the speakers before I dick around with that.
This new installation is still pretty barebones, I've got i3wm and chromium, that's about it. I've installed alsa-utils and pulseaudio
I've found a few other posts with a similar problem, and I'll try to post output that was recommended there:
$: speaker-test
speaker-test 1.1.4
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory$: aplay piano2.wav
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
aplay: main:807: audio open error: No such file or directory$: lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 49152 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 73728 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 69632 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 36864 5
snd_hda_codec 106496 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core 65536 5 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 90112 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_timer 28672 1 snd_pcm
snd 65536 18 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm$: ls -l /dev/snd/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Aug 17 09:12 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Aug 17 09:12 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Aug 17 09:12 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Aug 17 09:12 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Aug 17 09:12 hwC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Aug 17 09:12 pcmC0D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Aug 17 09:12 pcmC0D7p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Aug 17 09:12 pcmC0D8p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Aug 17 09:12 pcmC0D9p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Aug 17 09:12 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Aug 17 09:12 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Aug 17 09:12 pcmC1D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Aug 17 09:12 pcmC1D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Aug 17 09:12 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Aug 17 09:12 timer$: pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 32
Server Protocol Version: 32
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 5
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: joe
Host Name: Iluvitar
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 10.0
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_12_00.3.iec958-stereo
Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_12_00.3.analog-stereo
Cookie: b499:5651$: aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1
HDA NVidia, HDMI 1
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2
HDA NVidia, HDMI 2
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
HDA NVidia, HDMI 3
HDMI Audio Output
default:CARD=Generic
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=Generic
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
Front speakers
surround21:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
HD-Audio Generic, ALC1220 Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio OutputAnyone who could point me in the right direction would be hugely appreciated. I suspect that I'm having an issue due to using sound from my GPU, as that's the biggest difference between this and previous systems. Thanks a ton for the help.
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Since you seem to be using pulseaudio, are you sure you selected the correct output device from e.g. pavucontrol?
If you can't get that working, it may be better to get rid of pulseaudio, and try to get sound first with plain ALSA. Make sure you've unmuted your card, and use the correct device and channel count with speaker-test. It's all explained here.
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