Arch Linux

joaospinto

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Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

sound problem

hello guys, i dont know why, but i cant open the gnome volume manager :s i have always been able to use it.. but now, when i open, i get this error box: no volume control gstreamer plugins and/or devices found.
why is this? i was told my alsa was broken, but i was also told that that guy was drunk... can anyone help me?
ty in advance

fishonadish

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Registered: 2006-11-04

Posts: 125

Re: sound problem

Are the devices being created in /dev?  What's in /dev/snd and /dev/sound?  If there's nothing but seq and timer in /dev/snd then your driver isn't loaded, or is broken.

Fishonadish

joaospinto

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Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

Re: sound problem

i am not in archlinux right now, i will answer later.. anyway how can i know whats in /dev/snd and on /dev/sound ?
is it possible that the driver got broken when i pacman -Syu'ed ?

paulr

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Registered: 2007-03-23

Posts: 53

Re: sound problem

I've received this message when the user hasn't been a member of the audio group in /etc/group ?

joaospinto

Member

Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

Re: sound problem

i have already added my user to the group :s i will check if it is still there.

joaospinto

Member

Registered: 2007-02-13

Posts: 40

Re: sound problem

ok, i booted into archlinux and i didnt have the error so lets forget about it