5.1 sound not working in Xfce 4.10

nixIT · 2013-04-28 17:25:53

Hello all,

I also posted this in the Arch linux forums...

did a fresh install of arch last weekend, installed cinnamon and gnome 3.10. I had sound working fine. Since cinnamon would lock up on me (tried the update, didn't work), and didn't care of the new gnome classic, I uninstalled gnome and cinnamon and installed Xfce4. So far, I love Xfce4.10, and everything went smoothly, except after Xfce install, I didn't have sound, where it worked 1 hour prior with gnome and cinnamon.

I've read through the arch wiki's, and forums posts and tried their suggestions, however, nothing seems to work.

the output of speaker-test -c 6 appears to work, but I didn't get sound.

Here is some output that will help determine what's going on, though I'm not sure what to look for and could use some help.

$ lsmod | grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_usb_audio          111545  0
snd_usbmidi_lib        19027   1   snd_usb_audio
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     27857   4
snd_emu10k1            139495  1
snd_util_mem           2339    1   snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec         112216  1   snd_emu10k1
snd_hda_codec_realtek  62279   1
snd_rawmidi            18742   2   snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_device         5180    2   snd_rawmidi,snd_emu10k1
snd_hda_intel          33946   2
snd_hda_codec          101474  3   snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              6364    3   snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec,snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm                76956   6   snd_usb_audio,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc         7298    3   snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel,snd_emu10k1
snd_timer              18687   2   snd_pcm,snd_emu10k1
snd                    58893   19  snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_usb_audio,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_device

$ ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       60 Apr 27 07:51 by-id
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      120 Apr 27 07:51 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  7 Apr 27 07:51 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 19 Apr 27 07:51 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 28 Apr 27 07:51 controlC2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 31 Apr 27 07:51 controlC3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  6 Apr 27 07:51 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  8 Apr 27 07:51 hwC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 27 Apr 27 07:51 hwC2D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 26 Apr 27 07:51 hwC2D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 25 Apr 27 07:51 hwC2D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 24 Apr 27 07:51 hwC2D3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Apr 27 07:51 midiC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  9 Apr 27 07:51 midiC1D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  5 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  4 Apr 27 11:44 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  3 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  2 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 18 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 17 Apr 27 11:55 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC1D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 15 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC1D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 14 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC1D2p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC1D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC1D4c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC1D4p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 23 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC2D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 22 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC2D7p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 21 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC2D8p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 20 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC2D9p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 30 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC3D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 29 Apr 27 07:51 pcmC3D0p
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116,  1 Apr 27 07:51 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Apr 27 07:51 timer

I even ran though the setting default sound card from the Alsa wiki, no help.

I uninstalled pulseaudio and resinstalled and now when I run:

speaker-test -c 6

As speaker test cycles through my 5.1, on front left and front right, I get static out of all speakers, and on rear right, rear left, and center I don't have sound. Ive had this before, and even posted about it https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130964
I checked to see if I had volti installed and I do not.

Not sure what to check now so I get sound out of the 5.1 properly. any ideas?

I'm new to Xfce, so not to sure what to look for, any and all help is appreciated.

Any and all help/guidance is appreciated.

--nixIT

*EDIT*
Changed subject to reflect 5.1 sound is not working. with speaker-test -c 6, I have sound out of all the speakers at once only when speaker-test cycles to front left and front right. no sound at all when cycling center, rear left or rear right.

mikodo · 2013-07-12 23:13:01

Old thread, but I came across it when my Debian Wheezy update last nite, borked all sound.

I read through this guide and my fix was Step Two "Alsa Mixer" where somehow the Master Channel was muted. I know you have looked at that, but the guide goes on to suggest other things. Maybe, something might help.

http://stray-notes.blogspot.ca/2010/08/ … ebian.html

Good Luck.

WarDog · 2015-02-18 08:26:55

hi,
I'm a new user (xubuntu 14.04 on laptop dell latitude 620), and I have a problem: sound is coming in (mic input on laptop) but i can't hear it on headphones) can you help?
thanks in advance.

MountainDewManiac · 2015-02-18 11:02:37

Have you checked your sound settings to make sure that the input is set for the external microphone port (and that it is not muted)?

In my distro, I'd (left-)click on the speaker icon on my panel, then on Sound Settings, and then on the Input Devices tab. I can mute/unmute (I keep it muted), select which input is used, and - when it is not muted - watch the level on the "meter" jump when I make noise. IDK what the procedure is on (X)ubuntu (I use Mint), but there should be something similar.

That might help in troubleshooting. I'm afraid I can't offer any more useful advice than that. I'm... pretty ignorant, actually, lol.

Regards,
MDM

Jerry3904 · 2015-02-18 11:33:42

WarDog wrote:

hi,
I'm a new user (xubuntu 14.04 on laptop dell latitude 620), and I have a problem: sound is coming in (mic input on laptop) but i can't hear it on headphones) can you help?
thanks in advance.

Please paste in the output of

inxi -A

or whatever your distro uses to get detailed system info.

Last edited by Jerry3904 (2015-02-18 11:34:55)

WarDog · 2015-02-18 12:53:40

Jerry3904 wrote:

WarDog wrote:
hi,
I'm a new user (xubuntu 14.04 on laptop dell latitude 620), and I have a problem: sound is coming in (mic input on laptop) but i can't hear it on headphones) can you help?
thanks in advance.
Please paste in the output of
inxi -A
or whatever your distro uses to get detailed system info.

I did it:
Audio: Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-45-generic

Jerry3904 · 2015-02-18 13:18:44

Thanks, that looks good. Here are the first solutions we have in our Users Manual:

http://www.mepiscommunity.org/user_manu … ection-3.6

You might want to open the Audio Mixer, click on the button Select Controls in the lower left corner and add the headphones control, then make sure it is unmuted and the volume is high. (I am assuming that speaker output is normal)

WarDog · 2015-02-21 05:30:15

ok.
thanks

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