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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [NOT SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not sounding
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 17:15:12
Message-Id: CAK2H+ecc8Zn6bh6s8PQRVANiEE=jmz-ZwRSQxY_c=mJP58-83w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [NOT SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not sounding by Peter Humphrey
1 On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 10:02 AM Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Saturday, 26 March 2022 15:14:11 GMT ny6p01 wrote:
4 > > Just a shot in the dark, but is alsasound service starting correctly?
5 >
6 > It doesn't run at all, not even while I'm listening after restarting PA. I
7 > have alsa-lib, alsa-topology-conf, alsa-ucm-conf and alsa-plugins installed,
8 > but 'ps -ax | grep alsa' finds nothing. Also, I have no alsasound service.
9 >
10 > I assume that PA doesn't need a running alsa process to function.
11 >
12 > --
13 > Regards,
14 > Peter.
15 >
16
17 PA might not (or doesn't - my system has no alsa processes) need alsa
18 processes but it almost certainly using Alsa drivers.
19
20 lsmod | grep snd
21 lsmod | sound
22
23 However those depend on what you build as modules vs hard code into
24 your kernel.
25
26 ls /proc/asound would give you a view into what function, if any, alsa is
27 performing.

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Re: [NOT SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Sound not sounding Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>