From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R93aS-00071T-EK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:30:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 037A321C1E3; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:30:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0121221C254 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:28:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwg14 with SMTP id 14so154214wwg.10 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:28:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wtOHsA6kyXSMEIC58liRVLVrXGKu7PmTNnz6ABWrPHw=; b=GHL2F3ibS88jbUigYkG/nPvxpptR26uSUnqk79ekfhCJIZYm15CKthYAHROsCGpOYV uPZJJCVJFM4hUv4+YmU3CkVohWC9OTTulPJat6QRbk24U3pPyakJepRadeSllVfOe2vn C9TMb10ySdlGO/Bd0mTNAaMbfsBb0BlTtk9oU= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.185.207 with SMTP id u57mr273714wem.109.1317252530963; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:28:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.132.80 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:28:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E83907E.1070202@googlemail.com> <4E839652.1010807@googlemail.com> <4E83A8EA.2090602@googlemail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:28:50 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] no sound with pulseaudio From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: c543bb2e3aa4fa93f1d6f2375ea94e01 On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Tamer Higazi wro= te: >> Am 29.09.2011 00:03, schrieb Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s: >>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Tamer Higazi w= rote: >>>> Am 28.09.2011 23:28, schrieb Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s: >>>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Tamer Higazi = wrote: >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> I have configured pulseaudio according >>>>>> >>>>>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/PulseAudio >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> but I simply have no sound. >>>>>> >>>>>> The pulseaudio playback volume meter shows me signal, and that the b= ars >>>>>> are jumping if I playback a music track. >>>>>> >>>>>> alsa-plugins (with pulseaudio USE flag) >>>>>> gst-plugins-pulse >>>>>> >>>>>> are installed. But I don't know what is being blocked, that I have n= o >>>>>> sound output at my headphones. >>>>>> >>>>>> PS: the headphones are ok. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> What music player are you using? Did you set or modify ~/.asoundrc? >>>> >>>> ~/.asoundrc doesn't exist. >>>> >>>> I have /etc/asound.conf with these entries: >>>> >>>> >>>> pcm.pulse { >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0type pulse >>>> } >>>> >>>> ctl.pulse { >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0type pulse >>>> } >>>> >>>> for all alsa applications to be redirected to pulse! >>> >>> Mmmh. It's not exactly like that: If you use pcm.pulse and ctl.pulse, >>> then you need to specify pulse as the virtual ALSA device. If you want >>> "all alsa applications to be redirected to pulse", you need: >>> >>> pcm.!default { >>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 type pulse >>> } >>> >>> ctl.!default { >>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 type pulse >>> } >>> >>>> The players Rhythmbox, xine all with pulseaudio default output plugins= . >>> >>> That should work. Did you check in sound settings that pulse is indeed >>> the desired output >>> >>>>> What Desktop do you use? >>>> >>>> Gnome, latest 2.x version >>>> >>>> =C2=A0Is the pulseaudio daemon running? >>>> >>>> Yes! >>>> >>>> tamer@office ~ $ pstree -pu | grep puls >>>> >>>> |-pulseaudio(22833,tamer)-+-gconf-helper(22840)---{gconf-helper}(22841= ) >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 |-{pulseaudio}(22839) >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0| =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 `-{pulseaudio}(22842) >>> >>> Looks OK. >>> >>>> I have added all config files in "/etc/pulse/" >>> >>> I wouldn't touch the files on /etc/pulse. I recommend first trying to >>> make it work with the files included with pulseaudio (backup >>> /etc/pulse, move the dir out of /etc and emerge again pulseaudio) >>> before trying anything else. Supposedly, pulseaudio should "just >>> works". Since the first time I installed it I have never touched the >>> files in /etc/pulse, except to change the log-level of the daemon. >>> >> As requested, I moved the pulse folder somewhere else and remerged >> pulseaudio as well moved /etc/asound.conf somewhere else as well. >> >> No sound! > > Weird. > >>> I'm on GNOME 3, so things are a little different, and I don't remember >>> exactly the dialogs, but instead of the Gentoo wiki page, I would >>> follow this: >>> >>> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup >>> >>> And more specifically: >>> >>> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#GNOME >>> >>> and >>> >>> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup#GStreamerApplications >>> >>> Also, in really weird cases, the ALSA device gets its volume muted: >>> You can try to remove (back up first) /etc/asound.conf, and run (as >>> root) >>> >>> alsamixer -V all >> >> I did, and fired all the bars up. nothing! really nothing! Also, in alsamixer not only set the bars up: make sure the control is not muted (it has an "M" at the bottom if muted). You can mute/unmute pressing the letter 'm'. Regards. --=20 Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingenier=C3=ADa de la Computaci=C3=B3n Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico