Re: alsa troubles
On Monday 19 October 2015 23:41:38 Glenn English wrote:
> On 10/19/2015 04:04 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > I almost hardly dare say it, it is barely better than saying s*****d, but
> > when I have a problem with sound, I install Pulse Audio, install
> > pavucontrol, and have a look at what it says.
>
> Done. pavucontrol makes a pretty picture on my screen, with lots of
> buttons to click on and no complaints. I tried several that seemed
> promising.
>
> Still no sound. There are several 3.5mm jacks on the back of the
> machine, one of which is supposed to be the headphone jack. I've plugged
> into all of them, and get clicks in some of them, but no Goldbergs yet.
>
> I'm using VLC to check on things. I tried mpv (suggested earlier in
> another response), but it's still not installed, and I can't find it.
>
> pavucontrol has, in its menus, several things mentioned in the
> Supermicro manual for this machine, so it looks like there's some
> interaction between pavucontrol and the motherboard. But it just won't
> make any noise.
What does it say under hardware? Is it looking at the right hardware? Does
it say that it is plugged in and turned on? Is it talking to the right sound
card? Speakers? Is everything unmuted? Turned up?
Come on! I am not a sound engineer, and so far I have always managed to get
pavucontrol to tell me eventually, somewhere, what the trouble is.
Lisi
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