SUCCESS: though Audio vanished with jessie, it came back with alsamixer.
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:43:21 +0100, Klaus wrote:
> On 16/09/13 20:44, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:40:01 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 17:33:39 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>>>> It's an ASUS 10000HE running jessie.
>>>>
>>>> Today sound wouldn't work, though it worked a few weeks ago.
>>>>
>>>> I won't say nothing has changed; I have been doing regular upgrades
>>>> using aptitude.
>>>>
>>>> I don't even know how to begin diagnosing the problem. No sound,
>>>> neither in audacity nor in VLC.
>>>
>>> Are there any error messages when you start these applications from the
>>> command line in an X terminal? What do you get from running
>>> speaker-test?
>>>
>>>> Neither paplay nor aplay give me any sound.
>>>>
>>>> The audio device is *Enabled* in the BIOS.
>>>
>>> For a start, please post the output of:
>>>
>>> lspci -knn | grep -A2 -i audio cat /proc/asound/{version,cards,modules}
>>> aplay -Ll
>>
>> Well, lspci -knn | grep -A2 -i audio cat /proc/asound/{version,cards,modules}
>>
>> just says:
>>
>> grep: cat: No such file or directory
>>
>> But with the proper newline inserted,
>>
>> root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# lspci -knn | grep -A2 -i audio
>> 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
>> Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:831a]
>> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
>> root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik#
>>
>>
>> root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# cat /proc/asound/{version,cards,modules}Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k3.10-2-686-pae.
>> 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
>> HDA Intel at 0xf7eb8000 irq 43
>> 0 snd_hda_intel
>> root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik#
>>
>>
>> and finally,
>>
>> root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# aplay -Ll
>> default
>> Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
>> sysdefault:CARD=Intel
>> HDA Intel, ALC269 Analog
>> Default Audio Device
>> front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>> HDA Intel, ALC269 Analog
>> Front speakers
>> surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>> HDA Intel, ALC269 Analog
>> 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
>> surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>> HDA Intel, ALC269 Analog
>> 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
>> surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>> HDA Intel, ALC269 Analog
>> 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
>> surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>> HDA Intel, ALC269 Analog
>> 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
>> surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
>> HDA Intel, ALC269 Analog
>> 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
>> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
>> Subdevices: 1/1
>> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>> root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik#
>>
>>
>> -- hendrik
>>
>>
>>
> Hendrik
>
> Can this be another instance of a muted Master switch? What do get for:
>
> $ amixer info
> $ amixer contents
> $ amixer scontents
>
> See the amixer man page for how to un-mute using CLI.
> Or try alsamixer, pressing "M" toggles muting.
Yes, pressing 'M' on alsamizer did the trick.
For the record, here's the output of those commands, before I used alsamixer:
hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ amixer info
Card default 'pulse'/'PulseAudio'
Mixer name : 'PulseAudio'
Components : ''
Controls : 4
Simple ctrls : 2
hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ amixer contents
numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=off
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1
: values=65536,65536
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=off
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1
: values=11215,11215
hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ amixer scontents
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 65536
Front Left: Capture 11215 [17%] [off]
Front Right: Capture 11215 [17%] [off]
hendrik@notlookedfor:~$
And the amixer contents after I did so:
hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ amixer contents
numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=on
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1
: values=65536,65536
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch'
; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1
: values=off
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume'
; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=65536,step=1
: values=11215,11215
hendrik@notlookedfor:~$
The second 'values' field in 'Master Playback Switch' clearly
changed from 'off' to 'on'.
And VLC became audible.
-- hendrik
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