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skiller712

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[SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

I don't get any sound even after unmuting using the instructions on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … e_channels
aplay -l gives the following output:

aplay: device_list:268: no soundcards found...

lsmod | grep snd gives the follwing output:

snd_hda_codec_hdmi     45056  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek    69632  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    69632  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_soc_skl            61440  0
snd_soc_skl_ipc        32768  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_sst_ipc        16384  1 snd_soc_skl_ipc
snd_soc_sst_dsp        20480  1 snd_soc_skl_ipc
snd_hda_ext_core       20480  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_sst_match      16384  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_soc_core          188416  1 snd_soc_skl
snd_compress           20480  1 snd_soc_core
snd_pcm_dmaengine      16384  1 snd_soc_core
ac97_bus               16384  1 snd_soc_core
snd_hda_intel          32768  0
snd_hda_codec         106496  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_core           65536  7 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_soc_skl,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                90112  8 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_dmaengine,snd_hda_ext_core,snd_hda_core,snd_soc_skl,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_soc_core
snd_timer              28672  1 snd_pcm
snd                    69632  10 snd_compress,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd

On running alsamixer It gives

┌──────────────────────── AlsaMixer v1.1.2 ─────────────────────────┐
│ Card: PulseAudio                          F1:  Help               │
│ Chip: PulseAudio                          F2:  System information │
│ View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture  F5: All  F6:  Select sound card  │
│ Item: Master                              Esc: Exit               │
│                                                                   │
│                               ┌──┐                                │
│                               │  │                                │
│                               │  │                                │
│                               │  │                                │
│                               │  │                                │
│                               │  │                                │
│                               │▒▒│                                │
│                               │▒▒│                                │
│                               │▒▒│                                │
│                               │▒▒│                                │
│                               │▒▒│                                │
│                               ├──┤                                │
│                               │OO│                                │
│                               └──┘                                │
│                              50<>50                               │
│                            < Master >                             │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

I can't change my channels using the -> or <- Trying to select a sound card(f6) only shows "-   (default)" and " enter device name..." as options

I'm using Gnome and in settings>sound I only see a "Dummy Output" in the output tab.

How do I get the sound working?

Last edited by skiller712 (2016-12-12 05:42:00)

ugjka

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

install alsa-firmware

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ThomasN

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

What kind of system is it?

skiller712

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

Installed alsa-firmware, no change

skiller712

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

It's a laptop an Asus R558u
Intel core i5 6200U
4GB ram
Nvidia GT 930M

seth

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

Rule of thumb: when there's no audio, first kill pulseaudio and see whether the problem remains (resp. whether you can now fix it by unmuting devices)

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V1del

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

If there are no audio devices in aplay -l there's no way that killing pulseaudio will change anything. Check your dmesg for any errors relating to loading of the module and/or try to use a different kernel e.g. the LTS kernel. I assume this card is accessed via the I2C interface which is somewhat experimental in the kernel. You might also want to verify that you don't have e.g. a BIOS switch to toggle if HDA or I2C should be used.

skiller712

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

Killing pulseaudio is proving to be quite challenging
when i run pulseaudio --kill
and run pulseaudio --check it doesnt show any output so I edited the /etc/pulse/client.conf to state autospawn = no  but when i just run pulseaudio it says daemon is already running and no change in alsamixer, I have very limited time on my hands so I will try checking dmesg a little while later.

Edit: autospawn = no

Last edited by skiller712 (2016-12-12 01:27:05)

skiller712

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Re: [SOLVED]No sound cards detected using aplay -l

I was running Gnome-session by using

xinit gnome-session

and now i tried

systemctl start gdm

now sound works perfectly.