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fanda

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Registered: 2019-03-19

Posts: 15

[SOLVED] no sound

I have been using Archlinux for several years. And this morning the sound worked for me. In the afternoon, not anymore. The only thing that happened was a package update, which should have had no effect on it:

[2022-03-27T10:50:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libevdev (1.12.0-1 -> 1.12.1-1)
[2022-03-27T10:50:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libwacom (2.1.0-1 -> 2.2.0-1)
[2022-03-27T10:50:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded luajit (2.1.0.beta3.r391.g8b8304f1-1 -> 2.1.0.beta3.r395.ge2c312e0-1)
[2022-03-27T10:50:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded ncdu (2.1-3 -> 2.1.1-1)
[2022-03-27T10:50:18+0200] [ALPM] upgraded shellcheck (0.8.0-83 -> 0.8.0-84)
[2022-03-27T16:20:02+0200] [ALPM] upgraded cronie (1.5.7-2 -> 1.6.0-2)
[2022-03-27T16:20:02+0200] [ALPM] upgraded netctl (1.27-1 -> 1.28-1

pactl list sinks

Sink #12
	State: RUNNING
	Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.0.analog-stereo
	Description: Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series] (SB1570 SB Audigy Fx) Analog Stereo
	Driver: module-alsa-card.c
	Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
	Channel Map: front-left,front-right
	Owner Module: 6
	Mute: no
	Volume: front-left: 9547 /  15% / -50.20 dB,   front-right: 9547 /  15% / -50.20 dB
	        balance 0.00
	Base Volume: 46396 /  71% / -9.00 dB
	Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.0.analog-stereo.monitor
	Latency: 100560 usec, configured 60000 usec
	Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	Properties:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "CA0132 Analog"
		alsa.id = "CA0132 Analog"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "0"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HDA Creative"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Creative at 0xf7104000 irq 16"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:01:00.0"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1102"
		device.vendor.name = "Creative Labs"
		device.product.id = "0012"
		device.product.name = "Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series] (SB1570 SB Audigy Fx)"
		device.string = "front:1"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
		device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
		device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
		device.description = "Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series] (SB1570 SB Audigy Fx) Analog Stereo"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	Ports:
		analog-output-lineout: Line Out (type: Line, priority: 9000, availability unknown)
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (type: Headphones, priority: 9900, available)
	Active Port: analog-output-lineout
	Formats:
		pcm

Last edited by fanda (2022-03-27 17:29:35)

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,944

Re: [SOLVED] no sound

Up your volume, 15% reads low.

Other than that check whether anything is occupying the device at the same time with

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
#Which clients are you trying to use
pactl list sink-inputs
#Is your output port wrong?
pactl set-sink-port alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.0.analog-stereo  analog-output-headphones

seth

Member

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 60,955

Re: [SOLVED] no sound

Also the output of "amixer" and look out for "Simple mixer control 'Audigy Analog/Digital Output Jack',0" (it's a switch that toggles digital output on one of the output jacks, but needs to be connected to a digital input - on an analog input it effectively mutes the sound)

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fanda

Member

Registered: 2019-03-19

Posts: 15

Re: [SOLVED] no sound

This was solved by physically reconnecting the jack to the analog-output-lineout. Maybe my brain needs debugging, maybe the bug was somewhere else. Either way, I got the sound. Thanks for the help anyway.

fanda

Member

Registered: 2019-03-19

Posts: 15

Re: [SOLVED] no sound

Up your volume, 15% reads low.

This is also a mystery to me. 15% is too much in my headphones and I usually turn it down even further, with YouTube videos on the volume slider at the absolute minimum.