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mathias_redd
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 Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:16 am Post subject: Sound not working (volume control in KDE is up, but says 0%) |
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I'm hoping someone can help me figure out why my sound doesn't work. I have the volume controllers in alsamixer turned up all the way, and the master volume in KDE soundmixer turned up all the way, but the sound controller in KDE still says 0% when I hover over it. The default device was incorrect when I installed Gentoo and KDE, so I changed the following three lines in my alsa.conf to look like this:
| Code: | localhost matthew # nano -w /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card Creative
defaults.pcm.device 0 |
| Code: | localhost matthew # alsamixer
Card: HDA Creative F1: Help │
│ Chip: Creative SB0880 X-Fi F2: System information │
│ View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture F5: All F6: Select sound card │
│ Item: Master [dB gain: 0.00] Esc: Exit │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ ┌───── Sound Card ──────┐ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │- (default) │ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │0 HDA ATI HDMI │ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │1 HDA Creative │ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │ enter device name...│ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ └───────────────────────┘ │▒▒│ │
│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │▒▒│ │
│ ├──┤ └──┘ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ├──┤ ┌──┐ ┌──┐ Disabled │
│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │OO│ │
│ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ └──┘ │
│ 100 100<>100 100<>100 100<>100 100 100 100<>100 │
│ < Master > PCM Front Surround Center LFE Side S/PDIF S/PDIF Default P Auto-Mute Mode │ |
Also, here is the output of 'aplay -L':
| Code: | localhost matthew # aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
default:CARD=Creative
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Analog
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=Creative
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Creative,DEV=0
HDA Creative, SB0880 X-Fi Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output |
Any help would be of much appreciation. Thanks in advance. |
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mathias_redd
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:41 am Post subject: Update: |
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This may be a little off topic, but might help in determining the problem. One of the first things that I installed after Gentoo was sys-kernel/linux-firmware and radeon-ucode. When I tried to install linux-firmware again, I got this:
| Code: | localhost matthew # emerge -av sys-kernel/linux-firmware
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild N ] sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20131230 USE="-savedconfig" 20,717 k
[blocks B ] x11-drivers/radeon-ucode ("x11-drivers/radeon-ucode" is blockin
[blocks B ] sys-kernel/linux-firmware[-savedconfig] ("sys-kernel/linux-firm
Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 20,717 kB
Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied)
* Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
* installed at the same time on the same system.
(sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20131230::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulle
sys-kernel/linux-firmware
(x11-drivers/radeon-ucode-20140204::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
x11-drivers/radeon-ucode required by @selected
For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked |
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Cyker
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:15 am Post subject: |
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Is it just KDE or does sound not work at all?
e.g. can you use aplay or mpg123 or xmp to play sound from the console?
I think the firmware thing is normal; the linux-firmware pulls in loads of firmwares and I suspect that includes the radeon one which is why the block happens. If you need the full-fat linux-firmware, it should be safe to remove the radeon one so it can install. |
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mathias_redd
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:45 am Post subject: |
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I have no sound anywhere in linux or 'KDE'. Aplay does not work. I can't hear mp3's, flash content, or KDE system sounds. If it helps any, my sound card is Creativelabs Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional. I am using (or trying to use) logitech 5.1 Surround sound speakers.
The sound is completely non-existent. |
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mathias_redd
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| I have looked into this and have come to the conclusion that there is no ALSA driver for this sound card (emu20k2). I turned on my on-board sound and I unfortunately have to use it. What I'm wondering is if someone can tell me what driver to load for my on-board sound. My motherboard is an MSI 890FXA-GD70. It uses a RealTek audio chip and is model ALC889. I can't find any info in the ALSA Sound Matrix for any RealTek chips. |
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swathe
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| I don't have access to my home machine so cannot check but I run a x-fi PCI-E card under arch and it works fine. I will try to remember to check after work for you. |
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