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user03039

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Registered: 2024-01-28

Posts: 3

No sound with Alsamixer after update

After running

$ sudo pacman -Syu

I don't have any sound. I tried playing a video in Firefox, then a mp3 file with mplayer, but nothing.

All channels in Alsamixer are set to 100 and unmuted.

$ sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

returns nothing.

$ lspci |grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

$ aplay -lL
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
lavrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Libav/FFmpeg Library
samplerate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Samplerate Library
speexrate
    Rate Converter Plugin Using Speex Resampler
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
oss
    Open Sound System
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
speex
    Plugin using Speex DSP (resample, agc, denoise, echo, dereverb)
upmix
    Plugin for channel upmix (4,6,8)
vdownmix
    Plugin for channel downmix (stereo) with a simple spacialization
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
sysdefault:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    Front output / input
surround21:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
usbstream:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel
    USB Stream Output
**** List of hardware devices (PLAYBACK) ****
Card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog]
  Sub-device: 1/1
  Sub-device #0: subdevice #0
Card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: VT1708S Alt Analog [VT1708S Alt Analog]
  Sub-device: 1/1
  Sub-device #0: subdevice #0

Thanks for your time!

Last edited by user03039 (2024-01-31 20:05:52)

user03039

Member

Registered: 2024-01-28

Posts: 3

Re: No sound with Alsamixer after update

I had looked at all the sliders in Alsamixer up to Mic Boost, but did not pay particular attention to the next entries. Auto mute, dynamic and independent were all disabled. Once I played around with them, sound was back.

user03039

Member

Registered: 2024-01-28

Posts: 3

Re: No sound with Alsamixer after update

Seems I rejoiced too early. It might be an intermittent issue. I did some reboots since the audio issues came back, but right now when I run

$ speaker-test -c 2

there's no sound no matter which settings I choose in Alsamixer. Same for mplayer and Firefox.

Does anyone have a tip which direction to look next?

Last edited by user03039 (2024-02-01 18:25:15)