On Thursday, February 4, 2010, Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE KDE people,
Running 11.2 with KDE4.3.5. Have an onboard Nvidia sound chip which was configured OK.Tonight I downloaded the VLC media player and associated dependencies. Now I have no sound. Checked in Yast>Sound and found that the onboard chipset is disabled or has no driver with pulseaudio as the only option. But still no sound.
I've read on this list that pulseaudo can be problematic and some have disabled it with good results. Need to get my sound back. Ideas, tips, or whatever?
BobS
PulseAudio is only a layer above ALSA, so if you want to have sound with it you need to check ALSA sound first. To stop PulseAudio (without uninstalling it) you can do: $ pulseaudio -k Or disable PulseAudio with YaST, and restart the desktop session. Then, without PulseAudio, check your ALSA sound: $ speaker-test -t wave If the above program doesn't produce sound, check the volume levels with: $ alsamixer Another program that may help you to diagnose ALSA sound is "aplay". Try: $ aplay -l $ aplay -L $ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav Hope this helps. Regards, Pedro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org