RE: Re: [opensuse] Sound Died
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Von: John Andersen Gesendet: Sa. 27.02.2016 01:56 An: opensuse@opensuse.org Betreff: Re: [opensuse] Sound Died
We should not be so quick to chastise old versions. I have an even older version in production. It was good enough for the Opensuse label then, and assuming its not directly connected to the internet, its a pretty good distro even today.
Well John, to tell the truth, I did not. Besides your guess about alsa is one of the best things I can think of. In fact, the question of version was to point out that no update can ever be responsible. Such a machine (if 12.3) if it is connected to the internet is a time bomb. It will present: heartblead, openssl bugs without end, severe security wholes in the kde-desktop. And also the recent problem with glibc (and whatever else patch he did not get) not to mention the kernel. So if it is not a typo......we should at least make sure people did not find a "free" version in a 10 year old inlay of a journal. If somebody comes to you and says he is proudly using 11.1 because it was the best version ever, soooo save, never patched ever after and using it as a mail server? You probably would finally know where your spam comes from... @Bob Rea and whoever should come back to read this: So for all who want to "answer questions" once your request of help is out: why not writing it "right" in the first place? 1) Make sure you know your hardware. State clearly the mainboard, the graphic card vendor and (important! for graphics) the driver you use (proprietary or open source). In the case of our friend he stated: intel and AMD which may mean he has a mainboard with integrated graphics from AMD and a dedicated graphic card from Intel. He may have a Intel Mainboard with a dedicated AMD graphics card, He may have a notebook with a mixed chipset. He may have an HTPC. So, stating hardware correctly will give more help. 2) make sure the version of operating system is correctly stated. Therefore open a Terminal / Command Line (CLI) (a terminal is that "black box you find in the "preferred programs" of the menu) and type the following: cat /etc/os-release and paste the output here with your question. BTW there is a nice support database, you can find it at https://en.opensuse.org/Category:SDB:HOWTOs Often its lecture helps you to fix the problem all alone. If you need any further help we are here. Good luck. P.S. if you did change the vga cable to hdmi following may happen automaticly: If formerly you used a graphics card (like sound blaster) and now you did not change cable but hear no sound. Look if in soundcard settings is pulseaudio activated. The previous versions of pulseaudio had bigger problem in ignoring or prioritizing a "analogue" soundcard instead of hdmi. So it might be necessary to go on the symbol "speaker" on the desktop, open it, to to setting of sound and there make sure that every subpoint of the device list has your analogue soundcard listed as highest preference. If not the output of sound will go through hdmi and if you do not have your boxes branched to the monitor, you will not hear anything of course. Normally that happens with Intel chipset based notebooks when placed on a docking-station branched to a hdmi monitor via an hdmi cable. --- Mail & Cloud Made in Germany mit 3 GB Speicher! https://email.freenet.de/mail/Uebersicht?epid=e9900000450 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
stakanov@freenet.de composed on 2016-02-27 10:17 (UTC+0100):
...In the case of our friend he stated: intel and AMD which may mean he has a mainboard with integrated graphics from AMD and a dedicated graphic card from Intel....
Did Intel really start making standalone graphics cards again? Newest I've seen is about 18 years old now.
BTW there is a nice support database, you can find it at
Often its lecture helps you to fix the problem all alone. If you need any further help we are here.
Good luck.
He'll certainly need it if https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Audio_troubleshooting is the best there is to go by. The newest release listed there is 12.1. It's all but useless. Mere mortals won't be able to fix it. It needs someone who actually understands how the pieces are supposed to work together to redo it from scratch.
...The previous versions of pulseaudio had bigger problem in ignoring or prioritizing a "analogue" soundcard instead of hdmi.
IME, recent hasn't improved in this regard. With dual audio "devices" shown by YaST2, one labeled Intel and the other labeled anything else, getting reliable audio stands about a 50% chance of working longer than it takes to play the test sound and exit YaST2. YaST2 sound setup only works sometimes, whether selecting quick, normal or advanced. Many times aplay has worked only until starting X, after which to get it back requires another run of 'set_default_volume -f 0' and readjusting alsamixer levels. When I last brought up sound configuration trouble on opensuse-factory list[1], Takashi was the most helpful, but not help enough. After too many days spread across well over a month trying I still have a bunch of installations I can get no sound from, or sound only in some contexts but not in others. In particular, I have several in which sound works fine in 13.1 and older releases, but not in newer, and most particularly not in TW. It's really frustrating that so many system components have evolved so that they automatically just work, but sound isn't one of them. [1] https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2015-12/msg00107.html -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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