Can't get audio to work on fresh install

audioarch · 2019-10-22 10:18:33

I can't get sound working in Firefox (or anywhere else). I have installed alsa-utils and alsa-plugins. I tried

amixer sset Master unmute
amixer sset Speaker unmute
amixer sset Headphone unmute

which resulted following output

amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Master',0
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Speaker',0
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Headphone',0

After that didn't work I tried to unmute the channels with alsamixer and I was able to unmute them but still no sound. I tried installing pulseaudio, pulseaudio-alsa and libpulse since I read that at somepoint Firefox had some sound issues without pulseaudio. If I try to run pulseaudio I get following output

W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to open cookie file '/home/user/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory
W: [pulseaudio] authkey.c: Failed to load authentication key '/home/user/.config/pulse/cookie': No such file or directory

I found from wiki that AMD GPU's had some tinkering with HDMI audio. I have 5700XT but it is connected with DisplayPort. My motherboard has Realtek ALC1200 and speakers are connected to 3.5mm TRS. What I should try?

V1del · 2019-10-22 10:30:59

You should try things that are targeted to your hardware, there's no guarantee that anyone's mixer controls are Master Speaker nor Headphone (they often are but this depends on the hardware, PCM, Speakers are also often used, if your current primary card is the AMD HDMI one, they will rather be a variant of IEC958...) Post your current /etc/asound.conf as well as, during a playback attempt

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
aplay -lL
amixer -c0 #Replace this 0 with the card index from the aplay -l output you want to use
#If pulse is still installed
systemctl --user status pulseaudio
pacmd list-cards
pacmd list-sinks
pacmd list-sink-inputs

Last edited by V1del (2019-10-22 10:33:11)

audioarch · 2019-10-22 10:50:31

V1del wrote:

You should try things that are targeted to your hardware, there's no guarantee that anyone's mixer controls are Master Speaker nor Headphone (they often are but this depends on the hardware, PCM, Speakers are also often used.) Post your current /etc/asound.conf as well as, during a playback attempt
sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*
aplay -lL
amixer -c0 #Replace this 0 with the card index from the aplay -l output you want to use
#If pulse is still installed
systemctl --user status pulseaudio
pacmd list-cards
pacmd list-sinks
pacmd list-sink-inputs

sudo fuser -v /dev/snd/*

                     USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0:  arch        2475 F.... alsamixer

aplay -lL

null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
jack
    JACK Audio Connection Kit
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default
    Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=1
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=2
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 2
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=3
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 3
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=4
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 4
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=5
    HD-Audio Generic, HDMI 5
    HDMI Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=Generic
    HD-Audio Generic
    USB Stream Output
sysdefault:CARD=Generic_1
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Analog
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Generic_1,DEV=0
    HD-Audio Generic, Generic Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
usbstream:CARD=Generic_1
    HD-Audio Generic
    USB Stream Output
**** 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 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 11: HDMI 5 [HDMI 5]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: Generic Analog [Generic Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: Generic Digital [Generic Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

amixer -c0 #Replace this 0 with the card index from the aplay -l output you want to use <--- I really don't know which card I should choose from the list. Is there some way to tell which one is the ALC1200 3.5mm?

systemctl --user status pulseaudio

â pulseaudio.service - Sound Service
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)

pacmd list-cards

No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.

pacmd list-sinks

No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.

pacmd list-sink-inputs

No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.

After systemctl --user status pulseaudio I tried to start pulseaudio with systemctl start pulseaudio but got following output

Failed to start pulseaudio.service: Unit pulseaudio.service not found.

audioarch · 2019-10-22 10:56:19

I ran pulseaudio --start and after that pacmd list-cards, pacmd list-sinks and pacmd list-sink-inputs worked. I thought that I read from somewhere that you don't have to start pulseaudio but maybe it was with a some DE.

pacmd list-cards

2 card(s) available.
    index: 0
	name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_0a_00.1>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	owner module: 6
	properties:
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfcba0000 irq 141"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0a:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:08:00.0/0000:09:00.0/0000:0a:00.1/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1002"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
		device.product.id = "ab38"
		device.product.name = "Navi 10 HDMI Audio"
		device.string = "0"
		device.description = "Navi 10 HDMI Audio"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	profiles:
		output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5900, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 800, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra1: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 2) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI 3) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra2: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 3) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI 4) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra3: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 4) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra4: Digital Stereo (HDMI 5) Output (priority 5700, available: unknown)
		output:hdmi-stereo-extra5: Digital Stereo (HDMI 6) Output (priority 5700, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround-extra5: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI 6) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		output:hdmi-surround71-extra5: Digital Surround 7.1 (HDMI 6) Output (priority 600, available: no)
		off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
	active profile: <output:hdmi-stereo-extra4>
	sinks:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra4/#0: Navi 10 HDMI Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI 5)
	sources:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra4.monitor/#0: Monitor of Navi 10 HDMI Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI 5)
	ports:
		hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
		hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (priority 5500, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				device.product.name = "C49RG9x"
		hdmi-output-5: HDMI / DisplayPort 6 (priority 5400, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
    index: 1
	name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_0c_00.4>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	owner module: 7
	properties:
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfca00000 irq 143"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0c:00.4"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.4/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1022"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
		device.product.id = "1487"
		device.product.name = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		device.string = "1"
		device.description = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	profiles:
		input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 65, available: no)
		output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6500, available: unknown)
		output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6565, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-21: Analog Surround 2.1 Output (priority 1300, available: unknown)
		output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 2.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1365, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (priority 1200, available: unknown)
		output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1265, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (priority 1300, available: unknown)
		output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1365, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (priority 1200, available: unknown)
		output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1265, available: no)
		output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (priority 1300, available: unknown)
		output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 1365, available: no)
		output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (priority 5500, available: unknown)
		output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 5565, available: no)
		off: Off (priority 0, available: unknown)
	active profile: <output:analog-stereo>
	sinks:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-stereo/#1: Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
	sources:
		alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-stereo.monitor/#1: Monitor of Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
	ports:
		analog-input-front-mic: Front Microphone (priority 8500, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
		analog-input-rear-mic: Rear Microphone (priority 8200, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
		analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				
		analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
			properties:
				
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
		iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority 0, latency offset 0 usec, available: unknown)
			properties:

pacmd list-sinks

2 sink(s) available.
    index: 0
	name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra4>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
	state: SUSPENDED
	suspend cause: IDLE
	priority: 9030
	volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	        balance 0.00
	base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	volume steps: 65537
	muted: no
	current latency: 0.00 ms
	max request: 0 KiB
	max rewind: 0 KiB
	monitor source: 0
	sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	channel map: front-left,front-right
	             Stereo
	used by: 0
	linked by: 0
	configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1999.82 ms
	card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_0a_00.1>
	module: 6
	properties:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "HDMI 4"
		alsa.id = "HDMI 4"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "10"
		alsa.card = "0"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfcba0000 irq 141"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0a:00.1"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:08:00.0/0000:09:00.0/0000:0a:00.1/sound/card0"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1002"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
		device.product.id = "ab38"
		device.product.name = "Navi 10 HDMI Audio"
		device.string = "hdmi:0,4"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
		device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
		device.profile.name = "hdmi-stereo-extra4"
		device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI 5)"
		device.description = "Navi 10 HDMI Audio Digital Stereo (HDMI 5)"
		alsa.mixer_name = "ATI R6xx HDMI"
		alsa.components = "HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100700"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	ports:
		hdmi-output-4: HDMI / DisplayPort 5 (priority 5500, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "video-display"
				device.product.name = "C49RG9x"
	active port: <hdmi-output-4>
  * index: 1
	name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.4.analog-stereo>
	driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
	flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY 
	state: SUSPENDED
	suspend cause: IDLE
	priority: 9039
	volume: front-left: 63569 /  97% / -0.79 dB,   front-right: 63569 /  97% / -0.79 dB
	        balance 0.00
	base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
	volume steps: 65537
	muted: no
	current latency: 0.00 ms
	max request: 0 KiB
	max rewind: 0 KiB
	monitor source: 1
	sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
	channel map: front-left,front-right
	             Stereo
	used by: 0
	linked by: 0
	fixed latency: 100.14 ms
	card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_0c_00.4>
	module: 7
	properties:
		alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
		device.api = "alsa"
		device.class = "sound"
		alsa.class = "generic"
		alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
		alsa.name = "Generic Analog"
		alsa.id = "Generic Analog"
		alsa.subdevice = "0"
		alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
		alsa.device = "0"
		alsa.card = "1"
		alsa.card_name = "HD-Audio Generic"
		alsa.long_card_name = "HD-Audio Generic at 0xfca00000 irq 143"
		alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
		device.bus_path = "pci-0000:0c:00.4"
		sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.4/sound/card1"
		device.bus = "pci"
		device.vendor.id = "1022"
		device.vendor.name = "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]"
		device.product.id = "1487"
		device.product.name = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller"
		device.string = "front:1"
		device.buffering.buffer_size = "17664"
		device.buffering.fragment_size = "2944"
		device.access_mode = "mmap"
		device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
		device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
		device.description = "Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo"
		alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek Generic"
		alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0b00,1458a0cf,00100001"
		module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
		device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
	ports:
		analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority 9000, latency offset 0 usec, available: yes)
			properties:
				
		analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority 9900, latency offset 0 usec, available: no)
			properties:
				device.icon_name = "audio-headphones"
	active port: <analog-output-lineout>

pacmd list-sink-inputs

0 sink input(s) available.

d_fajardo · 2019-10-22 12:53:52

Checking your ALSA, do you have any output running speaker-test -c 2?

V1del · 2019-10-22 13:46:12

I find it weird that both of your cards are detected as generic, which kernel do you have

uname -a
systool -vm snd_hda_intel

FWIW if you do not intend to use the HDMI output the correct command for above speaker-test suggestion would be

 speaker-test -Dhw:1,0 -c2

Arch Linux

#1 2019-10-22 10:18:33

Can't get audio to work on fresh install

#2 2019-10-22 10:30:59

Re: Can't get audio to work on fresh install

#3 2019-10-22 10:50:31

Re: Can't get audio to work on fresh install

#4 2019-10-22 10:56:19

Re: Can't get audio to work on fresh install

#5 2019-10-22 12:53:52

Re: Can't get audio to work on fresh install

#6 2019-10-22 13:46:12

Re: Can't get audio to work on fresh install

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