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Robert.Thompson 02-22-2011 04:54 PM
My computer has lost its voice!!! (aka: sound not working)
 
Hello:

Today, the sound on my computer stopped working.

I do not know if this has anything to do with it but this morning I did:
Quote:
# slackpkg update
# slackpkg install-new
# slackpkg upgrade-all
I think that the only program updated was 'flash'.

Also, although I do not see it now, there was a 'notification' sometime today that read:
Quote:
Phonon: KDE's Multimedia Library
The audio playback device HDA Intel (AD 198x Analog) does not work.
There is no sound for YouTube videos when played in Chromium and the volume controls on my laptop do nothing at all.

Any suggestions would be appreciated,

willysr 02-22-2011 05:17 PM
Try switching KDE's backend to Phonon-mplayer

adamk75 02-22-2011 05:44 PM
What's the output of 'aplay -l' ?

Adam

Robert.Thompson 02-22-2011 05:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by adamk75 (Post 4267837)
What's the output of 'aplay -l' ?

Adam
Hello Adam:

Here it is:
Code:
root@darkstar:/# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
root@darkstar:/#

adamk75 02-22-2011 06:02 PM
Does 'speaker-test' produce noise?

Adam

Robert.Thompson 02-22-2011 06:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by willysr (Post 4267811)
Try switching KDE's backend to Phonon-mplayer
Hello Willy:

How would I do that?

Robert.Thompson 02-22-2011 06:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by adamk75 (Post 4267859)
Does 'speaker-test' produce noise?

Adam
Yes and this output:
Code:
Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 2048 to 8192
Period size range from 1024 to 1024
Using max buffer size 8192                                                                                                                   
Periods = 4                                                                                                                                   
was set period_size = 1024
was set buffer_size = 8192
 0 - Front Left
Time per period = 2.834769
How do I stop it!

Robert.Thompson 02-22-2011 06:23 PM
Hello:

I found out something interesting:

If I reboot and login as 'root', all sound things work!

If I reboot and login as 'rob', all sound things DO NOT work!

adamk75 02-22-2011 06:33 PM
Is 'rob' a member of the audio group?

Adam

Robert.Thompson 02-22-2011 07:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by adamk75 (Post 4267885)
Is 'rob' a member of the audio group?

Adam
Hi Adam:

That's it!

'rob' wasn't but is now.

Thanks,


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