[SOLVED] sound gone!

[oldbiddie]

mageia2 x64 KDE
sound was not very loud. I tried to correct it and now I have no sound at all. How to find out what went wrong?
TIA

[wintpe]

open up the pulse audio control panel under sound and video and
then play a sound, ie an mp3

check that you are getting a representation of the sound in the playback tab

select the output tab and try selecting the various ports available in the port menu.

adjust the volume in playback nd port , or unmute if nessasary

if you are not getting a representation of sound in the playback tab, then let us know.

regards peter

[oldbiddie]

Hi,
I get a representation of sound but the little loudspeaker has a red cross ( muted audio. How do I unmute it?) I tried clicking but it doesn't do anything

thanks for your help

[wintpe]

ok i had this issue myself yesterday on my laptop

under sound and video theres an icon called QAShctl

start that

under the tree masterplaybackswitch

is the button marked 0 enabled

as this has recently started getting disabled on my laptop

regards peter

[oldbiddie]

Thank you but I don't seem to have QAShctl

[doktor5000]

It's called QAS mixer and contained in the package qastools:

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[doktor5000@Mageia4 ~]$ urpmf qashctl
qastools:/usr/bin/qashctl
qastools:/usr/share/applications/qashctl.desktop
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qashctl.svg
qastools:/usr/share/man/man1/qashctl.1.xz
qastools:/usr/bin/qashctl
qastools:/usr/share/applications/qashctl.desktop
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qashctl.svg
qastools:/usr/share/man/man1/qashctl.1.xz

[oldbiddie]

I get:

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[ms@localhost ~]$ urpmf qashctl
no xml-info available for medium "Mageia 2 - x86_64 DVD"
qastools:/usr/bin/qashctl
qastools:/usr/share/applications/qashctl.desktop
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/qashctl.png
qastools:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qashctl.svg
qastools:/usr/share/man/man1/qashctl.1.xz


not sure what I should do next....sorry

[oldbiddie]

I opened QAS and I find it difficult to say if the master playback switch is enabled or not but tried it both ways and: still no sound

I have sound on other users!, grrrr


since I have sound as another user, I tried to config like the other user but it still doesn't work. I must be missing something...and why did it suddenly stop working?

[wintpe]

if thats the case try this.

theres a directory under /home/username called .kde4 (note the dot that starts it

in unix/linux this is called a hidden file or directory when started with a dot.

.kde4 contains all the kde settings for that user and only that user.

moving this to .kde.old will force kde to startup in default mode , with all kde releates stuff reset.

this does not mean everything for that user is reset, just kde.

this will loose many settings that you may have configured under kde, but will set you back to a good starting point.

it does not effect firefox or thunderbird etc , as each application outside of that included in kde has its own .directory

so to move it, use the mv command.

open a terminal and type

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mv .kde4 .kde4.old


now exit and login as that user again.

.kde4 will get recreated.

if it does not fix the sound you can revert to the old kde settings using

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mv .kde4 .kde4.new
mv .kde4.old .kde4


but it will help to eliminate user releated kde settings.

regards peter

[oldbiddie]

Worked THANK YOU

messed up Kmail but never mind

[isadora]

Oldbiddie, please mark the topic accordingly, will you?
Thank you!!!!