Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

Run alsamixer again then hit f6 and see if you can choose the usb sound
device.  If so do that then escape out of there.
Next run aplay -L -c 1 and see what information you get back.  It'll
likely be a PCM that's usually how usb cards come out and that should have
a number after it.  If it's PCM 1, then try running
amixer -c 1 pcm 100% unmute
If that works, alsactl store then reboot and see if you have sound.


-- 
Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and amo.
Please use in that order."
Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:

> aplay -l
> says the audio devices now include the USB soundcard.
> It is card1
> How do I get the desktop to use that from the CLI, so I have use of Orca?
> Or, if card0 is muted, how do I unmute it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@panix.com>
> To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>;
> <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble
>
>
> I've never run into any command like that.  Try running paplay and see if
> you can play a sound file with that command. You may also want to run
> pulseaudio --status and see what's going on with that system.
>
>
> -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that
> order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.
>
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:
>
> > Is pulseaudio not always running?
> > Here's where I'm at now.
> > I plugged in a USB soundcard, and in the terminal, I can play a wav file
> > with aplay.
> > But no GUI audio.
> > Orca should be running, but there is no sound.
> > speaker-test and aplay do work now in the terminal with the USB soundcard.
> > Is there a command that will list all sound devices and their states with
> > regard to volume and mute status?
> >
> > Thanks
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@panix.com>
> > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>;
> > <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 2:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble
> >
> >
> > Was pulseaudio started before that script got run?  If not, pactl has
> > nothing to control.
> >
> >
> > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that
> > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone tell me why I get permission problems on the below command?
> > > I found this command on-line while searching for any sort of solution to
> > > get
> > > audio back:
> > > sudo pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle
> > > I made it into a bash script and ran
> > > sudo bash file.sh
> > > Here's a copy of the command and the error:
> > > lenny@lenny-desktop:~$ sudo bash unmutetoggle.sh
> > > graphic 192 Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
> > >
> > > Connection failure: Connection refused
> > > pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused
> > > graphic 545 lenny@lenny-desktop:~$
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@panix.com>
> > > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>;
> > > <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 1:31 PM
> > > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble
> > >
> > >
> > > You wouldn't get the feedback since it's over ssh.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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