* Stan Goodman [06-18-10 16:32]:

On Friday 18 June 2010 17:05:16 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

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El 18/06/10 08:33, Stan Goodman escribió:

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I also tried to find a clue by googling (and there are a lot of such reports), but did not recongnize anything as helpful.

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# dmesg | grep ALSA Returned to the prompt without any response.

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and a URL to alsa information, that can be generated by running alsa-info.sh as root. "No such file or directory"

*If* you have alsa installed, it is: /usr/sbin/alsa-info.sh and runable by *root*. *If* you tried to run it as user (you were instructed to do so as root), you would receive the "No such file or directory" comment. You *do* have also installed? -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:05:16 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

El 18/06/10 08:33, Stan Goodman escribió:

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I also tried to find a clue by googling (and there are a lot of such reports), but did not recongnize anything as helpful.

Normally I have to do rcalsasound restart to get sound working after logging into KDE4. Haven't been able to figure out why though but as I don't use sound all that much it's not really been too much of a hassle.

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# dmesg | grep ALSA

Interesting: alpha:~ # chkconfig alsasound alsasound on alpha:~ # dmesg | grep -i alsa alpha:~ #

and a URL to alsa information, that can be generated by running alsa-info.sh as root.

alpha:/tmp # cat alsa-info.txt.oPjfxDf39X upload=true&script=true&cardinfo= !!################################ !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59 !!################################ !!Script ran on: Fri Jun 18 20:48:57 UTC 2010 !!Linux Distribution !!------------------ Welcome to openSUSE 11.2 "Emerald" - Kernel \r (\l). openSUSE 11.2 (x86_64) LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0- x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64" !!DMI Information !!--------------- Manufacturer: System manufacturer Product Name: System Product Name !!Kernel Information !!------------------ Kernel release: 2.6.31.12-0.2-default Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: x86_64 Processor: x86_64 SMP Enabled: Yes !!ALSA Version !!------------ Driver version: 1.0.20 Library version: 1.0.21a Utilities version: 1.0.21 !!Loaded ALSA modules !!------------------- snd_intel8x0 !!Sound Servers on this system !!---------------------------- Pulseaudio: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) Running - Yes ESound Daemon: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd) Running - No aRts: Installed - Yes (/opt/kde3/bin/artsd) Running - No Jack: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/jackd) Running - No !!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!----------------------------- 0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804 NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at irq 23 !!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!-------------------------------------- 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2) !!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's !!-------------------------------------------------------- 00:04.0 0401: 10de:0059 (rev a2) Subsystem: 1043:812a !!Loaded sound module options !!-------------------------- !!Module: snd_intel8x0 ac97_clock : 0 ac97_quirk : <NULL> buggy_irq : Y buggy_semaphore : N enable : N id : <NULL> index : -1 joystick : 0 spdif_aclink : 0 xbox : N !!AC97 Codec information !!--------------------------- --startcollapse-- 0-0/0: Realtek ALC850 rev 0 PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1043 PCI Subsys Device: 0x812a Flags: 80020 Revision : 0x00 Compat. Class : 0x00 Subsys. Vendor ID: 0xffff Subsys. ID : 0xffff Capabilities : DAC resolution : 16-bit ADC resolution : 16-bit 3D enhancement : No 3D Stereo Enhancement Current setup Mic gain : +20dB [+20dB] POP path : pre 3D Sim. stereo : off 3D enhancement : off Loudness : off Mono output : MIX Mic select : Mic1 ADC/DAC loopback : off Double rate slots: 7/8 Extended ID : codec=0 rev=2 LDAC SDAC CDAC DSA=0 SPDIF DRA Extended status : SPCV LDAC SDAC CDAC SPDIF=6/9 SPDIF SPDIF Control : Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz 0:00 = 0000 0:02 = 0b0b 0:04 = 0000 0:06 = 801f 0:08 = 0000 0:0a = 0004 0:0c = 0004 0:0e = 0044 0:10 = 0404 0:12 = 0303 0:14 = 0000 0:16 = 0404 0:18 = 0808 0:1a = 0000 0:1c = 0f0f 0:1e = 0000 0:20 = 0400 0:22 = 0000 0:24 = 0000 0:26 = 000f 0:28 = 09c6 0:2a = 05e4 0:2c = bb80 0:2e = bb80 0:30 = bb80 0:32 = bb80 0:34 = 0000 0:36 = 0000 0:38 = 0000 0:3a = 2824 0:3c = 0000 0:3e = 0000 0:40 = 0000 0:42 = 0000 0:44 = 0000 0:46 = 0000 0:48 = 0000 0:4a = 0000 0:4c = 0000 0:4e = 0000 0:50 = 0000 0:52 = 0000 0:54 = 0000 0:56 = 0000 0:58 = 0000 0:5a = 0000 0:5c = 0000 0:5e = 0000 0:60 = 0000 0:62 = 0000 0:64 = 0808 0:66 = 0808 0:68 = 0a0a 0:6a = 8401 0:6c = 0000 0:6e = 0017 0:70 = c5a0 0:72 = 00c0 0:74 = 8388 0:76 = 2ad0 0:78 = 148e 0:7a = 10e2 0:7c = 414c 0:7e = 4790 --endcollapse-- !!ALSA Device nodes !!----------------- crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Jun 18 23:11 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/pcmC0D2p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/seq crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/timer /dev/snd/by-path: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Jun 18 22:34 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 200 Jun 18 22:34 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 18 22:34 pci-0000:00:04.0 -> ../controlC0 !!Aplay/Arecord output !!------------ APLAY **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK804 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ARECORD **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [NVidia CK804 - MIC ADC] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 !!Amixer output !!------------- !!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [CK804] Card hw:0 'CK804'/'NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at irq 23' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC850 rev 0' Components : 'AC97a:414c4790' Controls : 42 Simple ctrls : 27 Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 20 [65%] [-16.50dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 20 [65%] [-16.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Shared' 'Independent' Item0: 'Shared' Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 28 [90%] [7.50dB] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 28 [90%] [7.50dB] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch- exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Front Left: Capture [on] Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Front Input',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1' Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch- exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 2 [67%] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'PCM' 'Analog In' 'IEC958 In' Item0: 'PCM' Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 13 [87%] [-6.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mix' 'Mic' Item0: 'Mix' Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on] Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0 Capabilities: enum Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch' '8ch' Item0: '6ch' Simple mixer control 'Duplicate Front',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] !!Alsactl output !!------------- --startcollapse-- state.CK804 { control.1 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Switch' value true } control.2 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Volume' value.0 20 value.1 20 } control.3 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Center Playback Switch' value true } control.4 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Center Playback Volume' value 31 } control.5 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'LFE Playback Switch' value true } control.6 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'LFE Playback Volume' value 31 } control.7 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Surround Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true } control.8 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Surround Playback Volume' value.0 31 value.1 31 } control.9 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Master Mono Playback Switch' value false } control.10 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Master Mono Playback Volume' value 0 } control.11 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PC Speaker Playback Switch' value true } control.12 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 15' comment.dbmin -4500 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'PC Speaker Playback Volume' value 13 } control.13 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Phone Playback Switch' value true } control.14 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Phone Playback Volume' value 27 } control.15 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Switch' value true } control.16 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Volume' value 27 } control.17 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Boost (+20dB)' value true } control.18 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Switch' value true } control.19 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Volume' value.0 27 value.1 27 } control.20 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Switch' value true } control.21 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Volume' value.0 28 value.1 28 } control.22 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Aux Playback Switch' value true } control.23 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Aux Playback Volume' value.0 27 value.1 27 } control.24 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Switch' value true } control.25 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Volume' value.0 23 value.1 23 } control.26 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 2 comment.item.0 Mic comment.item.1 CD comment.item.2 Video comment.item.3 Aux comment.item.4 Line comment.item.5 Mix comment.item.6 'Mix Mono' comment.item.7 Phone iface MIXER name 'Capture Source' value.0 Mic value.1 Mic } control.27 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Capture Switch' value true } control.28 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 15' comment.dbmin 0 comment.dbmax 2250 iface MIXER name 'Capture Volume' value.0 15 value.1 15 } control.29 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 Mix comment.item.1 Mic iface MIXER name 'Mono Output Select' value Mix } control.30 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 Mic1 comment.item.1 Mic2 iface MIXER name 'Mic Select' value Mic1 } control.31 { comment.access read comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask' value '0fff000f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' } control.32 { comment.access read comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask' value cf00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 } control.33 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Default' value '0082000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' } control.34 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Switch' value true } control.35 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 3' iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' value 2 } control.36 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Duplicate Front' value true } control.37 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Front Input Switch' value true } control.38 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 Shared comment.item.1 Independent iface MIXER name 'Surround Jack Mode' value Shared } control.39 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 '2ch' comment.item.1 '4ch' comment.item.2 '6ch' comment.item.3 '8ch' iface MIXER name 'Channel Mode' value '6ch' } control.40 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Capture Switch' value false } control.41 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 PCM comment.item.1 'Analog In' comment.item.2 'IEC958 In' iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Source' value PCM } control.42 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'External Amplifier' value true } } --endcollapse-- !!All Loaded Modules !!------------------ Module snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd snd_page_alloc vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv raw cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave powernow_k8 fuse loop gspca_pac7311 gspca_spca561 gspca_main videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_compat_ioctl32 dm_mod epl ohci1394 amd64_edac_mod ppdev parport_pc sr_mod ns558 8139too sg i2c_nforce2 asus_atk0110 edac_core button k8temp ieee1394 parport cdrom gameport joydev pcspkr 8139cp nvidia edd fan ide_pci_generic amd74xx ide_core ata_generic thermal processor thermal_sys pata_amd sata_nv !!ALSA/HDA dmesg !!------------------ Thanks -- Regards Scott Newton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:47:31 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

El 18/06/10 16:50, Scott Newton escribió:

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Pulseaudio: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) Running - Yes

Ok, pulseaudio is running, but are you actually using it ?

Yes. In system settings it is the only output device listed for Audio Output even with Show advanced devices ticked. Thanks -- Regards Scott Newton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Friday 18 June 2010 23:50:34 Scott Newton wrote:

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:05:16 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:

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El 18/06/10 08:33, Stan Goodman escribió:

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I also tried to find a clue by googling (and there are a lot of such reports), but did not recongnize anything as helpful.

Normally I have to do rcalsasound restart to get sound working after logging into KDE4.

Now I have tried running that command, to see what would happen. The response is as follows: ***** Removed sound devices KDE detected that one or more internal sound devices were removed. Do you intend to permanently forget about these devices? This is the list of devices that KDE thinks can be removed: Capture: HDA Intel (ALC880 Analog) Output: HDA Intel (ALC880 Analog) **** Then in the Device Prefernce window, I am offered the choice of the HDA device and Pulse Audio. But what is this about these devices that can't be found?

Haven't been able to figure out why though but as I don't use sound all that much it's not really been too much of a hassle.

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# dmesg | grep ALSA

Interesting: alpha:~ # chkconfig alsasound alsasound on alpha:~ # dmesg | grep -i alsa alpha:~ #

...

and a URL to alsa information, that can be generated by running alsa-info.sh as root.

alpha:/tmp # cat alsa-info.txt.oPjfxDf39X upload=true&script=true&cardinfo= !!################################ !!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59 !!################################

!!Script ran on: Fri Jun 18 20:48:57 UTC 2010

!!Linux Distribution !!------------------

Welcome to openSUSE 11.2 "Emerald" - Kernel \r (\l). openSUSE 11.2 (x86_64) LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0- x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64"

!!DMI Information !!---------------

Manufacturer: System manufacturer Product Name: System Product Name

!!Kernel Information !!------------------

Kernel release: 2.6.31.12-0.2-default Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: x86_64 Processor: x86_64 SMP Enabled: Yes

!!ALSA Version !!------------

Driver version: 1.0.20 Library version: 1.0.21a Utilities version: 1.0.21

!!Loaded ALSA modules !!-------------------

snd_intel8x0

!!Sound Servers on this system !!----------------------------

Pulseaudio: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) Running - Yes

ESound Daemon: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/esd) Running - No

aRts: Installed - Yes (/opt/kde3/bin/artsd) Running - No

Jack: Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/jackd) Running - No

!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA !!-----------------------------

0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804 NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at irq 23

!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system !!--------------------------------------

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)

!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Susbsystem ID's !!--------------------------------------------------------

00:04.0 0401: 10de:0059 (rev a2) Subsystem: 1043:812a

!!Loaded sound module options !!--------------------------

!!Module: snd_intel8x0 ac97_clock : 0 ac97_quirk : <NULL> buggy_irq : Y buggy_semaphore : N enable : N id : <NULL> index : -1 joystick : 0 spdif_aclink : 0 xbox : N

!!AC97 Codec information !!--------------------------- --startcollapse--

0-0/0: Realtek ALC850 rev 0

PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1043 PCI Subsys Device: 0x812a

Flags: 80020 Revision : 0x00 Compat. Class : 0x00 Subsys. Vendor ID: 0xffff Subsys. ID : 0xffff

Capabilities : DAC resolution : 16-bit ADC resolution : 16-bit 3D enhancement : No 3D Stereo Enhancement

Current setup Mic gain : +20dB [+20dB] POP path : pre 3D Sim. stereo : off 3D enhancement : off Loudness : off Mono output : MIX Mic select : Mic1 ADC/DAC loopback : off Double rate slots: 7/8 Extended ID : codec=0 rev=2 LDAC SDAC CDAC DSA=0 SPDIF DRA Extended status : SPCV LDAC SDAC CDAC SPDIF=6/9 SPDIF SPDIF Control : Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz

0:00 = 0000 0:02 = 0b0b 0:04 = 0000 0:06 = 801f 0:08 = 0000 0:0a = 0004 0:0c = 0004 0:0e = 0044 0:10 = 0404 0:12 = 0303 0:14 = 0000 0:16 = 0404 0:18 = 0808 0:1a = 0000 0:1c = 0f0f 0:1e = 0000 0:20 = 0400 0:22 = 0000 0:24 = 0000 0:26 = 000f 0:28 = 09c6 0:2a = 05e4 0:2c = bb80 0:2e = bb80 0:30 = bb80 0:32 = bb80 0:34 = 0000 0:36 = 0000 0:38 = 0000 0:3a = 2824 0:3c = 0000 0:3e = 0000 0:40 = 0000 0:42 = 0000 0:44 = 0000 0:46 = 0000 0:48 = 0000 0:4a = 0000 0:4c = 0000 0:4e = 0000 0:50 = 0000 0:52 = 0000 0:54 = 0000 0:56 = 0000 0:58 = 0000 0:5a = 0000 0:5c = 0000 0:5e = 0000 0:60 = 0000 0:62 = 0000 0:64 = 0808 0:66 = 0808 0:68 = 0a0a 0:6a = 8401 0:6c = 0000 0:6e = 0017 0:70 = c5a0 0:72 = 00c0 0:74 = 8388 0:76 = 2ad0 0:78 = 148e 0:7a = 10e2 0:7c = 414c 0:7e = 4790 --endcollapse--

!!ALSA Device nodes !!-----------------

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/controlC0 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Jun 18 23:11 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1c crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/pcmC0D2p crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/seq crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Jun 18 22:34 /dev/snd/timer

/dev/snd/by-path: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Jun 18 22:34 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 200 Jun 18 22:34 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 18 22:34 pci-0000:00:04.0 -> ../controlC0

!!Aplay/Arecord output !!------------

APLAY

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 2: Intel ICH - IEC958 [NVidia CK804 - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

ARECORD

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 0: Intel ICH [NVidia CK804] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: CK804 [NVidia CK804], device 1: Intel ICH - MIC ADC [NVidia CK804 - MIC ADC] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

!!Amixer output !!-------------

!!-------Mixer controls for card 0 [CK804]

Card hw:0 'CK804'/'NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at irq 23' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC850 rev 0' Components : 'AC97a:414c4790' Controls : 42 Simple ctrls : 27 Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 20 [65%] [-16.50dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 20 [65%] [-16.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Shared' 'Independent' Item0: 'Shared' Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 28 [90%] [7.50dB] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 28 [90%] [7.50dB] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch- exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Front Left: Capture [on] Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Front Input',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1' Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch- exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 2 [67%] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'PCM' 'Analog In' 'IEC958 In' Item0: 'PCM' Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 13 [87%] [-6.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 27 [87%] [6.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mix' 'Mic' Item0: 'Mix' Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on] Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0 Capabilities: enum Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch' '8ch' Item0: '6ch' Simple mixer control 'Duplicate Front',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on]

!!Alsactl output !!-------------

--startcollapse-- state.CK804 { control.1 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Switch' value true } control.2 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Volume' value.0 20 value.1 20 } control.3 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Center Playback Switch' value true } control.4 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Center Playback Volume' value 31 } control.5 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'LFE Playback Switch' value true } control.6 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'LFE Playback Volume' value 31 } control.7 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Surround Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true } control.8 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Surround Playback Volume' value.0 31 value.1 31 } control.9 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Master Mono Playback Switch' value false } control.10 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -4650 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'Master Mono Playback Volume' value 0 } control.11 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PC Speaker Playback Switch' value true } control.12 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 15' comment.dbmin -4500 comment.dbmax 0 iface MIXER name 'PC Speaker Playback Volume' value 13 } control.13 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Phone Playback Switch' value true } control.14 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Phone Playback Volume' value 27 } control.15 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Switch' value true } control.16 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Volume' value 27 } control.17 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Boost (+20dB)' value true } control.18 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Switch' value true } control.19 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Volume' value.0 27 value.1 27 } control.20 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Switch' value true } control.21 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Volume' value.0 28 value.1 28 } control.22 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Aux Playback Switch' value true } control.23 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'Aux Playback Volume' value.0 27 value.1 27 } control.24 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Switch' value true } control.25 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 31' comment.dbmin -3450 comment.dbmax 1200 iface MIXER name 'PCM Playback Volume' value.0 23 value.1 23 } control.26 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 2 comment.item.0 Mic comment.item.1 CD comment.item.2 Video comment.item.3 Aux comment.item.4 Line comment.item.5 Mix comment.item.6 'Mix Mono' comment.item.7 Phone iface MIXER name 'Capture Source' value.0 Mic value.1 Mic } control.27 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Capture Switch' value true } control.28 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 2 comment.range '0 - 15' comment.dbmin 0 comment.dbmax 2250 iface MIXER name 'Capture Volume' value.0 15 value.1 15 } control.29 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 Mix comment.item.1 Mic iface MIXER name 'Mono Output Select' value Mix } control.30 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 Mic1 comment.item.1 Mic2 iface MIXER name 'Mic Select' value Mic1 } control.31 { comment.access read comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Con Mask' value '0fff000f00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' } control.32 { comment.access read comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Pro Mask' value cf000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 } control.33 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type IEC958 comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Default' value '0082000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' } control.34 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Switch' value true } control.35 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type INTEGER comment.count 1 comment.range '0 - 3' iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA' value 2 } control.36 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Duplicate Front' value true } control.37 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Mic Front Input Switch' value true } control.38 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 Shared comment.item.1 Independent iface MIXER name 'Surround Jack Mode' value Shared } control.39 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 '2ch' comment.item.1 '4ch' comment.item.2 '6ch' comment.item.3 '8ch' iface MIXER name 'Channel Mode' value '6ch' } control.40 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Capture Switch' value false } control.41 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type ENUMERATED comment.count 1 comment.item.0 PCM comment.item.1 'Analog In' comment.item.2 'IEC958 In' iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Source' value PCM } control.42 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'External Amplifier' value true } } --endcollapse--

!!All Loaded Modules !!------------------

Module snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd snd_page_alloc vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv raw cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave powernow_k8 fuse loop gspca_pac7311 gspca_spca561 gspca_main videodev v4l1_compat v4l2_compat_ioctl32 dm_mod epl ohci1394 amd64_edac_mod ppdev parport_pc sr_mod ns558 8139too sg i2c_nforce2 asus_atk0110 edac_core button k8temp ieee1394 parport cdrom gameport joydev pcspkr 8139cp nvidia edd fan ide_pci_generic amd74xx ide_core ata_generic thermal processor thermal_sys pata_amd sata_nv

!!ALSA/HDA dmesg !!------------------

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