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From: gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] No sound. Please, help!
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 21:18:32
Message-Id: CA+t6X7dvbxWe=hBgNyPP=jypsv_mJn40YLjvvPXSEU-s4xsQAw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] No sound. Please, help! by gevisz
1 пн, 19 окт. 2020 г. в 00:15, gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com>:
2 >
3 > вс, 18 окт. 2020 г. в 21:15, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
4 > >
5 > > gevisz wrote:
6 > > > вс, 18 окт. 2020 г. в 17:20, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
7 > > >> gevisz wrote:
8 > > >>> No sound at least in Firefox. Tried it on youtube. Skype is currently
9 > > >>> uninstalled. So, I cannot check using it.
10 > > >> Just a thought. Are you sure that everything is unmuted? Years ago,
11 > > >> all the sound control software, Kmix, alsa and others, default to mute.
12 > > >> If just one of them is muted, no sound. I seem to recall when I did my
13 > > >> install on this rig that I had to unmute the sound in three places,
14 > > >> Kmix, alsa and one other that I can't recall the name of. I think I had
15 > > >> to turn up the volume on alsa as it was set to a really low level once
16 > > >> it was unmuted. Usually, I turn all of them to the max except the one I
17 > > >> mainly use. In my case, Kmix is the one I use to really control things
18 > > >> since it sits on the panel thingy. The others are set at the max.
19 > > >>
20 > > >> It's a silly thing but thought it worth a mention just in case there is
21 > > >> a muted setting somewhere.
22 > > > Thank you for your input. Yes, it seems that something is muted but what?
23 > > > I have no KDE and no kmix installed. No pulseaudio.
24 > >
25 > > Type in alsamixer in a console or whatever you use and hit tab twice. I
26 > > suspect you have that installed. You should have a text version, like a
27 > > console uses, and a gui version, that should work in any DM. Pick your
28 > > poison and see if anything there is muted or the volume is set really
29 > > low, like 1 out of 100 or something. I think hitting the "m" key
30 > > toggles the mute.
31
32 Correction:
33 I am sorry to confess that I FORGOT that I should use M to unmute
34 a channel in alsamixer (as I did about 14 years ago) and thought
35 that arrows up and down do all the work. :(
36
37 > So, now the problem has been solved and I can return to the custom kernel.
38 >
39 > One last question: Is it better to compile the driver for my HDMI
40 > audio device or not, if I am not going to use HDMI audio output?
41 >
42 > And thank you all who replied to this thread.
43 >
44 > > I think it's the arrow keys to increase or decrease volume
45 > > and move from channel to channel. It has been a while
46 > > since I used that so can't recall.
47 > >
48 > > Let's just hope it is that simple.
49 > >
50 > > Dale

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Re: [gentoo-user] No sound. Please, help! Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>