In squeeze, to get sound working I use this command,
#sudo alsa force-reload
Works all the time.
On Apr 7, 2012 3:46 PM, "Florian Kulzer" <debian-li...@florian-kulzer.eu>
wrote:
> (Please try to turn off the HTML part of your messages.)
>
> On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 14:19:15 -0400, Kevin Williams wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The video works just fine in both applications, but it has no sound.
> > However, I can play ogv videos with sound just fine from Gnome Sound
> > Recorder and Totem Movie Player.
> >
> > My preferred sound device is a Plantronics .Audio 646 DSP usb
> > headset. I have also tried plugging in a set of Apple ear buds to the
> > traditional sound jacks. I do not get any sound from any source when
> > attempting to play videos from VLC, Iceweasel, or Epiphany.
> >
> > I am using Debian Squeeze.
>
> Are you using Gnome with pulseaudio? If you are not sure then post the
> output of:
>
> dpkg -l \*pulse\* | awk '/^ii/{print $1,$2,$3}'
>
> [...]
>
> > # lspci -knn | grep -iA2 audio
> > 00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel
> HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
> > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8410]
> > 00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host
> controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
> > --
> > 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Redwood HDMI Audio
> [Radeon HD 5600 Series] [1002:aa60]
> > Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:aa60]
> > 02:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host
> Controller [1033:0194] (rev 03)
> >
> > # cat /proc/asound/cards
> > 1 [DSP ]: USB-Audio - Plantronics .Audio 646 DSP
> > Plantronics Plantronics .Audio 646 DSP at
> usb-0000:00:13.0-1, full speed
>
> It seems that your two internal audio devices are not supported by
> Squeeze's kernel (unless you took active measures to prohibit loading of
> the corresponding kernel modules); this explains why you do not hear
> anything when you use standard headphones plugged into the 3.5mm TRS
> socket.
>
> How do you want to proceed? Try to get the Azalia device working or
> focus on the plantronics USB headset?
>
> If you are content using the USB headset then my guess would be that you
> have to ensure it is recognized as ALSA card number 0. The most common
> cause of problems like yours - some applications play sound just fine
> while others fail - is that the problematic applications are not
> flexible enough to handle systems which have no card 0 or on which card
> 0 is broken.
>
> The quickest way to check if this is your problem is to unplug the USB
> headset and then run as root:
>
> modprobe -r snd_usb_audio
> modprobe snd_usb_audio index=0
>
> Then plug in the headset again, verify that it is card 0 now (cat
> /proc/asound/cards should show " 0 [DSP ]: USB-Audio ...") and try if
> Gnash and VLC work.
>
> --
> Regards, |
> Florian | http://www.florian-kulzer.eu
>
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