[Solved]Music production system - PulseAudio - Headphones config prob

jordicg · 2019-01-03 02:36:47

I have installed alsa and pulseaudio since some time, but didnt noticed alsa-equalizer is deprecated and messed up my sound, i have uninstalled alsa-equalizer and i think all its configuration, but my sound system has never been the same again since then, recently i have configured My Generic sound card as default, but since then i sometimes dont have sound in some applications.

Here its the output for aplay -l

  ~ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC1220 Analog [ALC1220 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: ALC1220 Digital [ALC1220 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Headset [Logitech USB Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
➜  ~

This is the output of aplay -L

➜  ~ aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
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 Output
usbstream:CARD=Generic
    HD-Audio Generic
    USB Stream Output
sysdefault:CARD=Headset
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
usbstream:CARD=Headset
    Logitech USB Headset
    USB Stream Output
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
usbstream:CARD=NVidia
    HDA NVidia
    USB Stream Output
➜  ~

I see in aplay -L that my Generic and Headphones support even sorround 7.1 , how do I enable this ???

So card 0 device 0 is the correct one, please help me

Also the sound system takes too long to become active after boot, this was not a problem in the past.

Neither sound on games , installed openal for 3d sound, but no luck, tired of reading the wiki, and i dont know whats wrong.

Btw, i have Ardour , a DAW for crating music and video, this is a hobby, but i need to have the sound system very well if i want to use it for creating music !!!

Last edited by jordicg (2019-01-28 01:15:31)

jordicg · 2019-01-26 01:00:14

Hello comunity !!!

I have read a lot all the wiki and more, i dont know if somebody can help me but this is additional info i have and my findings. I have fixed a lot of things but still i have problems.

Additional to the above post, heres more info.-

My /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

  GNU nano 3.2            /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf                        

options snd slots=snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_usb_audio,snd$
options snd_hda_codec_generic index=0
options snd_usb_audio index=1
options snd_hda_intel enable=0

In this configuration file i have defined my generic speackers as default ( index=0 ) then my usb headphones ( index=1 ) and finally i have disbled the intel audio, which i think i dont use

 options snd_hda_intel enable=0

Everything seems ok, my Speakers are now default, but i cannot change between devices in sound manager, neither use the sound across applications, it is in exclusive mode becouse of this file and the hw parameter .-

This is my /etc/asound.conf

  GNU nano 3.2                   /etc/asound.conf                               

pcm.!surround21 {
  type vdownmix
  card Generic
  device 0
}

pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave.pcm {
        @func getenv
        vars [ ALSAPCM ]
        default "hw:Generic"
    }
}

ctl.equal {
    type equal;
}

Here i want to use downmixing , and i also use the alsaequal AUR for that equalizer, for downmixing i want to use my Speackers with its subwoofer 2.1 "system" in surround21 mode, so that is why i added this part of the configuration file.-

pcm.!surround21 {
    type vdownmix
    card Generic
    device 0
}

As you can see here i have specified my Generic card and its device 0 , which is the analog one, ( i have tested and i sounds ok with a .wav file )
Next i have established my Generic card as default but since i added the hw parameter, it is in exclusive move, which i dont want, if i remove the hw parameter, it doesnt work

pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave.pcm {
        @func getenv
        vars [ ALSAPCM ]
        default "hw:Generic"
    }
}

The rest of that configuration file is to setup the alsaequal , which i cannot test becouse the alsamixer command throws a error in the terminal , i have verified the service through systemctl and it is loaded but not active, and i cannot fix this neither.
But in the past i have unmuted the channels with alsamixer, now it doesnt work and i dont know why.

This is my /proc/asound/card*/id

➜  ~ cat /proc/asound/card*/id
Headset
Generic

And this is also my /proc/asound/modules

➜  ~ cat /proc/asound/modules
 1 snd_usb_audio
 3 snd_hda_intel
➜  ~

Also some games at Steam doesnt have sound, someones i have fixed the issue, but in general everything is not so good.
Could someone spread me with his/her wisedom ? please.

V1del · 2019-01-26 10:40:46

If you want to use pulseaudio remove all the configuration you've shown here, and install pulseaudio-alsa (and lib32-alsa-plugins) instead. This will automatically allow for the device switching and upmixing/downmixing guarantees pulse provides. If you intend to use pulseaudio you shouldn't mix it with incompatible ALSA definitions, this will only bite itself with pulseaudio. Install pavucontrol to get a somewhat understandable representation of pulse's audio state where you can switch between relevant channel counts on the configuration tab and move applications between streams.

And for all intents and purposes don't use alsaequal, but a relevant pulse alternatives. Pulse has it's own equalizer you can configure with qpaeq from the pulseaudio-equalizer package, but that one has relatively little customization options, something like pulseeffects will be more extensive.

If it still doesn't work as you'd expect it to, post

systemctl --user status pulseaudio
aplay -lL
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

Last edited by V1del (2019-01-26 10:48:48)

jordicg · 2019-01-27 00:51:47

Hi @V1del !!!!

I think you are directing me to the right solution, but i have still problems, this is what i did.-

1.- I had already installed pulseaudio-alsa, lib32-alsa-plugins
2.- Removed 3 files i had, this ones were /etc/asound.conf , /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf AND ~/.asoundrc
3.- I have installed pavucontrol and pulseaudio-equalizer

Here is what is happening, pavucontrol fails to show, it says "Establishing connection to PulseAudio, please wait" and it hangs there forever, also the volume controls or "applet" doesnt show most of the time, if i open Sound Preferences in my Mate, i cannot change between
the headphones or the Speakers, no sound also in most applications, Steam worse, LOL .
So when i saw this i have unistalled completely PulseAudio and all pulseaudio related things, with no luck ( btw i had some gnome desktop packages, dont know why, i had gnome-bluetooth , budgie-desktop and mutter , i had removed them all )

Then i have installed again all PulseAudio related things, but it still doesnt work, i have noticed that when i remove PulseAudio the volume controls and related applets load faster after boot.

Pulseaudio service seems fine heres the output.-

➜  ~ systemctl --user status pulseaudio
● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; vendor p>
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-01-26 18:15:55 CST; 25min ago
 Main PID: 813 (pulseaudio)
   CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/pulseaudio.service
           └─813 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no

ene 26 18:15:55 codigo-5 systemd[635]: Starting Sound Service...
ene 26 18:15:55 codigo-5 pulseaudio[813]: E: [pulseaudio] ltdl-bind-now.c: Fail>
ene 26 18:15:55 codigo-5 pulseaudio[813]: E: [pulseaudio] module-ladspa-sink.c:>
ene 26 18:15:55 codigo-5 pulseaudio[813]: E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to l>
ene 26 18:15:55 codigo-5 pulseaudio[813]: E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Sink ladspa_o>
ene 26 18:15:55 codigo-5 pulseaudio[813]: E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Meta command >
ene 26 18:15:55 codigo-5 systemd[635]: Started Sound Service.

The output for aplay -lL is a little different since the index of the cards changed.-

➜  ~ aplay -lL
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
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
usbstream:CARD=NVidia
    HDA NVidia
    USB Stream Output
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 Output
usbstream:CARD=Generic
    HD-Audio Generic
    USB Stream Output
sysdefault:CARD=Headset
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
    Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
usbstream:CARD=Headset
    Logitech USB Headset
    USB Stream Output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC1220 Analog [ALC1220 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: ALC1220 Digital [ALC1220 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: Headset [Logitech USB Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

For the sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/* command, i didnt even knew that, heres the output .-

➜  ~ sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/* 
[sudo] password for jorgecg: 
                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  jorgecg     888 F.... mate-volume-con
                     jorgecg    1294 F.... mate-settings-d
/dev/snd/controlC1:  jorgecg     888 F.... mate-volume-con
                     jorgecg    1294 F.... mate-settings-d
/dev/snd/controlC2:  jorgecg     888 F.... mate-volume-con
                     jorgecg    1294 F.... mate-settings-d
/dev/snd/pcmC1D0p:   jorgecg     813 F...m pulseaudio
➜  ~

As you can see jorgecg is my user, by the way, i think i havent added this to the sound group...

I cannot express my gratitude for your help, im with this issue for about 2 months now or more, hope also my mistakes help someone in the future...

jordicg · 2019-01-27 02:15:36

Maybe i should have told all of you the fact that i have installed recently Arch again, but i only mount another hard disk at /mnt/home , so i have already configuration files at home

~/.config/pulse

path.
I have noticed pulseaudio-bluetooth was missing

Hey i think my ~/.config/pulse/default.pa is wrong, heres the output .-

➜  ~ cat ~/.config/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:1,0

### BEGIN: Equalized audio configuration
### Generated from: pulseaudio-equalizer
.nofail
load-module module-ladspa-sink sink_name=ladspa_output.mbeq_1197.mbeq sink_master=alsa_output.hw_1_0 plugin=mbeq_1197 label=mbeq control=5.3,2.6,2.6,-8.5,-10.5,-11.2,-16.0,-14.7,-6.6,-5.7,-3.0,3.0,6.7,7.3,7.3
set-default-sink ladspa_output.mbeq_1197.mbeq
set-sink-mute alsa_output.hw_1_0 0
.endif
### END: Equalized audio configuration

I have modified that file slightly like this.-

➜  ~ cat ~/.config/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:1,0

### BEGIN: Equalized audio configuration
### Generated from: pulseaudio-equalizer
.nofail
load-module module-default-device-restore module-ladspa-sink sink_name=ladspa_output.mbeq_1197.mbeq sink_master=alsa_output.hw_1_0 plugin=mbeq_1197 label=mbeq control=5.3,2.6,2.6,-8.5,-10.5,-11.2,-16.0,-14.7,-6.6,-5.7,-3.0,3.0,6.7,7.3,7.3
set-default-sink ladspa_output.mbeq_1197.mbeq
set-sink-mute alsa_output.hw_1_0 0
.endif
### END: Equalized audio configuration

I will continue finding a solution but PulseAudio has problems.

V1del · 2019-01-27 10:57:18

Yeah that configuration doesn't make sense, remove it, or at the very least ensure you are including the system wide file, because right now you are loading a minimal subset of modules that is very unlikely to be what you want. Did you also adjust the system wide /etc/pulse/default.pa ? Post it if you did.

jordicg · 2019-01-27 20:30:37

Hello !!!

Yes, yesterday i had configured some little pieces of PulseAudio setup i thought they were not correct.
I have succeded to make my headphones work, but now they are the only card i can use, my speakers are not by default, neither i can change between headphones to speakers or vice versa, and since pavucontrol doent still open, i cannot set the default card easily.

Got the feeling that indeed as you say my /etc/pulse/default.pa is wrong, i had added this last line to set a default card.

➜  ~ cat /etc/pulse/default.pa
#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# This startup script is used only if PulseAudio is started per-user
# (i.e. not in system mode)

.fail

### Automatically restore the volume of streams and devices
load-module module-device-restore
load-module module-stream-restore
load-module module-card-restore

### Automatically augment property information from .desktop files
### stored in /usr/share/application
load-module module-augment-properties

### Should be after module-*-restore but before module-*-detect
load-module module-switch-on-port-available

### Load audio drivers statically
### (it's probably better to not load these drivers manually, but instead
### use module-udev-detect -- see below -- for doing this automatically)
#load-module module-alsa-sink
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
load-module module-udev-detect
.else
### Use the static hardware detection module (for systems that lack udev support)
load-module module-detect
.endif

### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif

### Automatically load driver modules for Bluetooth hardware
.ifexists module-bluetooth-policy.so
load-module module-bluetooth-policy
.endif

.ifexists module-bluetooth-discover.so
load-module module-bluetooth-discover
.endif

### Load several protocols
load-module module-dbus-protocol
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-zeroconf-publish

### Load the RTP receiver module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv

### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 sink_properties="device.description='RTP Multicast Sink'"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor

### Load additional modules from GSettings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
.ifexists module-gsettings.so
.nofail
load-module module-gsettings
.fail
.endif


### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
### during runtime
### NOTE: This should be loaded as early as possible so that subsequent modules
### that look up the default sink/source get the right value
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams

### Make sure we always have a sink around, even if it is a null sink.
load-module module-always-sink

### Honour intended role device property
load-module module-intended-roles

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### If autoexit on idle is enabled we want to make sure we only quit
### when no local session needs us anymore.
.ifexists module-console-kit.so
load-module module-console-kit
.endif
.ifexists module-systemd-login.so
load-module module-systemd-login
.endif

### Enable positioned event sounds
load-module module-position-event-sounds

### Cork music/video streams when a phone stream is active
load-module module-role-cork

### Modules to allow autoloading of filters (such as echo cancellation)
### on demand. module-filter-heuristics tries to determine what filters
### make sense, and module-filter-apply does the heavy-lifting of
### loading modules and rerouting streams.
load-module module-filter-heuristics
load-module module-filter-apply
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2

### Make some devices default
#set-default-sink output
#set-default-source input
set-default-sink alsa_output.hw_1_0

Here the last line set-default-sink alsa_output.hw_1_0 points to my headphones if im corret, ( well that if i understood correctly what i read yesterday ) , now i want to add there the Generic card, i think it is index 0 and its profile is Generic , but i dont understand that part very well.
When i add that info, index 0 and profile Generic, to the last line of the /etc/pulse/default.pa it throws me an error that that index and profile is not found, so i cant set my speakers as default. You shurely know how to fix that, but im not shure if thats the solution.

I have also made little modifications to other PulseAudio related files, but honestly i dont remember which, LOL , i have read a lot more and changing little things from here and there.
If i just could succed in opening pavucontrol, i could fix with your help all this very fast.

Oh i remember some things now, JACK wasnt configured correctly also, i have added this also to the same configuration file...

load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2

If i understand it is in order for JACK to load at startup, thats why it loads that module.
Thank you for eveything, i think we are close to find the problem, i will continue reading.

V1del · 2019-01-27 21:05:52

You shouldn't have to add the default set to that file, as it will be stored after it is set once successfully (also that definition would be incorrect as we should now be using autodetected, predictable names, check pacmd list-sinks for the fully qualified name to use)

The fact that you apparently can't start pavucontrol properly might point to another issue though. How are you starting your session? How are you logging in, starting xorg? Though the previous status output reads fine, what are your outputs for

loginctl session-status
printenv | grep DBUS

Do you use dbus-launch in any start up script or similar?

the jack module is already properly loaded earlier in the file, you should simply ensure that you are using jack2-dbus and have pulseaudio-jack installed.

jordicg · 2019-01-27 22:50:07

Additional info i can provide.-

This is the output of my

~/.config/pulse/default.pa

located at my /home .-

 ➜  ~ cat ~/.config/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:1,0

### BEGIN: Equalized audio configuration
### Generated from: pulseaudio-equalizer
.nofail
load-module module-equalizer-sink module-dbus-protocol module-default-device-restore module-ladspa-sink sink_name=ladspa_output.mbeq_1197.mbeq sink_master=alsa_output.hw_1_0 plugin=mbeq_1197 label=mbeq control=5.3,2.6,2.6,-8.5,-10.5,-11.2,-16.0,-14.7,-6.6,-5.7,-3.0,3.0,6.7,7.3,7.3
set-default-sink ladspa_output.mbeq_1197.mbeq
set-sink-mute alsa_output.hw_1_0 0
.endif
### END: Equalized audio configuration

I have very little experience with audio but the following output seems strange to me also.-

➜  ~ pacmd list-cards
0 card(s) available.

Shoudnt pacmd list-cards display more detailed information ? Humm, i think i need to configure more things here.

And this also.-

➜  ~ pacmd list-sinks|egrep -i 'index:|name:'
  * index: 0
	name: <alsa_output.hw_1_0>
➜  ~

For what i understand there should be a sink also for my Generic speakers, but dont know how to add it

Also lsmod returns nothing so ALSA OSS emulation is not loaded/active .-

➜  ~ lsmod | grep oss
➜  ~

I have enabled DTS through ALSA by installing dcaenc from AUR and adding this.-

<confdir:pcm/dca.conf>

To the file /etc/asound.conf which output is .-

➜  ~ cat /etc/asound.conf
# Use PulseAudio by default
pcm.!default {
  type pulse
  fallback "sysdefault"
  hint {
    show on
    description "Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)"
  }
}

ctl.!default {
  type pulse
  fallback "sysdefault"
}

# vim:set ft=alsaconf:
<confdir:pcm/dca.conf>
➜  ~

Dont know if that parameter should be the last one in the file though, but i have added it.

And i have installed GStreamer, becouse of what i read i want that support.

Did i had mentioned that i have configured OpenAL ?

So this is the output of the configuration file /etc/openal/alsoft.conf

➜  ~ cat /etc/openal/alsoft.conf
drivers=pulse,alsa
[pulse]
allow-moves=true
➜  ~

And edited libao also.-

➜  ~ cat /etc/libao.conf
default_driver=pulse
➜  ~

However i dont know how to remove the dev=default option.

I have failed to load the equalizer sink , neither qpaeq command works.

And added this to my ~/.config/pulse/default.pa as you can see

load-module module-equalizer-sink
load-module module-dbus-protocol

You can notice this in this output .-

➜  ~ cat ~/.config/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:1,0

### BEGIN: Equalized audio configuration
### Generated from: pulseaudio-equalizer
.nofail
load-module module-equalizer-sink module-dbus-protocol module-default-device-restore module-ladspa-sink sink_name=ladspa_output.mbeq_1197.mbeq sink_master=alsa_output.hw_1_0 plugin=mbeq_1197 label=mbeq control=5.3,2.6,2.6,-8.5,-10.5,-11.2,-16.0,-14.7,-6.6,-5.7,-3.0,3.0,6.7,7.3,7.3
set-default-sink ladspa_output.mbeq_1197.mbeq
set-sink-mute alsa_output.hw_1_0 0
.endif
### END: Equalized audio configuration
➜  ~

Now i dont know what else to do, but i will find out soon i hope, im just getting warm here.

V1del · 2019-01-27 22:54:18

As already mentioned, remove ~/.config/pulse/default.pa, it literally breaks everything.

There are much saner ways of applying the equalizer, as it stands this config throws out 99% of what pulseaudio can give you to get a static, non properly defined ALSA sink and some form of an equalizer on that sink.

Last edited by V1del (2019-01-27 22:55:11)

jordicg · 2019-01-27 23:06:27

Oh sorry V1del didnt noticed in my last post you had answered so fast.-

In my last Arch Linux install i had also mate with a custom greeter, which was Webkit greeter, it was working ok in the past, but when i wanted to install Arch again, i couldnt fix it to work again, without installing again, so i now use the default that it is gtk-greeter i think

Here is the output for the commands you asked.-

➜  ~ loginctl session-status
2 - jorgecg (1000)
           Since: Sun 2019-01-27 16:10:46 CST; 45min ago
          Leader: 583 (lightdm)
            Seat: seat0; vc7
         Display: :0
         Service: lightdm; type x11; class user
         Desktop: mate
           State: active
            Unit: session-2.scope
                  ├─ 583 lightdm --session-child 12 19
                  ├─ 656 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login
                  ├─ 659 mate-session
                  ├─ 820 mate-panel
                  ├─ 882 caja
                  ├─ 906 mate-power-manager
                  ├─ 908 compiz
                  ├─ 909 gkrellm
                  ├─ 913 /opt/SpiderOakONE/lib/SpiderOakONE
                  ├─ 915 /usr/lib/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent
                  ├─ 926 nm-applet
                  ├─ 928 /usr/lib/mate-polkit/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1
                  ├─ 931 mate-maximus
                  ├─ 936 mate-volume-control-applet
lines 1-23

AND

➜  ~ printenv | grep DBUS

DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
➜  ~

And yes, i agree, theres something strange in my "setup" but i dont know that it is, i have installed Arch with MBR becouse my UEFI motherboard/amd CPU complains about the kernel, i have added

iommu=soft
loglevel=3

To my Grub config and generated that again, now i dont have any strange messages at boot/startup

Do you want additional specs about my system?

jordicg · 2019-01-27 23:10:48

Sorry loginctl session-status command was incomplete.-

➜  ~ loginctl session-status
2 - jorgecg (1000)
           Since: Sun 2019-01-27 16:10:46 CST; 45min ago
          Leader: 583 (lightdm)
            Seat: seat0; vc7
         Display: :0
         Service: lightdm; type x11; class user
         Desktop: mate
           State: active
            Unit: session-2.scope
                  ├─ 583 lightdm --session-child 12 19
                  ├─ 656 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --daemonize --login
                  ├─ 659 mate-session
                  ├─ 820 mate-panel
                  ├─ 882 caja
                  ├─ 906 mate-power-manager
                  ├─ 908 compiz
                  ├─ 909 gkrellm
                  ├─ 913 /opt/SpiderOakONE/lib/SpiderOakONE
                  ├─ 915 /usr/lib/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent
                  ├─ 926 nm-applet
                  ├─ 928 /usr/lib/mate-polkit/polkit-mate-authentication-agent-1
                  ├─ 931 mate-maximus
                  ├─ 936 mate-volume-control-applet
                  ├─ 943 mate-screensaver
                  ├─1038 /opt/SpiderOakONE/lib/SpiderOakONE --spider
                  ├─1154 /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator
                  ├─1189 /opt/SpiderOakONE/lib/inotify_dir_watcher 1038 /home/j>
                  ├─1296 /usr/lib/mate-settings-daemon/mate-settings-daemon
                  ├─1858 mate-terminal
                  ├─1866 zsh
                  ├─2682 zsh
                  ├─3244 zsh
                  ├─3953 zsh
                  ├─4844 zsh
                  ├─6040 zsh
                  ├─6513 zsh
                  ├─9616 zsh
                  ├─9652 loginctl session-status
                  └─9653 less

ene 27 16:10:48 codigo-5 mate-session[659]: WARNING: Unable to find provider ''>
ene 27 16:10:49 codigo-5 gnome-keyring-daemon[656]: The Secret Service was alre>
ene 27 16:10:49 codigo-5 gnome-keyring-daemon[656]: The SSH agent was already i>
ene 27 16:10:49 codigo-5 gnome-keyring-daemon[656]: The PKCS#11 component was a>
ene 27 16:10:58 codigo-5 spideroak_inotify[1189]: Program started
ene 27 16:11:49 codigo-5 mate-session[659]: WARNING: Child process 814 was alre>
ene 27 16:11:55 codigo-5 spideroak_inotify[1189]: inotify_add_watch ignoring di>
ene 27 16:11:59 codigo-5 gnome-keyring-daemon[656]: couldn't allocate secure me>
ene 27 16:12:00 codigo-5 gnome-keyring-daemon[656]: asked to register item /org>
ene 27 16:12:03 codigo-5 gnome-keyring-daemon[656]: asked to register item /org>
lines 28-50/50 (END)

jordicg · 2019-01-28 00:08:05

Oh my friend !!!

I just removed the ~/.config/pulse/default.pa and as that was "per user config" now everything is ok, sorry, i WAS a newb , but i learned a lot, well thats another topic besides this thread, thank you VERY much !!! So much time, and now it is all Ok , feeling so silly. Thank you again.

Last edited by jordicg (2019-01-28 01:17:59)

2ManyDogs · 2019-01-28 00:14:06

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