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

[Martti Kühne]

2011/10/10 Roman V.Leon. <roman-vl at meta.ua>:
>> On Monday, October 10, 2011, Martti Kühne wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:25 AM, Madhurya Kakati
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>> > On Sunday, October 9, 2011, Martti Kühne wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Madhurya Kakati
>>> >>  >
>>> >> 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. :(
>
> Hello Martti.
> Please show 'ls -l /dev/snd/' output and try to launch alsamixer(under
> root and unprivileged user) copy all error messages. Be sure that you have
> alsa-utils installed and alsa daemon is running.
>
> Cheers,
> Roman.
>
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hey Roman,

I was trying to help here, funny enough running into the exact same
problem today. :D
however the original question was asked by madhurya kataki.

I have a lot of root:audio files in there.

cheers
mar77i