Hi,
After yesterday's update I can't get any sound off my box anymore :-( I tried mpd, xine, mplayer and youtube in firefox, and all of them are completely silent. Looked in alsamixer and the master volume is in the appropriate level, also the respective modules seem to be loaded and ok.
Here goes the relevant part of my pacman.log
[2009-10-08 12:15] synchronizing package lists [2009-10-08 12:18] starting full system upgrade [2009-10-08 13:58] upgraded module-init-tools (3.10-1 -> 3.10-2) [2009-10-08 13:58] installed libnice (0.0.9-1) [2009-10-08 13:58] installed gstreamer0.10-python (0.10.16-1) [2009-10-08 13:58] installed farsight2 (0.0.16-1) [2009-10-08 13:58] upgraded pidgin (2.6.2-2.1 -> 2.6.2-3) [2009-10-08 13:59] upgraded qt (4.5.3-2 -> 4.5.3-3) [2009-10-08 13:59] Building VirtualBox modules... [2009-10-08 14:03] [2009-10-08 14:03] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-10-08 14:03] IMPORTANT NOTES: [2009-10-08 14:03] [2009-10-08 14:03] - Run "vbox_build_module" as root every time your kernel is upgraded, to [2009-10-08 14:03] compile the module for the new kernel version. [2009-10-08 14:03] - Add your user to the vboxusers group: [2009-10-08 14:03] gpasswd -a USERNAME vboxusers [2009-10-08 14:03] - Add "vboxdrv" to the MODULES array in your "/etc/rc.conf" [2009-10-08 14:03] - Add "vboxnetflt" to MODULES if you want Host Interface networking. [2009-10-08 14:03] - Add "vboxnetadp" to MODULES if you want Host-Only networking. [2009-10-08 14:03] - If USB does not work for you out-of-the-box, add the following line [2009-10-08 14:03] to "/etc/fstab": [2009-10-08 14:03] none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,busgid=108,busmode=0775,devgid=108,devmode=0664 0 0 [2009-10-08 14:03] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded virtualbox_bin (3.0.6-2 -> 3.0.8-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded ipsec-tools (0.7.2-3 -> 0.7.3-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded ncmpcpp (0.4-1 -> 0.4.1-3) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded sdparm (1.03-2 -> 1.04-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] installed libmpdclient (2.0-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded mpc (0.17-1 -> 0.18-1) [2009-10-08 14:03] upgraded xf86-video-ati (6.12.2-2 -> 6.12.4-1)
Anyone got any pointers?
On 10/09/2009 10:00 AM, Thiago Varela wrote:
Hi,
After yesterday's update I can't get any sound off my box anymore :-( I tried mpd, xine, mplayer and youtube in firefox, and all of them are completely silent. Looked in alsamixer and the master volume is in the appropriate level, also the respective modules seem to be loaded and ok.
Anyone got any pointers?
Couple of things to check:
* has one of the channels (e.g., master, PCM, front) been muted? * has one of the channels (e.g., PCM, front) been set to volume 0? * is the snd_pcsp module loaded? (lsmod | grep snd_pcsp) If so, unload it, and set it to not load in your rc.conf. (That's been known to interfere with other sound modules.) * are any of the "Analog Loopback" switches turned on? If so, turn them off, as they can disable sound. (I tore my hair out over that one for quite a while.)
HTH,
DR
On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:06:58 -0400 David Rosenstrauch darose@darose.net wrote:
On 10/09/2009 10:00 AM, Thiago Varela wrote:
Hi,
After yesterday's update I can't get any sound off my box anymore :-( I tried mpd, xine, mplayer and youtube in firefox, and all of them are completely silent. Looked in alsamixer and the master volume is in the appropriate level, also the respective modules seem to be loaded and ok.
Anyone got any pointers?
Couple of things to check:
- has one of the channels (e.g., master, PCM, front) been muted?
Ha! The PCM channel was muted! When I first looked into alsamixer I overlooked the little "MM" under the volume bar of the PCM channel (IMO the mute indicator should be less discrete :-)
- has one of the channels (e.g., PCM, front) been set to volume 0?
- is the snd_pcsp module loaded? (lsmod | grep snd_pcsp) If so, unload
it, and set it to not load in your rc.conf. (That's been known to interfere with other sound modules.)
- are any of the "Analog Loopback" switches turned on? If so, turn them
off, as they can disable sound. (I tore my hair out over that one for quite a while.)
HTH,
DR
Thanks!
On 09.10.2009 17:21, Thiago Varela wrote:
On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:06:58 -0400 David Rosenstrauch darose@darose.net wrote:
On 10/09/2009 10:00 AM, Thiago Varela wrote:
Hi,
After yesterday's update I can't get any sound off my box anymore :-( I tried mpd, xine, mplayer and youtube in firefox, and all of them are completely silent. Looked in alsamixer and the master volume is in the appropriate level, also the respective modules seem to be loaded and ok.
Anyone got any pointers?
Couple of things to check:
- has one of the channels (e.g., master, PCM, front) been muted?
Ha! The PCM channel was muted! When I first looked into alsamixer I overlooked the little "MM" under the volume bar of the PCM channel (IMO the mute indicator should be less discrete :-)
- has one of the channels (e.g., PCM, front) been set to volume 0?
- is the snd_pcsp module loaded? (lsmod | grep snd_pcsp) If so, unload
it, and set it to not load in your rc.conf. (That's been known to interfere with other sound modules.)
- are any of the "Analog Loopback" switches turned on? If so, turn them
off, as they can disable sound. (I tore my hair out over that one for quite a while.)
HTH,
DR
Thanks!
This happened to me as well! Is it an Arch bug?
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