[arch-general] Alsa/Pulse not using sound cards?

[Nikhil Bysani]

On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 16:36 -0400, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> On 08/09/2011 04:30 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> > On 08/09/2011 02:58 PM, Nikhil Bysani wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> My system's sound is no longer is working.
> >>
> >> No, it's not muted, the sound modules are loaded, and there
> >> are pcm's in /dev/snd but no /dev/dsp. Also, while alsamixer
> >> does show the sound cards, it is only using the null device, and
> >> pulse audo doesn't see the sound cards either. Anyone know why
> >> alsa might not be using the soudn cards?
> >
> > Have you loaded the snd-pcm-oss module too?
> >
> > DR
> 
> In fact, why don't you post the output of this:
> 
> [darose at daroselin MacrosensePipetree]$ lsmod | grep snd
> snd_pcm_oss            38818  0
> snd_hda_codec_hdmi     22092  1
> snd_hda_codec_realtek   294224  1
> snd_hda_intel          22122  14
> snd_hda_codec          77927  3 
> snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
> snd_hwdep               6325  1 snd_hda_codec
> snd_pcm                73856  8 
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
> snd_timer              19416  5 snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc          7121  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> snd_mixer_oss          15275  2 snd_pcm_oss
> snd                    57786  27 
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
> soundcore               6146  2 snd
> 
> DR

It's actually not the modules or udev, but a systemd problem.  I think
pulse isn't starting?

[0][nikron at zramon ~]$lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     22092  4 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   294224  1 
snd_hda_intel          22122  5 
snd_hda_codec          77927  3
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6325  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                73856  5
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              19416  1 snd_pcm
snd                    57786  15
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               6146  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7121  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm