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wkmaurom

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openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

Hello everyone. I am using openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce in bare-metal on a very old laptop.
I also have virtualbox vm with different openSUSE Xfce, linux Mint and MX linux. With the exception of MX linux, where even the system sounds work perfectly, in none of the other Xfce installations I have system sounds. Videos in browser and youtube play the audio correctly.
In the openSUSE forum I was unable to solve.
I confess to being a noob!!
Thank you in advance.
Regards
Maurom

eriefisher

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Re: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

First thing I would check is to make sure the system is not muted. Also check any hardware keys. Also check your pulse audio settings to make sure the correct device is selected. Other than that we would need more info. Type of hardware and driver in use.

inxi -A

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wkmaurom

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Re: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

First thing I would check is to make sure the system is not muted. Also check any hardware keys. Also check your pulse audio settings to make sure the correct device is selected. Other than that we would need more info. Type of hardware and driver in use.

inxi -A

Good morning,
I apologize for the delay in responding.
The system has just been installed.
Thanks for your support
I attach the requested data:

mauro@00-16-EA-45-09-2C:~> inxi -A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.4.0-150600.23.25-default status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active

mauro@00-16-EA-45-09-2C:~> sudo inxi -Fxmz
System:
  Kernel: 6.4.0-150600.23.25-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 7.5.0 Console: pty pts/1 Distro: openSUSE Leap 15.6
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: TravelMate 6293 v: 03 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Acer model: TravelMate 6293 serial: N/A BIOS: Acer v: 1.41
    date: 05/26/10
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 1.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 1.1/47.7 Wh (2.4%) volts: 12.2
    min: 11.1 model: SANYO GARDA31 status: full
Memory:
  System RAM: available: 3.7 GiB used: 1.49 GiB (40.2%)
  Array-1: capacity: 4 GiB slots: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 2 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: M1 type: N/A size: 2 GiB speed: 1066 MT/s
  Device-2: M2 type: N/A size: 2 GiB speed: 1066 MT/s
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo P8400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn
    rev: 6 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/2267 cores: 1: 800 2: 800
    bogomips: 9043
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5
    bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Suyin Acer/HP Integrated Webcam [CN0314] driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB bus-ID: 1-1:2
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 tty: 80x24 resolution: 1280x800
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console for root.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  API: ALSA v: k6.4.0-150600.23.25-default status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: n/a (root, process)
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active (root, process)
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 02:00.0
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: tg3 v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 8.29 GiB (7.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 120GB size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 107.67 GiB used: 8.29 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: cr_root
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 109.7 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-3: /home size: 107.67 GiB used: 8.29 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: cr_root
  ID-4: /opt size: 107.67 GiB used: 8.29 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: cr_root
  ID-5: /tmp size: 107.67 GiB used: 8.29 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: cr_root
  ID-6: /var size: 107.67 GiB used: 8.29 GiB (7.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: cr_root
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 216 Uptime: 0h 5m Init: systemd Compilers: N/A Packages: N/A
  note: see --rpm Shell: Sudo v: 1.9.15p5 inxi: 3.3.27

Last edited by wkmaurom (2024-10-24 08:01:02)

eriefisher

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Re: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: n/a (root, process)
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active (root, process)

You seem to have both Pulseaudio and Pipewire on your system. You should probably stick with Pipewire. I'm not sure how Suse does thing, there may be a reason for it. I would check with them.

You didn't mention it but did you check for mute and hardware settings.

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wkmaurom

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Re: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: n/a (root, process)
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: active (root, process)

You seem to have both Pulseaudio and Pipewire on your system. You should probably stick with Pipewire. I'm not sure how Suse does thing, there may be a reason for it. I would check with them.

You didn't mention it but did you check for mute and hardware settings.

I installed Leap with openSUSE settings as standard. I also tried tumbleweed and slowroll for a long time. In the forum all the users who intervened have the same as my installation, videos in browser and youtube: perfect audio in videos but no system sound. I have been with opensuse for a long time but I have tried and I am using in vm also linux Mint and mx linux. All installations with Xfce, except mx linux, have perfect audio in videos but no system sound.
I install all my systems with btrfs and try not to modify many things. As a novice I have ruined many installations trying to modify.
I tried to install Cinnamon and Mate and their system sounds work. I realize that it is a silly request, but I am used to having the opening sounds... Thanks for your interest

Last edited by wkmaurom (2024-10-24 11:56:18)

eriefisher

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Re: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

Under Settings>>Appearance>>Settings there is a check box to enable event sounds and input feedback sounds.

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wkmaurom

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Re: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

Under Settings>>Appearance>>Settings there is a check box to enable event sounds and input feedback sounds.

Done on all installations. Maybe some audio files are missing?

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Re: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

Maybe this thread might help.

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wkmaurom

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Re: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Xfce no system sound

Maybe this thread might help.

Thanks

Added later 30 min 13 s:

Maybe this thread might help.

With my modest experience it is too complex. I prefer to give up rather than to compromise a new system. I will have the system without system sounds. I am tired of installing systems, now I have to use it for work.
Thanks anyway for your advice.
Greetings.
mauro