Re: Fw: Sound Problem -- More Information
On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 01:59:40PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 11:22:48 -0400
> From: "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Sound Problem
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> 64 bit Debian Wheezy/Testing. I had to reinstall the OS duer to a HD
> failure. Sound worked prior to that.
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> computation@abnormal:~$ aplay -l
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Solo1 [ESS ES1938 (Solo-1)], device 0: es-1938-1946 [ESS Solo-1]
> Subdevices: 2/2
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
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> When I run speaker-test I get the following:
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> computation@abnormal:~$ sudo speaker-test
> [sudo] password for computation:
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> speaker-test 1.0.25
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> Playback device is default
> Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
> Using 16 octaves of pink noise
> Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
> Buffer size range from 32 to 16384
> Period size range from 32 to 16384
> Using max buffer size 16384
> Periods = 4
> was set period_size = 4096
> was set buffer_size = 16384
> 0 - Front
> Left Write error: -5,Input/output
TL;DR -- too much information.
Run all commands as root, this will stop permission errors obscuring
results. I don't mean using sudo, either.
Get out of X before running "speaker-test" That xruns error comes from
X?
Can you try from a live CD, hopefully, rule out hardware (or software!)
Are you sure your card does not require firmware?
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