Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not sounding

[Mark Knecht]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:20 AM Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:15 AM Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> >
> <SNIP>
> > The machine is ~amd64 running Plasma. I log in via SDDM, but even if, instead,
> > I log in first and then startx I still get no sound. I haven't touched ALSA;
> > it's whatever Plasma wanted to support its audio process.
> >
>
> So by 'Plasma' you imply KDE to me. Am I correct in that?
>
> > What floors me is that two users on the same machine get different results.
> >
>
> Agreed but if it's KDE then generally that implies pulseaudio and users can have
> different configurations. Assuming generalized KDE for the moment, then
>
> System Settings -> Audio
>
> should show your playback devices. Possibly the setting got switched to
> an HDMI output on your video card or to the chipset sound device
> and isn't USB at the moment?
>
> HTH,
> Mark

Also, assuming it's KDE then also run pavucontrol-qt (or whatever it's
called on your system) to ensure you see the application generating
audio is actually doing what you think it is - there's an app-by-app
set of VU meters showing where KDE is sending audio in terms of
which hardware output.

I.e. - KDE can send audio from different apps to one or more
hardware devices at the same time. pavucontrol should allow
you to see how this is happening at any time. I have it in my
favorites.

Good luck,
Mark