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I use pulseaudio without ALSA, for what it's worth. I also don't use VLC |
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or mplayer. |
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On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 06:33:41PM +0200, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: |
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> Recently, sound has stopped working on one of my Gentoo systems. I have |
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> checked the kernel, package and pulseaudio set-ups across all of my systems |
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> in an attempt to pin down the problem, but so far to no avail. The sound |
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> works fine on the other systems I have. |
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Are they any changes you just made that may have caused the problem? Do |
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all the systems have the same configuration? |
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> |
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> Having 'alsa-sink' enabled, generates the following output in |
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> '/var/log/messages'. |
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> # grep 'Jan 19.*pulseaudio' /var/log/messages |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3686]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to |
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> load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: ""): initialization failed. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3686]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load |
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> failed. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3686]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to |
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> initialize daemon. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3638]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup |
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> failed. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3706]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to |
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> load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: ""): initialization failed. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3706]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load |
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> failed. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3706]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to |
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> initialize daemon. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3703]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup |
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> failed. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3719]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to |
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> load module "module-alsa-sink" (argument: ""): initialization failed. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3719]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load |
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> failed. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3719]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to |
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> initialize daemon. |
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> Jan 19 17:58:23 box1 pulseaudio[3716]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup |
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> failed. |
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> |
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> My sound card details are. |
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> lspci -k |
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> ... |
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> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio |
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> Controller (rev 02) |
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> Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio |
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> Controller |
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> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel |
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> ... |
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Have you looked at dmesg and/or any ALSA logs to see why ALSA-related |
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stuff can't be initialized? Intel hardware and drivers have always |
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treated me well, so this is strange. |
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Alec |
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P.S. Is there a particular reason you are using pulseaudio as a layer |
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above ALSA? If not, you might just use PA in my opinion. |
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