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mmmmna
Antix 16.2 64 bit, recently reinstalled so this system starts with zero updates, zero additions. Audio works fine.
Ran synaptic, refreshed, using stretch repositories.
Marked all updates, applied, and sat back listening to music from Youtube.
Part way through the update, about 30% done, audio shuts off.
Seems like the only audio related update was Alsa.
Commit Log for Sun Nov 12 21:28:35 2017 Removed the following packages:edited by skidoo:
list of 1,471 package names uploaded to pastebin
pastebin.com/c8jthZpr
consider: soup-to-nuts inline lists like this will add noise to search results !The result of the matter seems to be that Alsa switched my sound device. I have been using audio through the Realtek ALC662 onboard 5.1 sound system, but Alsa has decided to use the ATI DVI interface of my add in graphics card that I’m using. Somewhere, nothing asked the user what to do, but in any event, I would like to reconfigure this.
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/lost-audio-output-help/ discusses a muting problem, my audio is not muted.
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$ cat /proc/asound/car*/co* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC662 rev1
Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI`System has the correct codec for the ALC662.
$ inxi -A Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series] driver: snd_hda_intel Card-2 NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.10-antix.1-amd64-smp mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~I think the correct card is card-2, since I’m using the nVidia sound which the system chipset provides. I’m supposing the Realtek ALC662 is just a driver family which nVidia system chipset uses.
Looking for suggestions of what to run to select and configure the proper card.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by mmmmna. Reason: Problem resolved
caprea
Did you try in antiX Control Center under hardware to choose the default soundcard ?
If this doesn’t help,you can look in soundsystem, if anything is muted.
If this all doesn’t help, please post the output of
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wavControl Centre -Hardware -Set Default Sound Card was correctly set to the nVidia sound card. Testing the sound produced a message that the Test Failed (could not connect to the selected device) Do I want to set the card again? I repeated the test, and the result was the same error message.
Posted above, rechecked, still nothing muted.
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav ALSA lib pcm_equal.c:236:(_snd_pcm_equal_open) Problem with control file .alsaequal.bin. aplay: main:788: audio open error: Operation not permitted mmmmna@Reantix64b162:
anticapitalista
Don’t use sudo, just
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wavPhilosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
anticapitalista
You could also try this.
If you have asoundrc or asound.conf in etc (they may be hidden) delete them. Do the same if you have them in your home user directory.
Then run alsamixer againPhilosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.
SamK
I think there is a good chance that this combination of playing via ALSA while installing ALSA updates
Marked all updates, applied, and sat back listening to music from Youtube.
Commit Log for Sun Nov 12 21:28:35 2017 ... alsa-tools (1.0.28-1) to 1.1.3-1 alsa-utils (1.0.28-1) to 1.1.3-1 alsamixer-equalizer-antix (0.1.2) to 0.1.3 ...Produced
`mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~
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ALSA lib pcm_equal.c:236:(_snd_pcm_equal_open) Problem with control file .alsaequal.bin.
…`Before doing anything more drastic try the following:
Stop ALSA
sudo service alsa-utils stopDelete .alsaequal.bin. It is a hidden file in your home directory and will be automatically recreated when you get ALSA working again.
rm ~/.alsaequal.binStart ALSA
sudo service alsa-utils startMake sure everything is not muted and the volume is turned up
Play a test file
speaker-test -c2 -twav -l3actions are in order of replies:
Don’t use sudo, just
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav ALSA lib pcm_equal.c:236:(_snd_pcm_equal_open) Problem with control file .alsaequal.bin. aplay: main:788: audio open error: Operation not permitted mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~You could also try this.
If you have asoundrc or asound.conf in etc (they may be hidden) delete them. Do the same if you have them in your home user directory.
Then run alsamixer again$ ls -la /etc/asou* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 806 Jun 23 2016 /etc/asound.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 923 Jun 15 11:56 /etc/asound.conf.PREAMP mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ pwd /home/mmmmna mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ ls -la .as* -rw-r--r-- 1 mmmmna mmmmna 52 Nov 14 06:59 .asoundrc mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ rm /etc/asound.conf rm: remove write-protected regular file '/etc/asound.conf'? y rm: cannot remove '/etc/asound.conf': Permission denied mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ sudo rm /etc/asound.conf [sudo] password for mmmmna: mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ ls -la /etc/asou* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 923 Jun 15 11:56 /etc/asound.conf.PREAMP mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ ls -la .as* -rw-r--r-- 1 mmmmna mmmmna 52 Nov 14 06:59 .asoundrc mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ rm .asoundrc mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ ls -la .as* ls: cannot access '.as*': No such file or directory mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $Ran alsamixer, all volumes up, nothing muted, no sound, but when I raised volume for Front Mic, the speakers raised volume of a hissing sound.
Moving to what SamK suggested:
$ sudo service alsa-utils stop [ ok ] Shutting down ALSA...done. mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ rm ~/.alsaequal.bin mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ sudo service alsa-utils start [ ok ] Setting up ALSA...done. mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $ speaker-test -c2 -twav -l3 speaker-test 1.1.3 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels WAV file(s) Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192 Period size range from 1024 to 1024 Using max buffer size 8192 Periods = 4 was set period_size = 1024 was set buffer_size = 8192 0 - Front Left 1 - Front Right Time per period = 2.857779 0 - Front Left 1 - Front Right Time per period = 3.007953 0 - Front Left 1 - Front Right Time per period = 3.007962 mmmmna@Reantix64b162:~ $Worked perfectly, thanks to everyone!
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