[arch-general] no sound coming from speakers after update

[Madhurya Kakati]

On Monday, October 10, 2011, Martti Kühne wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:25 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805 at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > On Sunday, October 9, 2011, Martti Kühne wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805 at gmail.com<javascript:;>
> <javascript:;>>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > The last entry in  mpd.log is from 02 oct. I doubt that will help.
> >> However
> >> > when I try to start mpd I get this error,
> >> > [papul at archlinux ~]$ sudo rc.d start mpd
> >> > :: Starting Music Player Daemon
> >> >  [BUSY] /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6:  9910 Aborted
> /usr/bin/mpd
> >> > /etc/mpd.conf &>/dev/null
> >> >
> >>
> >> Usually I put in hashes ('#') into the /etc/rc.d/mpd script to check
> >> what output there is destroyed. Could be useful.
> >>
> >> cheers!
> >> mar77i
> >>
> >
> > After adding '#' in /etc/rc.d/mpd here's what I get when I try to start
> it,
> > [papul at archlinux ~]$ sudo rc.d start mpd
> > :: Starting Music Player Daemon
> >  [BUSY] listen: bind to '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use
> > (continuing anyway, because binding to '[::]:6600' succeeded)
> > output: No "audio_output" defined in config file
> > output: Attempt to detect audio output device
> > output: Attempting to detect a alsa audio device
> > ALSA lib pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect:
> > Connection refused
> >
> > alsa: Error opening default ALSA device: Connection refused
> > output: Attempting to detect a oss audio device
> > oss: Error opening OSS device "/dev/dsp": No such file or directory
> > oss: Error opening OSS device "/dev/sound/dsp": No such file or directory
> > output: Attempting to detect a pulse audio device
> > mpd: src/output/pulse_output_plugin.c:400: pulse_output_wait_connection:
> > Assertion `po->mainloop != ((void *)0)' failed.
> > /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6: 27833 Aborted                 /usr/bin/mpd
> > /etc/mpd.conf
> >
> >  [FAIL]
> >
>
>
> wow that fails for several reasons. you should:
> 1. configure alsa in mpd.conf, then mpd will be mixed over dmix (which
> won't fix the actual problem)
> 2. make sure the user which runs mpd to the audio group
> and figure out why both alsa and pulse would refuse the connection.
> who (uid/gid) runs those, what other security mechanisms could stick
> in between, like a too restrictively configured firewall etc.
>
> oh and you should figure out if mpd is already running, or if this
> config option is plain wrong that makes mpd try to "bind to
> '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use" ... sometimes mpd hangs
> up and you have to kill it with SIGABRT / 6.
>
> I'm just at a very similar issue a friend of mine is having with mpd
> and jack. you should get those permissions right in the first place...
> :) I'll go there and adjust /etc/group until it works, I guess.
>
> cheers!
> mar77i
>


Forget about mpd. Why doesn't audio play on vlc and in browsers? I regularly
visit sites like grooveshark,com. Also I do have my username in audio group.
Everything was fine until I ran pacman -Syu. :(