Felix Miata composed on 2023-07-08 23:23 (UTC-0400):
This is my 24/7 15.4 system.
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo produces nothing from speakers, as neither the video player build into Chromium, nor KDE3 system sounds.
Anyone else have this happen?
Given the lack of progress finding a solution, I did a fresh installation of 15.5 in the space formerly occupied by 15.3. The forum thread has the latest status of 15.5, but I did some experimenting with 15.4 a while ago and have determined that for aplay to play .wav files without any switches, and for KDE3 system sounds (but not KControl test sound), neither arts nor jack is required, other than libjack0: # cat /etc/modprobe.d/99-local.conf alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel options snd-hda-intel id=PCH index=0 options snd-hda-intel id=HDMI index=1 # inxi -Aaz --vs --zl --hostname inxi 3.3.28-00 (2023-07-10) Audio: Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403 Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403 API: ALSA v: k5.14.21-150400.24.69-default status: kernel-api with: 1: aoss type: oss-emulator 2: apulse type: pulse-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer Server-1: PulseAudio v: 15.0 status: off tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol # rpm -qa | egrep 'alsa|arts|audio|demult|gstr|jack|mix|pavu|puls|sof-|sound|vlc|wire|xdg' | sort > sndpkgs-msi85-s154-202307242345.txt alsa-1.2.6.1-150400.1.4.x86_64 alsa-firmware-1.2.4-1.41.noarch alsa-oss-1.1.8-150300.12.3.2.x86_64 alsa-plugins-1.2.6-150400.1.10.x86_64 alsa-plugins-oss-1.2.6-150400.1.10.x86_64 alsa-plugins-speexrate-1.2.6-150400.1.10.x86_64 alsa-plugins-upmix-1.2.6-150400.1.10.x86_64 alsa-topology-conf-1.2.5-150400.1.5.noarch alsa-ucm-conf-1.2.6.3-150400.1.4.noarch alsa-utils-1.2.6-150400.1.4.x86_64 apulse-0.1.13-bp154.1.41.x86_64 gstreamer-1.20.1-150400.1.5.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-base-1.20.1-150400.1.9.x86_64 kdemultimedia3-3.5.10.1-lp154.81.1.x86_64 kdemultimedia3-mixer-3.5.10.1-lp154.81.1.x86_64 kernel-firmware-sound-20220509-150400.4.16.1.noarch libasound2-1.2.6.1-150400.1.4.x86_64 libasound2-32bit-1.2.6.1-150400.1.4.x86_64 libaudiofile1-0.3.6-3.7.10.x86_64 libgstaudio-1_0-0-1.20.1-150400.1.9.x86_64 libgstreamer-1_0-0-1.20.1-150400.1.5.x86_64 libgstriff-1_0-0-1.20.1-150400.1.9.x86_64 libjack0-1.9.12-150000.3.3.1.x86_64 libopenshot-audio8-0.2.2-bp154.1.36.x86_64 libpipewire-0_3-0-0.3.49-150400.1.5.x86_64 libpulse-mainloop-glib0-15.0-150400.2.10.x86_64 libpulse0-15.0-150400.2.10.x86_64 libpulse0-32bit-15.0-150400.2.10.x86_64 libSDL_sound-1_0-1-1.0.3-bp154.1.132.x86_64 libvlc5-3.0.18-150400.2.6.pm.1.x86_64 libvlccore9-3.0.18-150400.2.6.pm.1.x86_64 libwebrtc_audio_processing1-0.3-1.35.x86_64 libwireshark15-3.6.14-150000.3.92.1.x86_64 libwiretap12-3.6.14-150000.3.92.1.x86_64 lsof-4.91-1.11.x86_64 pavucontrol-5.0-150400.1.8.x86_64 pipewire-modules-0_3-0.3.49-150400.1.5.x86_64 pipewire-spa-plugins-0_2-0.3.49-150400.1.5.x86_64 pulseaudio-15.0-150400.2.10.x86_64 pulseaudio-setup-15.0-150400.2.10.x86_64 pulseaudio-utils-15.0-150400.2.10.x86_64 python3-pyxdg-0.26-1.21.noarch sof-firmware-2.0-150400.1.4.noarch sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-150400.12.7.noarch system-user-pulse-15.0-150400.2.10.noarch vlc-3.0.18-150400.2.6.pm.1.x86_64 vlc-codecs-3.0.18-150400.2.6.pm.1.x86_64 vlc-noX-3.0.18-150400.2.6.pm.1.x86_64 vlc-opencv-3.0.18-150400.2.6.pm.1.x86_64 vlc-qt-3.0.18-150400.2.6.pm.1.x86_64 xdg-menu-0.2-1.23.noarch xdg-utils-1.1.3+20201113-150400.1.4.noarch yast2-sound-4.4.1-150400.1.6.x86_64 # systemctl --global --user status pulseaudio.{service,socket} ○ pulseaudio.service - Sound Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) TriggeredBy: ○ pulseaudio.socket Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2023-07-24 23:44:53 EDT; 2min 13s ago └─ ConditionUser=!root was not met Jul 24 23:44:53 00srv systemd[1051]: Condition check resulted in Sound Service being skipped. ○ pulseaudio.socket - Sound System Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Triggers: ● pulseaudio.service Condition: start condition failed at Mon 2023-07-24 23:44:53 EDT; 2min 13s ago └─ ConditionUser=!root was not met Listen: /run/user/0/pulse/native (Stream) Jul 24 23:44:53 00srv systemd[1051]: Condition check resulted in Sound System being skipped. # aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo # OK analog, but nothing from web browsers, vlc, smplayer or mpv # pavucontrol claims no output devices Mental exhaustion set in before I could determine what it takes to make any other audio work. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata