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#1 2009-01-05 08:11:48

mooreted
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[SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

I installed the alsa-oss package to try to solve some sound problems. Now I get no sound from FireFox. Everything else seems to be working fine.

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#2 2009-01-05 16:38:42

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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

More information:

Alsamixer doesn't show any sliders and the device it shows is my usb microphone, no other. I only have sound out of my left speaker. Gnome volume control does not change volume any more. When I open System/Preferences/Sound in Gnome and test I get a beep through all speakers on each channel.

Everything was was working before installing alsa-oss. I just wanted to be able to accept Skype calls while playing Secondlife.

Here is lspci:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:06.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. Device 2f40
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT (rev a2)

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#3 2009-01-05 17:08:41

mooreted
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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

Trying to follow the Arch Wiki. Here's what I'm ending up with:

Now ALSA is ready to use.
For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.

Have a lot of fun!


bash-3.2# amixer set Master 90% unmute
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Master',0

bash-3.2# aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1008:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
aplay: main:590: audio open error: No such file or directory
bash-3.2# exit
[mooreted@myhost ~]$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel         370736  1
snd_seq_oss            31872  0
snd_seq_midi_event      8192  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                49968  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            40192  0
snd_mixer_oss          16512  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_usb_audio          81920  1
snd_pcm                69636  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio
snd_timer              21384  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9224  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_usb_lib            17024  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            21504  1 snd_usb_lib
snd_seq_device          8332  3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep               8964  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio
snd                    50724  15 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep
soundcore               8160  1 snd
usbcore               134384  9 usbhid,pwc,usb_storage,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,ohci_hcd,isp1760,ehci_hcd
[mooreted@myhost ~]$ ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  5 Jan  5 08:56 controlC0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  7 Jan  5 08:56 controlC1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 13 Jan  5 08:56 controlC2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 12 Jan  5 08:56 hwC2D0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  4 Jan  5 08:57 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  6 Jan  5 08:56 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 11 Jan  5 08:56 pcmC2D0c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 10 Jan  5 08:57 pcmC2D0p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  9 Jan  5 08:56 pcmC2D1p
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  8 Jan  5 08:56 pcmC2D2c
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  3 Jan  5 08:56 seq
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116,  2 Jan  5 08:56 timer

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#4 2009-01-05 18:43:55

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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

You want to try an easy experiment? Unplug your USB mic and restart your computer. I've had to do that a few times recently when setting up ALSA for the first time, or reinstalling it. I don't know why it worked, I just know that it has.

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#5 2009-01-05 22:39:42

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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

What you want is something like what is discussed here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62266
Hope that helps.


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#6 2009-01-06 01:55:48

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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

skottish wrote:

You want to try an easy experiment? Unplug your USB mic and restart your computer. I've had to do that a few times recently when setting up ALSA for the first time, or reinstalling it. I don't know why it worked, I just know that it has.

Wow, that's an odd one. I'll give it a shot.

Thanks.

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#7 2009-01-06 02:11:48

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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

R00KIE wrote:

What you want is something like what is discussed here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62266
Hope that helps.

Tried that, now I don't have any sound at all.

I'm going to try and remove OSS and try to get back to 'normal'.

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#8 2009-01-06 02:22:58

mooreted
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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

skottish wrote:

You want to try an easy experiment? Unplug your USB mic and restart your computer. I've had to do that a few times recently when setting up ALSA for the first time, or reinstalling it. I don't know why it worked, I just know that it has.

OMG! That actually worked. Go figure.

Thanks.

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#9 2009-01-06 02:28:45

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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

R00KIE wrote:

What you want is something like what is discussed here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62266
Hope that helps.

I'm not sure how that can be what he wants.  Nothing discussed there has worked for me yet.

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#10 2009-01-06 02:47:51

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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

mooreted wrote:
skottish wrote:

You want to try an easy experiment? Unplug your USB mic and restart your computer. I've had to do that a few times recently when setting up ALSA for the first time, or reinstalling it. I don't know why it worked, I just know that it has.

OMG! That actually worked. Go figure.

Thanks.

You're welcome. The funny thing is that it doesn't work for me anymore.

Anyway, go ahead and mark this thread solved if you're done with it.

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#11 2009-01-06 15:32:40

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Re: [SOLVED] (oddly enough) Installed alsa-oss. No sound in FireFox.

cmtptr wrote:
R00KIE wrote:

What you want is something like what is discussed here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=62266
Hope that helps.

I'm not sure how that can be what he wants.  Nothing discussed there has worked for me yet.

Yeah, Linux seriously needs a good sound system. Pulse Audio, ESD, Alsa, OSS: they all suck.

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