[SOLVED] No sound after upgrading to Mageia 2

[tapksa]

Hi,

So, I recently upgraded to 2. The upgrade resulted in a bunch of problems, and I'm trying to fix them one by one. The only major problem right now is that I have absolutely no sound anymore. I have never had sound problems before. Because of that I also have no experience on how to start solving this.

I've checked pavucontrol, alsamixer and kmix. Nothing muted or 0%. Sound works on Windows.

Pavucontrol lists two output devices: High Definition Audio Controller (is this my HDMI output?) and Built-in Audio Analog Stereo. alsamixer lists two devices by the name "HDA NVidia". In case you wonder, I have one HDMI port, it's on the motherboard. Draksound says that I'm currently using "the ALSA 'snd_hda_intel' driver", which "is default for my card". PulseAudio is enabled.

This is all the info I can think of right now. If I forgot something, do ask. If I need to provide info on my hardware, you'll have to tell me how to find out. I don't have any documents on the insides of my pc, sorry for that.

Thanks a lot. I'm happy to see the strength of this community even if the distro is young.

-tapksa

[doktor5000]

Which desktop environment are you using?
And please show the output of

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grep sound /etc/modprobe.conf

[tapksa]

KDE. (4.8.2, I think.)

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[tapksa@antarktis ~]$ grep sound /etc/modprobe.conf
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel
alias sound-slot-1 snd_hda_intel


[colin]

Hi,

There are a few debugging steps to follow here when such problems exist, but you've already managed to do a couple things that bypass some of them

Can you "play" some sound somehow (e.g. in your favourite media player). You likely will not hear anything (unless the problem magically fixes itself!) but while it is supposed to be playing, run the following commands:
* amixer -c0
* pacmd ls

Then attach the output of each here or on a URL somewhere and I'll advise how best to proceed.

Cheers

[tapksa]

Alright. Playing an mp3 with Clementine.

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[tapksa@antarktis ~]$ amixer -c0
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback [on]
  Front Right: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 64
  Mono: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-13.50dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-13.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-13.50dB] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-13.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
  Item0: 'Enabled'
Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch'
  Item0: '2ch'
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
  Capabilities: cvolume
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 120
  Front Left: Capture 60 [50%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: Capture 60 [50%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Rear Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Front Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: cenum
  Items: 'Rear Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Rear Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Rear Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Rear Mic Boost',0
  Capabilities: volume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: 0 - 3
  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]


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[tapksa@antarktis ~]$ pacmd ls
Welcome to PulseAudio! Use "help" for usage information.
>>> Memory blocks currently allocated: 224, size: 1.1 MiB.
Memory blocks allocated during the whole lifetime: 27649, size: 157.4 MiB.
Memory blocks imported from other processes: 99, size: 729.0 KiB.
Memory blocks exported to other processes: 0, size: 0 B.
Total sample cache size: 0 B.
Default sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default channel map: front-left,front-right
Default sink name: alsa_output.hw_1_3
Default source name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo.monitor
Memory blocks of type POOL: 125 allocated/13846 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type POOL_EXTERNAL: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type APPENDED: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type USER: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type FIXED: 0 allocated/3487 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type IMPORTED: 99 allocated/10316 accumulated.
29 module(s) loaded.
    index: 0
        name: <module-device-restore>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute state of devices"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 1
        name: <module-stream-restore>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute/device state of streams"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 2
        name: <module-card-restore>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore profile of cards"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 3
        name: <module-augment-properties>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Augment the property sets of streams with additional static information"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 4
        name: <module-alsa-sink>
        argument: <device=hw:1,3>
        used: 0
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "ALSA Sink"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 5
        name: <module-alsa-card>
        argument: <device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_05.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_05.0" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1">
        used: 0
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "ALSA Card"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 6
        name: <module-udev-detect>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Detect available audio hardware and load matching drivers"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 7
        name: <module-esound-protocol-unix>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "ESOUND protocol (UNIX sockets)"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 8
        name: <module-native-protocol-unix>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Native protocol (UNIX sockets)"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 9
        name: <module-combine-sink>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Combine multiple sinks to one"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 10
        name: <module-combine>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Compatibility module (module-combine rename)"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 11
        name: <module-gconf>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "GConf Adapter"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 12
        name: <module-default-device-restore>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically restore the default sink and source"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 13
        name: <module-rescue-streams>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "When a sink/source is removed, try to move their streams to the default sink/source"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 14
        name: <module-always-sink>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Always keeps at least one sink loaded even if it's a null one"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 15
        name: <module-intended-roles>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Automatically set device of streams based of intended roles of devices"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 16
        name: <module-suspend-on-idle>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "When a sink/source is idle for too long, suspend it"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 17
        name: <module-console-kit>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Create a client for each ConsoleKit session of this user"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 18
        name: <module-position-event-sounds>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Position event sounds between L and R depending on the position on screen of the widget triggering them."
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 19
        name: <module-role-cork>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Mute & cork streams with certain roles while others exist"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 20
        name: <module-filter-heuristics>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Detect when various filters are desirable"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 21
        name: <module-filter-apply>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Load filter sinks automatically when needed"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 22
        name: <module-dbus-protocol>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Tanu Kaskinen"
                module.description = "D-Bus interface"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 23
        name: <module-switch-on-port-available>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:

    index: 24
        name: <module-device-manager>
        argument: <do_routing=1>
        used: -1
        load once: yes
        properties:
                module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
                module.description = "Keep track of devices (and their descriptions) both past and present and prioritise by role"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 25
        name: <module-x11-publish>
        argument: <display=:0>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "X11 credential publisher"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 26
        name: <module-x11-xsmp>
        argument: <display=:0 session_manager=local/antarktis:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1650,unix/antarktis:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1650>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "X11 session management"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 27
        name: <module-alsa-card>
        argument: <device_id="1" name="pci-0000_02_00.1" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_02_00.1" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1">
        used: 1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "ALSA Card"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
    index: 28
        name: <module-cli-protocol-unix>
        argument: <>
        used: -1
        load once: no
        properties:
                module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
                module.description = "Command line interface protocol (UNIX sockets)"
                module.version = "2.0.0-1.mga2"
4 sink(s) available.
  * index: 0
        name: <alsa_output.hw_1_3>
        driver: <module-alsa-sink.c>
        flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 9050
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 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
        module: 4
        properties:
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "HDMI 0"
                alsa.id = "HDMI 0"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "3"
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfaf7c000 irq 19"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:02:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.1/sound/card1"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "nVidia Corporation"
                device.product.name = "High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "hw:1,3"
                device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
                device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                device.description = "High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
    index: 1
        name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 9959
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 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
        configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1999.82 ms
        card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_05.0>
        module: 5
        properties:
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "ALC662 rev1 Analog"
                alsa.id = "ALC662 rev1 Analog"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "0"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfaef8000 irq 22"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:05.0"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "nVidia Corporation"
                device.product.name = "MCP61 High Definition Audio"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "front:0"
                device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
                device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Realtek ALC662 rev1"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10ec0662,103c2a99,00100101"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        ports:
                analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, available: unknown)
                        properties:

        active port: <analog-output>
    index: 2
        name: <combined>
        driver: <module-combine-sink.c>
        flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 1000
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 100%
                     0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max request: 34 KiB
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        monitor source: 2
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 0
        fixed latency: 200.00 ms
        module: 9
        properties:
                device.class = "filter"
                device.description = "Simultaneous output to High Definition Audio Controller, Built-in Audio Analog Stereo, High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card"
    index: 3
        name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_02_00.1.hdmi-stereo>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: RUNNING
        suspend cause:
        priority: 9050
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 100%
                     0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 61.75 ms
        max request: 15 KiB
        max rewind: 344 KiB
        monitor source: 3
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 1
        linked by: 1
        configured latency: 90.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1999.82 ms
        card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_02_00.1>
        module: 27
        properties:
                alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
                device.api = "alsa"
                device.class = "sound"
                alsa.class = "generic"
                alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
                alsa.name = "HDMI 0"
                alsa.id = "HDMI 0"
                alsa.subdevice = "0"
                alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
                alsa.device = "3"
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfaf7c000 irq 19"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:02:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.1/sound/card1"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "nVidia Corporation"
                device.product.name = "High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "hdmi:1"
                device.buffering.buffer_size = "352768"
                device.buffering.fragment_size = "176384"
                device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
                device.profile.name = "hdmi-stereo"
                device.profile.description = "Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                device.description = "High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                alsa.mixer_name = "Nvidia GPU 0b HDMI/DP"
                alsa.components = "HDA:10de000b,10de0101,00100100"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, available: no)
                        properties:

        active port: <hdmi-output-0>
4 source(s) available.
    index: 0
        name: <alsa_output.hw_1_3.monitor>
        driver: <module-alsa-sink.c>
        flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 1000
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 100%
                     0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        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
        monitor_of: 0
        module: 4
        properties:
                device.description = "Monitor of High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.class = "monitor"
                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
  * index: 1
        name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo.monitor>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 1950
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 100%
                     0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        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
        monitor_of: 1
        card: 0 <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_05.0>
        module: 5
        properties:
                device.description = "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo"
                device.class = "monitor"
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfaef8000 irq 22"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:05.0"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "nVidia Corporation"
                device.product.name = "MCP61 High Definition Audio"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "0"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
    index: 2
        name: <combined.monitor>
        driver: <module-combine-sink.c>
        flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
        state: SUSPENDED
        suspend cause: IDLE
        priority: 1000
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 100%
                     0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max rewind: 0 KiB
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 0
        fixed latency: 200.00 ms
        monitor_of: 2
        module: 9
        properties:
                device.description = "Monitor Source of Simultaneous output to High Definition Audio Controller, Built-in Audio Analog Stereo, High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                device.class = "monitor"
                device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
    index: 3
        name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_02_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
        state: IDLE
        suspend cause:
        priority: 1050
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        base volume: 100%
                     0.00 dB
        volume steps: 65537
        muted: no
        current latency: 0.00 ms
        max rewind: 344 KiB
        sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        used by: 0
        linked by: 0
        configured latency: 1999.82 ms; range is 0.50 .. 1999.82 ms
        monitor_of: 3
        card: 1 <alsa_card.pci-0000_02_00.1>
        module: 27
        properties:
                device.description = "Monitor of High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)"
                device.class = "monitor"
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfaf7c000 irq 19"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:02:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.1/sound/card1"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "nVidia Corporation"
                device.product.name = "High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "1"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
6 client(s) logged in.
    index: 0
        driver: <module-console-kit.c>
        owner module: 17
        properties:
                application.name = "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
                console-kit.session = "/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
    index: 4
        driver: <protocol-native.c>
        owner module: 8
        properties:
                application.name = "KMix KDE 4"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "26"
                application.process.id = "1630"
                application.process.user = "tapksa"
                application.process.host = "antarktis"
                application.process.binary = "kdeinit4"
                application.language = "en_GB.UTF-8"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "b925b48bdd8ac81db38293ed00001ec6"
                application.process.session_id = "b925b48bdd8ac81db38293ed00001ec6-1338340512.35177-1880319268"
    index: 8
        driver: <module-x11-xsmp.c>
        owner module: 26
        properties:
                application.name = "XSMP Session on KDE as 10146d9e8ca000133834053000000016500013"
                xsmp.vendor = "KDE"
                xsmp.client.id = "10146d9e8ca000133834053000000016500013"
    index: 10
        driver: <protocol-native.c>
        owner module: 8
        properties:
                application.name = "KMix KDE 4"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "26"
                application.process.id = "2204"
                application.process.user = "tapksa"
                application.process.host = "antarktis"
                application.process.binary = "kdeinit4"
                application.language = "en_GB.UTF-8"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "b925b48bdd8ac81db38293ed00001ec6"
                application.process.session_id = "b925b48bdd8ac81db38293ed00001ec6-1338340512.35177-1880319268"
    index: 11
        driver: <protocol-native.c>
        owner module: 8
        properties:
                application.name = "Clementine"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "26"
                application.process.id = "6143"
                application.process.user = "tapksa"
                application.process.host = "antarktis"
                application.process.binary = "clementine"
                application.language = "en_GB.UTF-8"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "b925b48bdd8ac81db38293ed00001ec6"
                application.process.session_id = "b925b48bdd8ac81db38293ed00001ec6-1338340512.35177-1880319268"
                application.icon_name = "application-x-clementine"
    index: 15
        driver: <cli.c>
        owner module: 28
        properties:
                application.name = "UNIX socket client"
2 card(s) available.
    index: 0
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_00_05.0>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 5
        properties:
                alsa.card = "0"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfaef8000 irq 22"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:05.0"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/sound/card0"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "nVidia Corporation"
                device.product.name = "MCP61 High Definition Audio"
                device.form_factor = "internal"
                device.string = "0"
                device.description = "Built-in Audio"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 6000)
                output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex (priority 6060)
                output:analog-surround-40: Analog Surround 4.0 Output (priority 700)
                output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760)
                output:analog-surround-41: Analog Surround 4.1 Output (priority 800)
                output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 4.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860)
                output:analog-surround-50: Analog Surround 5.0 Output (priority 700)
                output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.0 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 760)
                output:analog-surround-51: Analog Surround 5.1 Output (priority 800)
                output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo: Analog Surround 5.1 Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 860)
                input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 60)
                off: Off (priority 0)
        active profile: <output:analog-stereo>
        sinks:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo/#1: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
        sources:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo.monitor/#1: Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo
        ports:
                analog-output: Analog Output (priority 9900, available: unknown)
                        properties:

                analog-input-microphone-front: Front Microphone (priority 8500, available: no)
                        properties:

                analog-input-microphone-rear: Rear Microphone (priority 8200, available: no)
                        properties:

                analog-input-linein: Line In (priority 8100, available: no)
                        properties:

    index: 1
        name: <alsa_card.pci-0000_02_00.1>
        driver: <module-alsa-card.c>
        owner module: 27
        properties:
                alsa.card = "1"
                alsa.card_name = "HDA NVidia"
                alsa.long_card_name = "HDA NVidia at 0xfaf7c000 irq 19"
                alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel"
                device.bus_path = "pci-0000:02:00.1"
                sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:09.0/0000:02:00.1/sound/card1"
                device.bus = "pci"
                device.vendor.id = "10de"
                device.vendor.name = "nVidia Corporation"
                device.product.name = "High Definition Audio Controller"
                device.string = "1"
                device.description = "High Definition Audio Controller"
                module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
                device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci"
        profiles:
                output:hdmi-stereo: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5400)
                output:hdmi-surround: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 300)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra1: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5200)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra1: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 100)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra2: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5200)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra2: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 100)
                output:hdmi-stereo-extra3: Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output (priority 5200)
                output:hdmi-surround-extra3: Digital Surround 5.1 (HDMI) Output (priority 100)
                off: Off (priority 0)
        active profile: <output:hdmi-stereo>
        sinks:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_02_00.1.hdmi-stereo/#3: High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)
        sources:
                alsa_output.pci-0000_02_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor/#3: Monitor of High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)
        ports:
                hdmi-output-0: HDMI / DisplayPort (priority 5900, available: no)
                        properties:

                hdmi-output-1: HDMI / DisplayPort 2 (priority 5800, available: no)
                        properties:

                hdmi-output-2: HDMI / DisplayPort 3 (priority 5700, available: no)
                        properties:

                hdmi-output-3: HDMI / DisplayPort 4 (priority 5600, available: no)
                        properties:

1 sink input(s) available.
    index: 7
        driver: <protocol-native.c>
        flags: START_CORKED
        state: RUNNING
        sink: 3 <alsa_output.pci-0000_02_00.1.hdmi-stereo>
        volume: 0: 100% 1: 100%
                0: 0.00 dB 1: 0.00 dB
                balance 0.00
        muted: no
        current latency: 109.16 ms
        requested latency: 90.00 ms
        sample spec: float32le 2ch 44100Hz
        channel map: front-left,front-right
                     Stereo
        resample method: copy
        module: 8
        client: 11 <Clementine>
        properties:
                media.name = "'Age of Shadows' by 'Ayreon'"
                application.name = "Clementine"
                native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
                native-protocol.version = "26"
                application.process.id = "6143"
                application.process.user = "tapksa"
                application.process.host = "antarktis"
                application.process.binary = "clementine"
                application.language = "en_GB.UTF-8"
                window.x11.display = ":0"
                application.process.machine_id = "b925b48bdd8ac81db38293ed00001ec6"
                application.process.session_id = "b925b48bdd8ac81db38293ed00001ec6-1338340512.35177-1880319268"
                application.icon_name = "application-x-clementine"
                module-stream-restore.id = "sink-input-by-application-name:Clementine"
                media.title = "Age of Shadows"
                media.artist = "Ayreon"
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[colin]

Hi,

OK, so there are a couple interesting things here...

Firstly you appear to have a manually loaded sink in there. I presume this is a manual change you've made in the default.pa file to load e.g. a digital output in parallel to the analog one?

Anyway, the sound from Clementine appears to be playing on your HDMI device rather than on your built in sound. I presume you did not intend to use HDMI by default? Are you using KDE or GNOME? As you are using Clementine I'll presume you are using KDE. If so go into systemsettings -> Multimedia -> Phonon. You can use these priority lists to order which device you want to use for different categories. Unfortunately clemenite does not appear to advertise itself as a "Music" app, so you'll need to use the default category (select the "Audio Playback" header on the left.

If this doesn't fix it for you, it may be because a specific stream move happened with clementine (which overrides the priority lists). Just go into kmix, find the clementine stream (third tab along) and right click on it. Under "Move Stream..." there should be a "Use default for category" option. Choose that.

Hope that helps.

[tintin]

Hello. This is my first post and i'm a complete noob so forgive me if i don't speak the linux lingo.

I had the same problem as the OP with an hd install. Now i'm tinkering around in vb to get everyhing working before i do another hd install and i got the sound to work by changing multimedia - phonon - audio hardware setup - device configuration and set it to LFE on seperate Mono Output/Amplifier in system settings/hardware.


Good luck to all and thank you for making such a fast loading kde distro.

[tapksa]

Firstly you appear to have a manually loaded sink in there. I presume this is a manual change you've made in the default.pa file to load e.g. a digital output in parallel to the analog one?

Well, I had this problem before I did that. I was reading the sound problem threads on this forum and I saw instructions on how to get HDMI sound (it has never worked for me). In fact, I haven't even checked it yet. This screen doesn't have HDMI - otherwise I could use it and connect my speakers to my screen.

Anyway, the sound from Clementine appears to be playing on your HDMI device rather than on your built in sound. I presume you did not intend to use HDMI by default? Are you using KDE or GNOME? As you are using Clementine I'll presume you are using KDE. If so go into systemsettings -> Multimedia -> Phonon. You can use these priority lists to order which device you want to use for different categories. Unfortunately clemenite does not appear to advertise itself as a "Music" app, so you'll need to use the default category (select the "Audio Playback" header on the left.

Okay. The Test button works. I've tried preferring "Built-In Analog Stereo" and then "Simultaneous output" (HDMI + Built-in), still no sound in Clementine. Or Amarok, or Firefox.

If this doesn't fix it for you, it may be because a specific stream move happened with clementine (which overrides the priority lists). Just go into kmix, find the clementine stream (third tab along) and right click on it. Under "Move Stream..." there should be a "Use default for category" option. Choose that.

"Automatic according to category", I guess? Still didn't do it.

I had the same problem as the OP with an hd install. Now i'm tinkering around in vb to get everyhing working before i do another hd install and i got the sound to work by changing multimedia - phonon - audio hardware setup - device configuration and set it to LFE on seperate Mono Output/Amplifier in system settings/hardware.

No such option. In fact, there is only one setting, "Playback (Built-in Audio Analog Stereo)". The test buttons work.


Thanks for the help, both of you - but still facing a problem.

[colin]

Your stream is likely still going to the wrong device.

I can only recommend the following:
1. remove any customisations to the default.pa file you made, including manual sink loading. This can interfere with devices and prevent opening the one you need.
2. If you do not use any HDMI, use pavucontrol or systemsettings' audio hardware setup tab to disable your 2nd card (the HDMI) by setting the Card profile to "off". such that you only have one sink available.
3. Disable the simultaneous output in paprefs.
4. Reboot.

It will be nigh on impossible to select the wrong device in this setup. You can then potentially re-enable the other devices as/when you need them to work out which setting is going wrong.

If you want to really look at things in-depth, the "pacmd ls" output I mentioned before tells you exactly where the stream is playing: You can actually do "pacmd list-sink-inputs" to show only playback streams and it will clearly state which sink it's playing on. If the sink is NOT "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo" then it's playing on a the wrong device.

Another anomaly is that your default intput device appears to be a monitor output rather than a real mic... I'd fix that before you try to do any VoIP

[tapksa]

That did it. Thank you!!

I'm going to need HDMI sound at some point, but if I can't figure it out, I'll look for solutions or ask you people. Anyway, that's then. I'm happy to be able to listen to music again. Thanks a lot!

[colin]

No worries. For reference, the next version of PA should have more information regarding why a given device is used which should help when debugging these things.

[gas64]

Thanks to all, I solve the same problem.
gas