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

[Madhurya Kakati]

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

> 2011/10/10 Roman V.Leon. <roman-vl at meta.ua <javascript:;>>:
> >> 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.
> >
> >
> > ______________________________
> > Рhey 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
>

So I uninstalled gdm and pulseaudio and am now using xdm with archlinux
theme, which frankly, I don't like. Still hoping someone would tell me how
to use gdm and not let pulseaudio takeover alsa.