[opensuse] "Device X has failed, falling back to device Y"
Listmates, I hope someone can help me with this problem that I am having. I have recently installed openSUSE 11.1 on this machine, and for my desktop, I choose KDE 4.1, which I then upgraded to 4.2. So far I have been very happy with KDE 4.2. It looks better than 4.1 and feels a lot more stable. Under 4.1, I had Plasma crash on me quite often, but nothing of the sort in 4.2. The only problem that I am having is with sound. This system has an Intel 82801G HDA sound card, which uses the ICH7 chipset, if I'm not mistaken. The snd_hda_intel module has been loaded for this soundcard. And it does work, most of the time. However, after being logged in for a while, suddenly I am notified that the audio device HDA Intel IEC958 Digital Audio Output is not working properly and that the system is falling back to the device HDA Intel (VT1708B Analog) device. At this point, my sound stops working. But not for all programs. Movies in Youtube may still have sound, but system sounds (like a dialog popping up) are no longer played. I have checked the output of dmseg and /var/log/messages, but there's nothing in there about sound devices not working. When I look in the Multimedia System Settings, I can see several sound devices listed, for several categories. For notifications, I see the following devices: - HDA Intel (VT1708B Analog) - HDA Intel (VT1708B Digital) - HDA Intel VT1708B Digital (IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output) - Unknown I am assuming that the first three are different output options of my audio hardware. The last one, I have no idea. I don't have another audio device plugged in. I heard there were problems with PulseAudio, so I have removed that from my system, but this has not changed the situation. Anyone care to make an educated guess what's wrong, or has some pointers to put me on the right track? Regards, Joop -- "When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; when you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft."
Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2009 23:53:44 schrieb Joop Beris:
However, after being logged in for a while, suddenly I am notified that the audio device HDA Intel IEC958 Digital Audio Output is not working properly and that the system is falling back to the device HDA Intel (VT1708B Analog) device. At this point, my sound stops working. But not for all programs. Movies in Youtube may still have sound, but system sounds (like a dialog popping up) are no longer played.
Have you updated libxine1 to the version from packman yet? It should pull in the phonon xine backend. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 26 February 2009, Sven Burmeister wrote:
Have you updated libxine1 to the version from packman yet? It should pull in the phonon xine backend.
Yes, I believe so: # zypper se libxine1 Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Summary | Type --+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------+-------- i | libxine1 | Video Player with Plug-Ins | package | libxine1-aa | aalib and libcaca plugin for xine | package | libxine1-arts | arts plugin for xine | package i | libxine1-codecs | xine plugins for watching DVDs, DivX and more | package | libxine1-directfb | directfb plugin for xine | package | libxine1-esd | esd plugin for xine | package i | libxine1-gnome-vfs | gnome-vfs plugin for xine | package | libxine1-jack | jack plugin for xine | package | libxine1-pulse | pulseaudio plugin for xine | package | libxine1-sdl | SDL plugin for xine | package # zypper info libxine1 Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Information for package libxine1: Repository: @System Name: libxine1 Version: 1.1.16.2-0.pm.1 Arch: i586 Vendor: http://packman.links2linux.de << -- This says it's from Packman Installed: Yes Status: up-to-date Installed Size: 6.2 M Summary: Video Player with Plug-Ins Description: xine is a video player with a graphical front-end that supports a large number of file formats (VCD and MPEG2, for example) using plug-ins. Several plug-ins are included. Others can be installed after xine installation. xine supports stereo sound using OSS and AC5.1 using Alsa. # zypper info phonon-backend-xine Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Information for package phonon-backend-xine: Repository: @System Name: phonon-backend-xine Version: 4.3.0-26.17 Arch: i586 Vendor: openSUSE Build Service <<--- This says OBS. Installed: Yes Status: up-to-date Installed Size: 287.0 K Summary: Phonon Multimedia Platform Abstraction Description: Phonon is a cross-platform portable Multimedia Support Abstraction, which allows you to play multiple audio or video formats with the same quality on all platforms, no matter which underlying architecture is used. Packman doesn't list a phonon-backend-xine on my system. I only have the one from OBS available. Thanks, Joop -- "When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; when you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft."
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