[gentoo-user] Sound on Chromebook

[gentoo-user] Sound on Chromebook

[Joe]

Hi,

Has anyone got sound working on a Chromebook say 2020-Newer ?

Could you please tell me the steps.

Followed this with no luck.
 <https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1166746-highlight-.html>

Thanks

Joe

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound on Chromebook

[Dale]

Joe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone got sound working on a Chromebook say 2020-Newer ?
>
> Could you please tell me the steps.
>
> Followed this with no luck.
>  <https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1166746-highlight-.html>
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>
>


I use Firefox and Seamonkey myself but if you use KDE and the new
pipewire, make sure you check all volume levels.  Linux, every distro
I've ever used, has the volume muted by default in every sound control
program.  Why they don't default to say 30% or something I don't know. 
At least you know the drivers and hardware is working with that setting
and it won't blow up your speakers like it did on Back to the Future in
the beginning of the movie.  Back to pipewire, each app has its own
setting.  You could have other apps turned up to normal and Chrome still
muted or set real low.  Don't forget to check both Devices and
Application tabs in pipewire.  Also, check alsa, Kmix and others as
well.  If any one of them is muted or set to a real low setting, it will
make it look like no sound.  Oh, I use pipewire as my main volume
control.  I set all others to 100% and then use only pipewire from then
on.  That way I only have one place to check.   

Now that you mention something Google related, I want to switch email
providers again.  :/

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound on Chromebook

[Joe]

On 9/1/24 22:24, Dale wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone got sound working on a Chromebook say 2020-Newer ?
>>
>> Could you please tell me the steps.
>>
>> Followed this with no luck.
>>   <https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1166746-highlight-.html>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
> 
> 
> I use Firefox and Seamonkey myself but if you use KDE and the new
> pipewire, make sure you check all volume levels.  Linux, every distro
> I've ever used, has the volume muted by default in every sound control
> program.  Why they don't default to say 30% or something I don't know.
> At least you know the drivers and hardware is working with that setting
> and it won't blow up your speakers like it did on Back to the Future in
> the beginning of the movie.  Back to pipewire, each app has its own
> setting.  You could have other apps turned up to normal and Chrome still
> muted or set real low.  Don't forget to check both Devices and
> Application tabs in pipewire.  Also, check alsa, Kmix and others as
> well.  If any one of them is muted or set to a real low setting, it will
> make it look like no sound.  Oh, I use pipewire as my main volume
> control.  I set all others to 100% and then use only pipewire from then
> on.  That way I only have one place to check.

Thanks for the reply

So you have actually got sound working on a Chromebook ? I tired i had 
pipe-wire working but i couldn't change to microphone or line-in or 
headphones. whatever it was stuck with just speakers.

Also i love i3 cause it hides my tabs from the wife lol, She always 
wants to know what I'm doing.

I guess i can give my Chromebook another shot at Gentoo doesn't hurt 
anything. its currently running sid (Debian)

Do you have any guides for pipe-wire or is the wiki the best solution ?

Looking for your reply.

Thanks

Joe

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound on Chromebook

[Dale]

Joe wrote:
> On 9/1/24 22:24, Dale wrote:
>> Joe wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Has anyone got sound working on a Chromebook say 2020-Newer ?
>>>
>>> Could you please tell me the steps.
>>>
>>> Followed this with no luck.
>>>   <https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1166746-highlight-.html>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I use Firefox and Seamonkey myself but if you use KDE and the new
>> pipewire, make sure you check all volume levels.  Linux, every distro
>> I've ever used, has the volume muted by default in every sound control
>> program.  Why they don't default to say 30% or something I don't know.
>> At least you know the drivers and hardware is working with that setting
>> and it won't blow up your speakers like it did on Back to the Future in
>> the beginning of the movie.  Back to pipewire, each app has its own
>> setting.  You could have other apps turned up to normal and Chrome still
>> muted or set real low.  Don't forget to check both Devices and
>> Application tabs in pipewire.  Also, check alsa, Kmix and others as
>> well.  If any one of them is muted or set to a real low setting, it will
>> make it look like no sound.  Oh, I use pipewire as my main volume
>> control.  I set all others to 100% and then use only pipewire from then
>> on.  That way I only have one place to check.
>
> Thanks for the reply
>
> So you have actually got sound working on a Chromebook ? I tired i had
> pipe-wire working but i couldn't change to microphone or line-in or
> headphones. whatever it was stuck with just speakers.
>
> Also i love i3 cause it hides my tabs from the wife lol, She always
> wants to know what I'm doing.
>
> I guess i can give my Chromebook another shot at Gentoo doesn't hurt
> anything. its currently running sid (Debian)
>
> Do you have any guides for pipe-wire or is the wiki the best solution ?
>
> Looking for your reply.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>


I don't have a Chromebook.  I just wanted to mention that Linux always
has sound muted by default on installs.  It has been that way since the
early 2000's.  It's always something a person has to check before
getting sound.  It used to be quite common for people to post about not
having sound and the only problem is, some sound control software is
muted.  It only takes one to be muted to mute everything.  I remember on
one of my installs, I had to unmute like three or four pieces of
software to get sound. 

I think I've read people talking about Linux on Chromebook but not
sure.  Given it is Google and they use Linux, I'd think it would work. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Sound on Chromebook

[Joe]

On September 2, 2024 11:43:02 AM PDT, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>Joe wrote:
>> On 9/1/24 22:24, Dale wrote:
>>> Joe wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone got sound working on a Chromebook say 2020-Newer ?
>>>>
>>>> Could you please tell me the steps.
>>>>
>>>> Followed this with no luck.
>>>>   <https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1166746-highlight-.html>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I use Firefox and Seamonkey myself but if you use KDE and the new
>>> pipewire, make sure you check all volume levels.  Linux, every distro
>>> I've ever used, has the volume muted by default in every sound control
>>> program.  Why they don't default to say 30% or something I don't know.
>>> At least you know the drivers and hardware is working with that setting
>>> and it won't blow up your speakers like it did on Back to the Future in
>>> the beginning of the movie.  Back to pipewire, each app has its own
>>> setting.  You could have other apps turned up to normal and Chrome still
>>> muted or set real low.  Don't forget to check both Devices and
>>> Application tabs in pipewire.  Also, check alsa, Kmix and others as
>>> well.  If any one of them is muted or set to a real low setting, it will
>>> make it look like no sound.  Oh, I use pipewire as my main volume
>>> control.  I set all others to 100% and then use only pipewire from then
>>> on.  That way I only have one place to check.
>>
>> Thanks for the reply
>>
>> So you have actually got sound working on a Chromebook ? I tired i had
>> pipe-wire working but i couldn't change to microphone or line-in or
>> headphones. whatever it was stuck with just speakers.
>>
>> Also i love i3 cause it hides my tabs from the wife lol, She always
>> wants to know what I'm doing.
>>
>> I guess i can give my Chromebook another shot at Gentoo doesn't hurt
>> anything. its currently running sid (Debian)
>>
>> Do you have any guides for pipe-wire or is the wiki the best solution ?
>>
>> Looking for your reply.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Joe
>>
>
>
>I don't have a Chromebook.  I just wanted to mention that Linux always
>has sound muted by default on installs.  It has been that way since the
>early 2000's.  It's always something a person has to check before
>getting sound.  It used to be quite common for people to post about not
>having sound and the only problem is, some sound control software is
>muted.  It only takes one to be muted to mute everything.  I remember on
>one of my installs, I had to unmute like three or four pieces of
>software to get sound. 


Greetings everyone.

Finally got sound working on my Chromebook by following this guide. 

 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Chromebook/Sound_configuration

This has been a long time coming. Most Gentoo people like tinkering with stuff and once something is fixed/resolved you take pleasure in it.

Hope this helps somebody else

Thanks 

Joe