Re: no longer sound on amd64 sid systems

[sp113438 <sp113438@telfort.nl>]

On Tue, 13 May 2014 20:13:12 +0200
Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de> wrote:

> * sp113438 <sp113438@telfort.nl> [2014-05-13 16:27 +0200]:
> 
> > On Tue, 13 May 2014 11:27:50 +0200
> > Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > > > hello,
> > > > 
> > > > I did the latest update on 2 systems amd64 Sid, and now sound
> > > > does not work any longer on both systems.
> > > > The program /usr/sbin/alsa dissapeared after installing the
> > > > latest alsa-base.
> > > 
> > > /usr/sbin/alsa was a relict from the obsolete alsa-driver package
> > > and is almost not usefull as the sound modules now handled by
> > > kmod.
> > > 
> > > > No mixers are found.
> 
> As you can see bei aplay -L there are mixers avaiable......
> 
> > > > Failed to open audio output
> > > > Yesterday sound did work on both systems.
> > > 
> > > Please post the output of:
> > > 
> > > $ lsmod | grep snd
> > > $ aplay -l
> > > $ aplay -L
> > > $ dpkg -l | egrep (alsa|asound)
> > > $ cat /proc/version
> > > 
> > # lsmod | grep snd
> 
> Seems to be correct
> 
> [...]
> > 
> > # aplay -l
> 
> Ok
> 
> [...]
> > 
> > # aplay -L
> > root@fx4100:/home/arne# aplay -L
> > null
> >     Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples
> > (capture) pulse
> >     PulseAudio Sound Server
> 
> Could you please start alasamixer, choose the Xonar via <F6> (
> should be the second entry. and test sound again. I assume there is
> a prob with pulse.
> 
# alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

pulse is not installed.

# cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.14.2-arne-amd64 (root@fx4100) (gcc version 4.8.2
(Debian 4.8.2-21) ) #1 SMP Mon May 12 17:47:23 CEST 2014

Thanks,
Arne