Marc Chamberlin composed on 2016-10-11 18:04 (UTC-0700): Sorta sounds like the trouble I had late last year when I got my Haswell. Provide output from alsa-info.sh. I couldn't find anything like it looking for your other 42.1 mailing list threads in the past year. Some info from my browser history from trying to solve my problem, and trying to help others since: [yast2-sound] Changing any configuration disables sound card http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=954824 [opensuse-factory] horrific sound configuration process in TW http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2015-12/msg00107.html https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture/Troub... nothing requires phonon4qt5-backend, without which plasma5 finds no phonon backend and plays no system sounds https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960461 no system sounds - only audio device selection in TCC is autodetect http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=2612 No sound in Firefox on Linux (HTML5 video and audio) http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803042 https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Audio_troubleshooting desperately needs an overhaul by anybody who actually understands the issues, software and hardware involved, and has time and inclination to do it. Look for keywords "Takashi Iwai" among the openSUSE resources. He seems to be the primary if not only *SUSE * dev up to speed on this stuff. -- "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