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jonnybarnes

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2011-05-11

Posts: 129

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No sound in new install

My SSD failed, so I've bought a new one and done a fresh install, just in the processes of reinstalling everything and copying across config files from my backup.

But for some reason I now no longer have sound. alsamixer has everything unmuted. I have no ~/.asoundrc file, nor do I have an /etc/asound.conf file. It should work OOTB though. Here's the output for my modules:

[jonny@jonny-arch ~]$ cat /proc/asound/modules
 0 snd_hda_intel
 1 snd_hda_intel

and aplay:

[jonny@jonny-arch ~]$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

My modules seem to be loaded as well:

[jonny@jonny-arch ~]$ lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     22092   4
snd_hda_codec_realtek  294320  1
snd_hda_intel          22122   0
snd_hda_codec          77927   3  snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              6325    1  snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                73952   3  snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              19416   1  snd_pcm
snd                    57818   7  snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         7121    2  snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

So I don't know what gives

(I've also checked the lo-tech problem of the speakers not working, they play music when plugged into my phone.)

Edit: I'm also getting a popping sound randomly from my speakers.

Edit2: Booted up from a Ubuntu live CD and ran the GUI test speakers app it has and that produced no sound, though did detect the hardware. Not looking good.

Edit3: Got it working. I've unplugged the cable going from the headphone jack on the front of the case from the releavent port on the motherboard. On mine it was labelled JAUD1. Anyone any ideas why that wiuld be messing things up?

Last edited by jonnybarnes (2011-10-21 22:20:04)

lagagnon

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From: an Island in the Pacific...

Registered: 2009-12-10

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Re: No sound in new install

Post to some pasting website the output of "amixer", that might help diagnose the problem.

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