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kamahl

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Registered: 2007-09-16

Posts: 51

Sound does not work

I know this is a frequent topic, but i couldn't find the answer in wiki or anywhere else. I have a fresh installation of arch, everything works fine except sound.

[root@jachym jachym]# hwd -s|grep Sound
  Sound(a)   : 82801I ICH9 Family HD Audio Controller module: snd-hda-intel 

[root@jachym jachym]# lsmod |grep snd                                       
snd_hda_intel         433336  4                                             
snd_hwdep               9224  1 snd_hda_intel                               
snd_seq_oss            34176  0                                             
snd_seq_midi_event      8064  1 snd_seq_oss                                 
snd_seq                57056  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event              
snd_seq_device          7956  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq                         
snd_pcm_oss            44160  0                                             
snd_pcm                81288  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss                   
snd_timer              23440  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm                             
snd_page_alloc          9360  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm                       
snd_mixer_oss          17408  1 snd_pcm_oss                                 
snd                    61000  15 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               8096  1 snd                    
                                                                                
[root@jachym jachym]# grep DAEMONS /etc/rc.conf                                                                                        
# DAEMONS                                                                                                                              
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond atd sshd esd alsa kdm4)

Of course, all users are in the "audio" group.

[root@jachym jachym]# dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/dsp
dd: opening `/dev/dsp': Device or resource busy
[root@jachym jachym]# /etc/rc.d/esd stop
:: Stopping Esound Daemon  [DONE]
[root@jachym jachym]# dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/dsp
# No error but no sound either

The repro is properly connected.

Any hints please?

aphirst

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From: Augsburg, Germany

Registered: 2008-06-30

Posts: 55

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Re: Sound does not work

Did you do the whole alsamixer as non-root, un-mute channels, the sudo alsactl store? I tripped over that a few times.

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kamahl

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Registered: 2007-09-16

Posts: 51

Re: Sound does not work

omg, I didn't. lol this is awkward, thanks a lot.