Ping! I remain hopeful that some kind sound guru can help me with this problem. Masare Nomiya did I lose you? On a whim, I switched my sound system drivers from PulseAudio to Pipewire to see if that would shake things loose. No joy, I am still getting the "Error trying to play a test sound. The system said: "System error"" message when I try to test sound output on each speaker. Marc... On 12/5/24 16:16, Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users wrote:
Again many thanks Masare Nomiya for taking the time to give me a helping hand. I have interspersed my answers/comments within your email. Marc..
Hello,
In the Message;
Subject : Re: Sound setup failure in OpenSuSE 15.6 Message-ID : <e10e05c4-b800-4979-8641-5c379d646573@marcchamberlin.com> Date & Time: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 22:18:29 -0800
[MC] == Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> has written:
MC> On 12/1/24 17:16, Masaru Nomiya wrote: [...] MN> > Marc, please try this and let me know the results; MN> > MN> > $ sudo echo blacklist snd-hda-intel > /etc/modprobe.d/intel.conf MN> > $ sudo reboot
MC> Masaru Nomiya, thanks again for your suggestions, but again no MC> joy! I am still getting the "system error" message when I try to MC> use the test feature for each audio device.
MC> You asked about my sound system setup, it is a bit [...] MC> stereo playback setup.
It's so complicated... LOL Well it's what happens when you put a computer scientist and a
On 12/5/24 00:32, Masaru Nomiya wrote: pianist in the same body.....
So,
1. $ sudo rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/intelconf
2. $ sudo reboot
then, please show the results of;
1. $ aplay -l
marc@nova:~> aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback] Subdevices: 29/32 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 Subdevice #8: subdevice #8 Subdevice #9: subdevice #9 Subdevice #10: subdevice #10 Subdevice #11: subdevice #11 Subdevice #12: subdevice #12 Subdevice #13: subdevice #13 Subdevice #14: subdevice #14 Subdevice #15: subdevice #15 Subdevice #16: subdevice #16 Subdevice #17: subdevice #17 Subdevice #18: subdevice #18 Subdevice #19: subdevice #19 Subdevice #20: subdevice #20 Subdevice #21: subdevice #21 Subdevice #22: subdevice #22 Subdevice #23: subdevice #23 Subdevice #24: subdevice #24 Subdevice #25: subdevice #25 Subdevice #26: subdevice #26 Subdevice #27: subdevice #27 Subdevice #28: subdevice #28 Subdevice #29: subdevice #29 Subdevice #30: subdevice #30 Subdevice #31: subdevice #31 card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380]], device 3: emu10k1 [Multichannel Playback] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Audigy2 [SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380]], device 4: p16v [p16v] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [SHARP HDMI] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC1150 Analog [ALC1150 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC1150 Digital [ALC1150 Digital] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 3: CODEC [USB Audio CODEC], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 4: U192k [UMC202HD 192k], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
2. $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
marc@nova:~> cat /etc/modprobe.d/50-sound.conf
options snd slots=snd-emu10k1,snd-hda-intel,snd-hda-intel # svHJ.koLs3KhhqB9:SB0380 Audigy 4 Pro alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 # u1Nb.KQcCGfWUeXB:9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel # 3hqH.bQjzHrSTHK8:Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller alias snd-card-2 snd-hda-intel
3. $ ls -l /proc/asound
marc@nova:~> ls -l /proc/asound total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec 5 14:22 Audigy2 -> card0 dr-xr-xr-x 30 root root 0 Dec 5 12:45 card0 dr-xr-xr-x 16 root root 0 Dec 5 12:45 card1 dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 0 Dec 5 12:45 card2 dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 0 Dec 5 12:45 card3 dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 0 Dec 5 12:45 card4 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 cards lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec 5 14:22 CODEC -> card3 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 devices lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec 5 14:22 HDMI -> card1 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 hwdep -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 modules dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 oss lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec 5 14:22 PCH -> card2 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 pcm dr-xr-xr-x 7 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 seq -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 timers lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec 5 14:22 U192k -> card4 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 5 14:22 version
4. $ cat /proc/asound/cards
marc@nova:~> cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Audigy2 ]: Audigy2 - SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380] SB Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380] (rev.4, serial:0x20071102) at 0xe000, irq 19 1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf7c34000 irq 40 2 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7c30000 irq 41 3 [CODEC ]: USB-Audio - USB Audio CODEC Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC at usb-0000:00:14.0-4, full speed 4 [U192k ]: USB-Audio - UMC202HD 192k BEHRINGER UMC202HD 192k at usb-0000:00:14.0-11, high speed
5. $ cat /proc/aound/pcm
marc@nova:~> cat /proc/asound/pcm 00-00: emu10k1 : ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback : playback 32 : capture 1 00-01: emu10k1 mic : Mic Capture : capture 1 00-02: emu10k1 efx : Multichannel Capture : capture 1 00-03: emu10k1 : Multichannel Playback : playback 1 00-04: p16v : p16v : playback 1 : capture 1 01-03: HDMI 0 : HDMI 0 : playback 1 01-07: HDMI 1 : HDMI 1 : playback 1 01-08: HDMI 2 : HDMI 2 : playback 1 02-00: ALC1150 Analog : ALC1150 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1 02-01: ALC1150 Digital : ALC1150 Digital : playback 1 02-02: ALC1150 Alt Analog : ALC1150 Alt Analog : capture 1 03-00: USB Audio : USB Audio : playback 1 : capture 1 04-00: USB Audio : USB Audio : playback 1 : capture 1
and, 6. install pavucontrol (or pavucontrol)
Already installed
7. $ pavucontrol (or pavucontrol-qt)
with this, please show what is displayed in the input devices panel, output devices panel, and configuration panel respectively.
You can find the screen captured images (1 week) at -
https://paste.opensuse.org/07aad63eccf0
https://paste.opensuse.org/89108051c4aa
https://paste.opensuse.org/3ff1a1e6e510
Best Regards (from Cinderella, where the clock hand is approaching 12 o'clock)
Goodnight Cinderella, and again thanks for your help! HTHs Marc...