On Thursday 04 February 2010 04:29:48 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:
On Thursday, February 4, 2010, Bob S wrote:
Hello SuSE KDE people,
Running 11.2 with KDE4.3.5. Have an onboard Nvidia sound chip which was configured OK.Tonight I downloaded the VLC media player and associated dependencies. Now I have no sound. Checked in Yast>Sound and found that the onboard chipset is disabled or has no driver with pulseaudio as the only option. But still no sound.
I've read on this list that pulseaudo can be problematic and some have disabled it with good results. Need to get my sound back. Ideas, tips, or whatever?
BobS
PulseAudio is only a layer above ALSA, so if you want to have sound with it you need to check ALSA sound first. To stop PulseAudio (without uninstalling it) you can do: $ pulseaudio -k Or disable PulseAudio with YaST, and restart the desktop session.
Then, without PulseAudio, check your ALSA sound: $ speaker-test -t wave If the above program doesn't produce sound, check the volume levels with: $ alsamixer Another program that may help you to diagnose ALSA sound is "aplay". Try: $ aplay -l $ aplay -L $ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/test.wav
Hope this helps.
Hi Pedro, Thanks for replying. Unfortunately none of your suggestions worked, but I did get some sound. I finally deleted the sound card in Yast and re-installed it. Got back my system sounds and was able to play several wmv files I have saved, although at vastly different sound levels. Got to try my mp3's and an audio CD yet. Thanks again, Bob S Evidently something in the libdvdcss or vlc downloads I did corrupted the driver of the sound card. I guess I will just have to keep fooling with it until it works properly. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org