Re: No sound on AC'97 Audio Controller
On Sat, 2011-12-24 at 20:42 -0500, Kyle Schwarz wrote:
> On 12/24/2011 08:23 PM, hvw59601 wrote:
> > Kyle Schwarz wrote:
> >> I'm having issues getting the sound to work on a laptop that has a
> >> AC'97 Audio Controller. The laptop is a Compaq Presario 2720US.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Am I reading your amixer output right? I see:
> >
> > ...
> > Simple mixer control 'Master',0
> > Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
> > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
> > Limits: Playback 0 - 63
> > Mono:
> > Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-94.50dB] [off]
> > Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-94.50dB] [off]
> > ...
>
> You are right, I did have the volume turned down when I ran the alsa
> info script. I apologize for that, but I did turn my sound all the way
> up, and here is the new reading:
> Simple mixer control 'Master',0
> Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined penum
> Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
> Limits: Playback 0 - 63
> Mono:
> Front Left: Playback 63 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
> Front Right: Playback 63 [100%] [0.00dB] [off]
>
> Again I apologize for the confusion on the alsa-info output.
>
> > My output of amixer for my VT1708S is:
> >
> > ...
> > Simple mixer control 'Master',0
> > Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
> > Playback channels: Mono
> > Limits: Playback 0 - 42
> > Mono: Playback 42 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
> > ...
> >
> > If I set 'Master' with alsamixer to 0 (as I believe your is) I hear
> > nothing over my speakers. Is the master set to 0?
>
> I turned it to 100%, and still no sound plays though the speakers.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Thanks for the continued help.
>
> Best regards
> Kyle Schwarz
pulseaudio --kill
It might not really remove all the bad behaviour that ships with PA, but
anyway, try to kill PA and then use alsamixer again.
When I used Debian testing I replaced pulseaudio by a dummy package.
Again, google for "pulseaudio AC'97 Audio Controller" and similar,
perhaps somebody solved the same issue you have.
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