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PopCarp

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Registered: 2014-08-13

Posts: 4

[SOLVED]Sound not working on kde

So i just installed arch with kde on my new computer but i am having trouble getting my sound to work. I was able to set the default sound card on the mutimedia setting and when i click on the front left and front right button i hear the sound but when i play music or video on youtube im not hearing anything. here is the output from aplay -l and im using card 2 as the defualt device.

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC1150 Analog [ALC1150 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: ALC1150 Digital [ALC1150 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Last edited by PopCarp (2015-02-28 22:34:09)

frank604

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From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,212

Re: [SOLVED]Sound not working on kde

I think KDE uses pulseaudio by default.  Try installing and using pavucontrol and ensure the output for sound is set to the right device.

PopCarp

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Registered: 2014-08-13

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]Sound not working on kde

Thanks, I just tried and finally got it working however im still not getting any sound in firefox.

frank604

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From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,212

Re: [SOLVED]Sound not working on kde

When you say firefox you mean flash in firefox?  I think that uses the alsa backend so make sure you point it to pulseaudio.

cat /etc/asound.conf                                                                                                                                       
# Use PulseAudio by default
pcm.!default {
  type pulse
  fallback "sysdefault"
  hint {
    show on
    description "Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)"
  }
}

ctl.!default {
  type pulse
  fallback "sysdefault"
}

# vim:set ft=alsaconf:

PopCarp

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Registered: 2014-08-13

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]Sound not working on kde

That didn't work for me however i found out that i just have to go to pavucontrol and set the playback for that application to my sound card. and i only have to do it once and it will save the next time i start my computer. So i guess my problem is solved. Thanks for your help.