Arch Linux

JGunn88

Member

From: Gunn

Registered: 2012-06-27

Posts: 10

[SOLVED]problem: no sound: HDA NVidia ALC889A

I have recently installed ArchLinux as the only OS on my macbook pro. I am running Xfce4 as my GUI. I am unable to get the sound to work. I have read and followed both the beginners installation guide and the ALSA guide on the wiki pages as well as the #troubleshooting and #configuration of the ALSA pages. As i am new to linux i am unsure what outputs i would need to post to help. I have spent numerous hours over a few days looking into this problem and am currently unsuccessful.

p.s. If unmuted, the "mic" option on alsamixer produces a high pitched, continuous  beep. i was obviously able to fix it but im not sure if the info would help or not.
Thanks for the help.
p.p.s i have searched the forums and was unable to find what i needed. may be due to the fact that i am unsure what to search for.

-J

Last edited by JGunn88 (2012-06-28 21:45:20)

---

Learning by jumping through fire instead of getting someone to put it out...its the Ach Way.

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,356

Re: [SOLVED]problem: no sound: HDA NVidia ALC889A

Posting the output of "aplay -l" , your /etc/asound.conf & ~/.asoundrc would be a good start.

---

Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky

JGunn88

Member

From: Gunn

Registered: 2012-06-27

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED]problem: no sound: HDA NVidia ALC889A

Posting the output of "aplay -l" , your /etc/asound.conf & ~/.asoundrc would be a good start.

output of "aplay -l"

 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC889A Analog [ALC889A Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC889A Digital [ALC889A Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 

/etc/asound.conf

defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 1
defaults.ctl.card 0

/.asoundrc: since this computer only has root and my own user on it i decided to go with the system wide config through the /etc/asound.conf file rather than the user specific /.asoundrc

---

Learning by jumping through fire instead of getting someone to put it out...its the Ach Way.

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,356

Re: [SOLVED]problem: no sound: HDA NVidia ALC889A

The reason i asked for both is that the user specifc file is read after the systemwide one, and thus overrides it.
But first thing is to get it working as root.
You're /etc/asound.conf sets the digital output as default .

Usually laptop inbuilt speakers are connected to the analog output, are you sure you need to use the digital output ?

---

Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky

JGunn88

Member

From: Gunn

Registered: 2012-06-27

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED]problem: no sound: HDA NVidia ALC889A

Editing the /etc/asound.conf to:

defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.ctl.card 0

did the trick. Thanks for the help.
-J

---

Learning by jumping through fire instead of getting someone to put it out...its the Ach Way.