Re: [gentoo-user] no sound through headphones (still bad)

[Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@alectenharmsel.com>]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 01:43:29PM -0400, allan gottlieb wrote:
> 
> E7450-wired linux # grep SND_HDA_INTEL .config
> CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=y

This is good, I guess?

> E7450-wired linux # grep 'SND_INTEL*' .config
> # CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0 is not set
> # CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M is not set
> E7450-wired linux # grep 'SND_SOC_INTEL*' .config
> E7450-wired linux # 
> 
> Is this last empty reply significant?

Maybe? You could try reconfiguring your kernel with all of the Intel
audio-related drivers as modules, and see what happens.

> > I'm completely grasping at straws here. Another option may be opening up
> > a terminal and running:
> >
> >     pulseaudio --kill
> >     pulseaudio --start --daemonize=no --verbose
> >
> > Then try and use audio and see what exactly gets spit out.
> >
> > Audio for me Just Works (tm), so I hope this helps.
> >
> > Alec
> 
> gottlieb@E7450-wired /local/allan/gottlieb $ pulseaudio --kill
> gottlieb@E7450-wired /local/allan/gottlieb $ pulseaudio --start --daemonize=no --verbose
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
> I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to acquire high-priority scheduling: No such file or directory
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: This is PulseAudio 8.0
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Machine ID is 6089ce1bfebfff5e96a31beb55b51fc9.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Session ID is 1.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using runtime directory /run/user/1000/pulse.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using state directory /home/gottlieb/.config/pulse.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib64/pulse-8.0/modules.
> I: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode: no
> E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
> 
> Starting audio did not cause anything to be printed.

It exited immediately because `pulseaudio --kill' did not actually kill
PulseAudio. Maybe try:

    pkill -9 pulseaudio
    pulseaudio --start --daemonize=no --verbose

Alec