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rplantz
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Joined: 2006-11-29 05:26

no user sound in sid

#1 Post by rplantz »

I upgraded from lenny to sid and lost my sound.

In my user account, I have no sound.

As su my sound works great when I use the alsa tests:

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debian:/home/bob# speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -twav
speaks through both my left and right speakers, and

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debian:/home/bob# debian:/home/bob# aplay ring.wav
Playing WAVE 'ring.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
plays the ring sound. This would indicate that my drivers are working just fine.

But as user I get:

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bob@debian:~$ speaker-test -Dplug:suround51 -c6 -twave

speaker-test 1.0.20

Playback device is plug:suround51
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM suround51
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM suround51
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM suround51
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM suround51
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM suround51
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2211:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM suround51
Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory
^C
and

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bob@debian:~$ aplay -vv ring.wav 
ALSA lib pulse.c:272:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

aplay: main:608: audio open error: Connection refused
bob@debian:~$ 
This would seem to be some sort of privileges issue, but Administration -> Users and Groups shows that I (as user) have "Use audio devices" User Privileges.
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anarchyinc666
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Re: no user sound in sid

#2 Post by anarchyinc666 »

Have you tried;

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alsactl init
other than that I can be of no assistance, alsaconf no long works after update from .17 to .20 of alsa-utils.
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GIT d- s: a- C++++ UL++++ P+ L+++ E-- W+++ N- o-- K- w++
O- M-- V-- PS+++ PE+++ Y PGP+++ t-- 5-- X+++ R* tv+++ b DI++++ D
G e+ h---- r+++ y++++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

Debian-SID Xfce

rplantz
Posts: 36
Joined: 2006-11-29 05:26

Re: no user sound in sid

#3 Post by rplantz »

Yes, and I get (alsactl only runs under root):

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debian:~# alsactl init
Unknown hardware: "NFORCE" "Realtek ALC658D" "AC97a:414c4781" "0x147b" "0x1c14"
Hardware is initialized using a guess method
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:51: control element not found
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:52: missing closing brace for format
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:52: error parsing CTL attribute
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:52: invalid rule
debian:~# 
And my user sound is still broken.
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rplantz
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Joined: 2006-11-29 05:26

Re: no user sound in sid

#4 Post by rplantz »

Oops. I discovered that if I spell "surround" correctly, as in

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bob@debian:~$ speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -twave

speaker-test 1.0.20

Playback device is plug:surround51
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 3 to 5461
Period size range from 3 to 5461
Using max buffer size 5460
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1365
was set buffer_size = 5460
 0 - Front Left
 4 - Center
 1 - Front Right
 3 - Rear Right
 2 - Rear Left
 5 - LFE
^C
both my speakers work just fine in user space. However, I still get an error with

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bob@debian:~$ aplay ring.wav 
ALSA lib pulse.c:272:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused

aplay: main:608: audio open error: Connection refused
as non-root user.
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rplantz
Posts: 36
Joined: 2006-11-29 05:26

Re: no user sound in sid

#5 Post by rplantz »

I installed pulseaudio and had sound for a while.

Then I installed xfce4 and user sound went away, both in xfce and in gnome.

I'm in xfce now. I get:

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bob@debian:~$ cat /etc/group | grep audio
audio:x:29:bob,pulse
bob@debian:~$ 
The test:

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bob@debian:~$ speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -twave

speaker-test 1.0.20

Playback device is plug:surround51
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 3 to 5461
Period size range from 3 to 5461
Using max buffer size 5460
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1365
was set buffer_size = 5460
 0 - Front Left
 4 - Center
 1 - Front Right
 3 - Rear Right
 2 - Rear Left
 5 - LFE
Time per period = 8.531208
 0 - Front Left
^C
bob@debian:~$ 
shows that my speakers are working in user land. But

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bob@debian:~$ aplay ring.wav 
Playing WAVE 'ring.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
bob@debian:~$ 
is silent even though PulseAudio Volume Meter (Playback) shows high levels of sound.

If I become root, I hear ring.wav just fine, but the PulseAudio Volume Meter shows nothing. (I'm not surprised that the PulseAudio meter doesn't show anything when I'm root since it was launched in user land.)

What am I doing wrong?
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hm_shurt
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Re: no user sound in sid

#6 Post by hm_shurt »

If you find a solution, please post it. I am having an identical problem on my Gentoo system since an upgrade to Pulse 0.9.15-r2. Gentoo also switched at this point from a system-level launch of pulseaudio to a user-level launch.

I suspect it is a config problem, since so few users seem to be having it. I also suspect it may have something to do with hal or dbus, but so far no proof.

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