Re: No sound after bullseye install
Bob Latest wrote:
> after installing Debian bullseye I can't get sound to work. I'm using
> lightdm + dwm, and I have pulseaudio installed. "pavucontrol" ist stuck
> on the message "Establishing connection to PulseAudio. Please wait..."
>
perhaps the pulseaudio server is not running - you can check
> I don't understand zilch about how sound on Linux works, but my
> previous version of Debian on the same hardware worked.
you have
hardware -> kernel driver -> alsa -> pulseaudio -> application
- kernel driver utilizes the hardware
- alsa utilizes the kernel driver
- PA utilizes ALSA and provides a unified interface + capabilities
so it could be anything in the chain - check if you need firmware for
example if ALSA works (aplay etc) then check the next in the chain
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