No Sound

[Member Miguel5]

Hello,
The sound disappeared after a (long) while on otherwise working installation. It was back after one or two updates, but finally cannot be restored. The choice of the sound card is correct (and did not change) as well as the mixer. Does anybody have suggestions on how to try fixing this from the command line? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

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how-to-search-for-a-solution-when-you-have-a-antix-problem/#post-1543

[Moderator caprea]

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If nothing is muted in control centre > hardware > adjust mixer ,
might

aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

from terminal gives hints

[Member omx]

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New user alert!

Same problem, how might I get sound working,,, thanks

System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.235-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 1.9.2
Distro: antiX-19.3_x64-base Manolis Glezos 14 October 2020
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-890GPA-UD3H v: x.x serial: <filter>
BIOS: Award v: FA date: 04/07/2010
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Phenom II X4 965 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: K10 rev: 3 L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm bogomips: 27319
Speed: 2200 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2200 2: 3400
3: 800 4: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA G98 [Quadro NVS 450] driver: nouveau v: kernel
bus ID: 03:00.0
Device-2: NVIDIA G98 [Quadro NVS 450] driver: nouveau v: kernel
bus ID: 04:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920×1080~60Hz, 1920×1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NV98 v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus ID: 00:14.2
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.235-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: be00 bus ID: 06:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink RT3062 Wireless 802.11n 2T/2R driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0
port: be00 bus ID: 07:07.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 585.00 GiB used: 2.97 GiB (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDP128G size: 119.24 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST500DM002-1BD142 size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 114.87 GiB used: 2.97 GiB (2.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.1 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
GPU: device: nouveau temp: 76 C device: nouveau temp: 72 C
Info:
Processes: 202 Uptime: 3h 29m Memory: 5.83 GiB used: 922.9 MiB (15.5%)
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3
inxi: 3.0.36

[Moderator caprea]

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@omx, please open your own thread on this topic.it is misleading if you post your inxi-output here.someone might think it is the inxi from the OP.
By the way, good idea for loss of sound is to first check the two things I posted above.
No offense.

[Member PPC]

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Sometimes antiX muted my speakers when I plugged my headphones and did not unmute (the speakers) after that. Also, strangly enough, some web browsers messed with my volume (the gnome browser, I forgot it’s name)!…

Like Caprea said, please check if the main volume is not muted, using alsamixer (you can also try it from the terminal or menu > run) then try to play a sound file (or a video file with audio).

P.

[Member omx]

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thanks for your message, no offense taken.. Sorry for the confusion, didnt meant to hijack. Not entirely sure what I meant to be looking at, but from the results of your suggestion I can see no hint personally? If you can provide no pointers I will possibly start a topic of my own.. thanks

[Member macondo]

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1. check alsamixer?
$ alsamixer

colums in blank mean they are MUTED, press M, adjust volume, repeat on the other columns, when finished, press Esc

antiX Core 64 Bit Runit IceWM

"Sometimes a man finds his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."

[Member omx]

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Not sure if it was changing the alsamixer settings or if it was a reboot, but my sound is now back,,, thank you for the suggestions.

[Member macondo]

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It was the reboot, obviously 😀

antiX Core 64 Bit Runit IceWM

"Sometimes a man finds his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."

[Member Miguel5]

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Thank you all for your suggestions.To clarify, it is 19.2. It was working with 17.4 and 19.2 later. Nothing is muted.I suspect it is about the sound card connection, though CC says that it was able to find the card, but sound test fails. I will post more info later on. Thanks!

[Member Miguel5]

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aplay Front_Center.way produces no sound and gives architecture message: Little Endian, Rate 48000, Mono… Thanks.

[Member PPC]

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That output “Playing WAVE ‘/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav’ : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
” is normal, but you should also hear a voice saying “Front Center”)
If you can, test sound on an antiX live media (dvd-rom or live usb), or using another OS- it may be hardware problem…
Also, please send your Quick System Info, so folks here can try to find out what’s wrong with your system…

P.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by PPC.

[Member macondo]

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Miguel5: I know nothing about audio, usually on a fresh install I get this problem. What i do:

1. Wiggle the sound cable on the back of the tower on my old Celeron desktop.
2. Check with alsamixer for muted channels.
3. Do apt-cache search for alsa, and install alsa-utils and alsa-tools and any alsa-lib i’m guessing it’ll help.
4. google my eyes out (debian wiki, arch wiki, etc)
5. One time after all this crazy shit, i realized my speakers were not ON.
6. Stay away from Pulseaudio.
7. Finally, look about getting a new card.

Buena suerte, bro…

antiX Core 64 Bit Runit IceWM

"Sometimes a man finds his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."

[Member Miguel5]

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As I mentioned, Front_Center does not play. The hardware is fine, because MX on the same machine (different partition) works fine. Here is some relevant info:
Audio: Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.212-antix.1-amd64-smp

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