Re: Silent ALSA

[Eric Gaumer <gaumerel@ecs.fullerton.edu>]

Ben Hill wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 10:04 -0800, Eric Gaumer wrote:
>
> > Ben Hill wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 14:00 -0800, Eric Gaumer wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Are you a member of the audio group?
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Doing an ls -l on /dev/dsp should show it's 664 with
> > > > root the owner and audio the group.
> > >
> > >
> > > crw-rw----  1 root audio 14, 3 2005-02-27 09:30 /dev/dsp
> >
> > Have you verified you are not using dynamic range control?
>
>
> How would I do that?

Use gnome-alsa mixer and you'll see a setting for DRC. Just make sure it's unckecked OR you
have the range turned all the way up.

> > No errors or anything huh? Just plays fine but no sound?
>
>
> Yeah, using GNOME CD Player. I can adjust the panet applet sound control
> etc.

GNOME CD player wont work.

> > What app are you using to play sounds (XMMS, Rhythmbox, totem, etc...)? If you are trying to
> > play a CD then don't use gnome-cd player. Use XMMS or GooBox.
>
>
> I've tried Totem too, which is the same.

I have some recent trouble with totem where there is no sound. Anything > .99 doesn't work
on my x86 though it works fine on PPC. I haven't had time to look deeply into it and nobody
else seems to have noticed a problem. As soon as I back down to .99.22-1 it's fine. I know
at least two others who had the same problem and used the same fix (both on x86).

Just a heads up in case there does turn out to be a problem.

> > How about taking a simple wave file and trying esdplay. Run an strace as well.
>
>
> I'll try that...


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