Re: Openbox: which packages install to have sound?
<briand@aracnet.com> writes:
> On Fri, 15 May 2015 22:24:51 +0000
> Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Pete Orrall <pete@cs1x.com> writes:
>>
>> >>> after installing the packages (- bluez-alsa) you need to configure alsa
>> >>> by creating .asoundrc file
>> >>
>> >> Thanks, but I don't know how.
>> >
>> > I'm running openbox on my Wheezy systems at home (a ThinkPad and a
>> > massive workstation) and haven't needed to create an .asoundrc file.
>> >
>> >>> or, if the default device is correct, use alsamixer to turn on volumes
>> >>> of the default card.
>> >>
>> >> By running alxamixer I turned all volumes on. But still no sound.
>> >
>> > Other questions:
>> >
>> > 1) What is your sound card's make/model?
>> > 2) What are you using as a listening device, ie headphones, basic
>> > multimedia speakers, stereo receiver?
>> > 3) Did you check your connections. Are your (assuming) speakers
>> > plugged into the audio OUT of your soundcard, and not MIC or Line IN?
>> > 4) Did you check volume levels on speakers?
>>
>> Many thanks to you too. It's all right now: with alsamixer, I needed
>> unmuting everything.
>>
>
> one trap to watch out for is the audio device enables. i have audio engine
> speakers and for some reason they were always disabled on boot. i had to
> add:
>
> set-default-sink 2
> set-default-sink
> alsa_output.usb-Audioengine_Audioengine_2_-00-A2.analog-stereo
>
> to my /etc/pulse/default.pa file, and it was a royal pain in the neck to
> figure out that i needed to do that.
>
> just letting you know in case things seem to break on reboot.
Ok, thanks.
Rodolfo
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