Am 29.09.2011 00:03, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Am 28.09.2011 23:28, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: >>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> 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 bars >>>> 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 no >>>> 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 { >> type pulse >> } >> >> ctl.pulse { >> type 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 { > type pulse > } > > ctl.!default { > 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 >> >> Is the pulseaudio daemon running? >> >> Yes! >> >> tamer@office ~ $ pstree -pu | grep puls >> >> |-pulseaudio(22833,tamer)-+-gconf-helper(22840)---{gconf-helper}(22841) >> | |-{pulseaudio}(22839) >> | `-{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! > 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! > > and trying to unmute and turn up the volume on everything. When you > hear something with any player, return the asound.conf to /etc and try > again. > > Regards. I have the dumb feeling that one process is blocking the output, I hear in my headphones the white noise of my system, which wouldn't be there if the soundcard hadn't been initialised. Is there a way to find out which applications might make use of the soundcard right now?! Tamer
