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Bob Williams

9 Jan 2015 9 Jan '15

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is 3.16.7-7-desktop. The hardware is a 6 year old tower with 8GB RAM. The soundcard is an ASUS Xonar D1. The sound architecture is pulseaudio running on top of ALSA, and the card sends its output to an external hifi amplifier. When thing went wrong yesterday, I think it followed a re-login or a reboot. When I play sound from gmpc (an mpd client) both gmpc and Pulseaudio volume control behave as if everything was working OK. In gmpc, the progress slider moves from left to right through each track, and the tracks "play" one after another. Similarly, PA volume control shows a moving output level for the MPD daemon. The most useful information comes from KDE System Settings > Multimedia > Audio and Video Settings, which now only shows PulseAudio Sound Server in the Device Preference list. Prior to the failure there was a list of about six devices, all variations on the Xonar D1, but most of which produced no output. However, Analog Stereo always worked. After the reboot/re-login which resulted in the loss of sound, there was a single hardware device shown with a different name (sorry, I didn't note it down). Yast Sound shows a single device (I disabled the onboard sound device in the BIOS a long time ago) as card 0, Virtuoso 100 (Xonar D1), using driver snd-virtuoso. If I remove and reinsert the output lead, the hifi system buzzes briefly as the mini-jack goes back in, which suggests there cable is OK and there is still life in the card. I have googled for an answer, and though there is lots about configuring sound from the alsa level upwards, there is nothing on a suddenly silent system. My own feeling is that something has changed at the sound driver or ALSA level. YaST has never offered any configuration options for this card. Any suggestions, please? Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.16.7-7-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3 Uptime: 06:00am up 12:11, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlSvlqgACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU5udgCdFFnzmDyE/PmfPZay05neLGgX wwAAnR7GtlNp1cv2iGbcag0Baxmok+3u =3AvO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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Bob Williams

9 Jan 9 Jan

09:05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote:

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Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is 3.16.7-7-desktop.

The hardware is a 6 year old tower with 8GB RAM. The soundcard is an ASUS Xonar D1.

The sound architecture is pulseaudio running on top of ALSA, and the card sends its output to an external hifi amplifier.

When thing went wrong yesterday, I think it followed a re-login or a reboot. When I play sound from gmpc (an mpd client) both gmpc and Pulseaudio volume control behave as if everything was working OK. In gmpc, the progress slider moves from left to right through each track, and the tracks "play" one after another. Similarly, PA volume control shows a moving output level for the MPD daemon.

The most useful information comes from KDE System Settings > Multimedia > Audio and Video Settings, which now only shows PulseAudio Sound Server in the Device Preference list. Prior to the failure there was a list of about six devices, all variations on the Xonar D1, but most of which produced no output. However, Analog Stereo always worked. After the reboot/re-login which resulted in the loss of sound, there was a single hardware device shown with a different name (sorry, I didn't note it down).

More info: Following a reboot, the "new" card shows up in KDE System Settings as CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] (Virtuoso 100 (Xonar D1)) Analog Stereo. Playing a test sound here and in YaST Sound produces zero output.

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Yast Sound shows a single device (I disabled the onboard sound device in the BIOS a long time ago) as card 0, Virtuoso 100 (Xonar D1), using driver snd-virtuoso.

If I remove and reinsert the output lead, the hifi system buzzes briefly as the mini-jack goes back in, which suggests there cable is OK and there is still life in the card.

I have googled for an answer, and though there is lots about configuring sound from the alsa level upwards, there is nothing on a suddenly silent system. My own feeling is that something has changed at the sound driver or ALSA level. YaST has never offered any configuration options for this card.

Any suggestions, please?

Bob

- -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.16.7-7-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3 Uptime: 06:00am up 12:11, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlSvmfYACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU6aFQCfQ824f2bf57I0znGzx1fyvFVY ICYAoIYf4eGU6KYQZgFRbnRfnf6CEUA9 =zWzH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Patrick Shanahan

13:58

* Bob Williams [01-09-15 04:07]:

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On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote:

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Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is 3.16.7-7-desktop. [...]

Open a terminal and check volume levels with "alsamixer". -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Bob Williams

14:23

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/01/15 13:58, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Bob Williams [01-09-15 04:07]:

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On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote:

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Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is 3.16.7-7-desktop. [...]

Open a terminal and check volume levels with "alsamixer".

Good morning, Patrick, Alsamixer shows Master volume 100<>100, for Card: Pulseaudio Chip: PulseAudio Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.16.7-7-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3 Uptime: 06:00am up 12:11, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlSv5HwACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU5mpgCgide7hj1w4vjR9w2eaHaAu43a z0cAn1/idBKVDLUKTbHD3ooPjHk2/L1j =m5xg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Yevgeny

14:25

Press F6, AlsaMixer always shows 100 on PulseAudio On 01/09/2015 04:23 PM, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 13:58, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Bob Williams [01-09-15 04:07]:

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On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote:

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Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is 3.16.7-7-desktop. [...]

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Open a terminal and check volume levels with "alsamixer".

Good morning, Patrick,

Alsamixer shows Master volume 100<>100, for Card: Pulseaudio Chip: PulseAudio

Bob

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Bob Williams

18:13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/01/15 14:25, Yevgeny wrote:

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On 01/09/2015 04:23 PM, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 13:58, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Bob Williams [01-09-15 04:07]:

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On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote:

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Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is 3.16.7-7-desktop. [...]

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Open a terminal and check volume levels with "alsamixer".

Good morning, Patrick,

Alsamixer shows Master volume 100<>100, for Card: Pulseaudio Chip: PulseAudio

Bob Press F6, AlsaMixer always shows 100 on PulseAudio

Ah, yes. A few more options when I select Xonar D1, but none of them affects the output. :-( Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.16.7-7-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3 Uptime: 06:00am up 12:11, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlSwGk4ACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU5ZNgCggColXlbAOdJLjN1OkUMFozh6 +A4Anj+IYK8WRTUe0XtHhda8LMmwrDf5 =qxYK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Basil Chupin

10 Jan 10 Jan

02:19

On 10/01/15 05:13, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 14:25, Yevgeny wrote:

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On 01/09/2015 04:23 PM, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 13:58, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Bob Williams [01-09-15 04:07]:

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On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote:

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Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is 3.16.7-7-desktop. [...]

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Open a terminal and check volume levels with "alsamixer". Good morning, Patrick,

Alsamixer shows Master volume 100<>100, for Card: Pulseaudio Chip: PulseAudio

Bob Press F6, AlsaMixer always shows 100 on PulseAudio

Ah, yes. A few more options when I select Xonar D1, but none of them affects the output. :-(

You probably have already done so but check the levels in the Mixer: left-click on Speaker icon on Taskbar (bottom right) and check the levels set there. I had similar experience with sound disappearing and found that the not only were the output channels muted but the main "channel" was set to level 0. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.3 & kernel 3.18.1-4 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Bob Williams

08:20

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/01/15 02:19, Basil Chupin wrote:

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On 10/01/15 05:13, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 14:25, Yevgeny wrote:

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On 01/09/2015 04:23 PM, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 13:58, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Bob Williams [01-09-15 04:07]:

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On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote: > Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system > is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is > 3.16.7-7-desktop. [...]

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Open a terminal and check volume levels with "alsamixer". Good morning, Patrick,

Alsamixer shows Master volume 100<>100, for Card: Pulseaudio Chip: PulseAudio

Bob Press F6, AlsaMixer always shows 100 on PulseAudio

Ah, yes. A few more options when I select Xonar D1, but none of them affects the output. :-(

You probably have already done so but check the levels in the Mixer: left-click on Speaker icon on Taskbar (bottom right) and check the levels set there. I had similar experience with sound disappearing and found that the not only were the output channels muted but the main "channel" was set to level 0.

BC

Thanks Basil. Nothing muted, all levels reasonable (>50%) Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.16.7-7-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3 Uptime: 06:00am up 21:04, 5 users, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.05 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlSw4LMACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU5mfQCfZWlGxA1tq19rWrwYP31Ln3Md YTMAnRo3PeJBBrshsmvuYdJKmi/8+qfY =bx+7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Basil Chupin

08:30

On 10/01/15 19:20, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 10/01/15 02:19, Basil Chupin wrote:

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On 10/01/15 05:13, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 14:25, Yevgeny wrote:

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On 01/09/2015 04:23 PM, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 13:58, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Bob Williams [01-09-15 04:07]: > On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote: >> Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My system >> is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel is >> 3.16.7-7-desktop. [...] Open a terminal and check volume levels with "alsamixer". Good morning, Patrick,

Alsamixer shows Master volume 100<>100, for Card: Pulseaudio Chip: PulseAudio

Bob Press F6, AlsaMixer always shows 100 on PulseAudio

Ah, yes. A few more options when I select Xonar D1, but none of them affects the output. :-( You probably have already done so but check the levels in the Mixer: left-click on Speaker icon on Taskbar (bottom right) and check the levels set there. I had similar experience with sound disappearing and found that the not only were the output channels muted but the main "channel" was set to level 0.

BC

Thanks Basil. Nothing muted, all levels reasonable (>50%)

50 % may not be enough. Set the level(s) to 100%. I think you said that you are using pulseaudio. Two things about pulseaudio I have found over the years (but have not checked if applies in 13.2) is that if you have pusleaudio installed then alsamixer does NOT show all the channels available for the audio card/chip you are using; unistall pulseaudio to see all channels in alsamixer when you use F6 to select your card/chip. (BTW, you DO know how to use alsamixer to activate channels/lower-raise levels ? Just asking........) The other thing is, do you have pavucontrol installed for pulseaudio? You need this to control the settings in pulseaudio. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.3 & kernel 3.18.1-4 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Bob Williams

08:43

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/01/15 08:30, Basil Chupin wrote:

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On 10/01/15 19:20, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 14:25, Yevgeny wrote:

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On 01/09/2015 04:23 PM, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 09/01/15 13:58, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Bob Williams [01-09-15 > 04:07]: >> On 09/01/15 08:51, Bob Williams wrote: >>> Yesterday, my sound output suddenly stopped. My >>> system is openSUSE 13.2 with KDE 4.14.3. The kernel >>> is 3.16.7-7-desktop. > [...] Open a terminal and check volume levels with > "alsamixer". Good morning, Patrick,

Alsamixer shows Master volume 100<>100, for Card: Pulseaudio Chip: PulseAudio

Bob Press F6, AlsaMixer always shows 100 on PulseAudio

Ah, yes. A few more options when I select Xonar D1, but none of them affects the output. :-( You probably have already done so but check the levels in the Mixer: left-click on Speaker icon on Taskbar (bottom right) and check the levels set there. I had similar experience with sound disappearing and found that the not only were the output channels muted but the main "channel" was set to level 0.

BC

Thanks Basil. Nothing muted, all levels reasonable (>50%)

50 % may not be enough. Set the level(s) to 100%.

I think you said that you are using pulseaudio. Two things about pulseaudio I have found over the years (but have not checked if applies in 13.2) is that if you have pusleaudio installed then alsamixer does NOT show all the channels available for the audio card/chip you are using; unistall pulseaudio to see all channels in alsamixer when you use F6 to select your card/chip. (BTW, you DO know how to use alsamixer to activate channels/lower-raise levels ? Just asking........)

The other thing is, do you have pavucontrol installed for pulseaudio? You need this to control the settings in pulseaudio.

BC

OK. I've got to go out now, but I'll try uninstalling pulseaudio later on when I get back. I've been meaning to do that anyway, as I'm interested in getting jack working, but that's another story, and also needs a working sound card first. Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.16.7-7-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.14.3 Uptime: 06:00am up 21:04, 5 users, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.05 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlSw5k0ACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU4YIQCfaau3obYfCYdSssVvC4MaVUqW iD0An1KFjnzMNHArkMZLwNrb0QghodNt =x5Ze -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Peter

10:57

On 10/01/15 09:43, Bob Williams wrote:

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On 10/01/15 08:30, Basil Chupin wrote:

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50 % may not be enough. Set the level(s) to 100%.

I think you said that you are using pulseaudio. Two things about pulseaudio I have found over the years (but have not checked if applies in 13.2) is that if you have pusleaudio installed then alsamixer does NOT show all the channels available for the audio card/chip you are using; unistall pulseaudio to see all channels in alsamixer when you use F6 to select your card/chip. (BTW, you DO know how to use alsamixer to activate channels/lower-raise levels ? Just asking........)

The other thing is, do you have pavucontrol installed for pulseaudio? You need this to control the settings in pulseaudio.

BC

OK. I've got to go out now, but I'll try uninstalling pulseaudio later on when I get back. I've been meaning to do that anyway, as I'm interested in getting jack working, but that's another story, and also needs a working sound card first.

Bob

Usually you can disable PulseAudio simply by going into YaST -> Sound -> Other -> PulseAudio Configuration, and unchecking the box. It may require a logout/login or reboot. However, as already mentioned, in alsamixer, even with PulseAudio where the channels shown are limited to one or two, hit F6 and select your soundcard (normally the primary one with 0 at the left), then you'll get all the channels shown. I've found in the past it's sometimes necessary to flip seemingly unimportant switches like Surround / LFE because they can act as either/or switches that bring into play other parameters. Do a search in YaST software management for pavucontrol and install that. Sometimes it's easier to control some of these items in there, although you often still need to resort to alsamixer for some of these obscure switches. Roll on the day we can get back to having a full-featured default mixer popup in the DE where one can simply unmask the PulseAudio dumbed down interface and control everything properly like someone who knows what they're doing... Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

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