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  No Sound Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2017-11-15 21:40 +0100
    Re: No Sound deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-15 23:10 +0100
    Re: No Sound - Puzzle Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2017-11-16 00:30 +0100
      Re: No Sound - Puzzle Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2017-11-16 03:40 +0100
      Re: No Sound - Puzzle Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2017-11-16 03:50 +0100
        Re: No Sound - Puzzle Jeroen Mathon <jeroenmathonmac@gmail.com> - 2017-11-16 17:50 +0100
          Re: No Sound - Puzzle Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2017-11-17 05:30 +0100
            Re: No Sound - Puzzle deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 08:10 +0100
              Re: No Sound - Puzzle Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2017-11-17 14:50 +0100
                Re: No Sound - Puzzle deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 21:00 +0100
                Re: No Sound - Puzzle davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2017-11-17 22:10 +0100
                  Re: No Sound - Puzzle deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 22:20 +0100
                    Re: No Sound - Puzzle - Losing Ground Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2017-11-18 02:50 +0100
                      Re: No Sound - Puzzle - Losing Ground Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2017-11-18 05:10 +0100
            Re: No Sound - Puzzle Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-11-17 17:50 +0100
        Re: No Sound - Puzzle Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2017-11-16 17:50 +0100
          Re: No Sound - Puzzle deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-16 20:10 +0100
          Re: No Sound - Puzzle Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2017-11-16 20:40 +0100

#189008 — No Sound

I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes it 
and PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during playback 
but no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard Nvidia 
sound, no problems.

I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I have 
seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.

Does anyone have this working?

I am using Debian Stretch.

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#189013

Thomas George wrote:

> I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes it
> and PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during playback
> but no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard Nvidia
> sound, no problems.
> 
> I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I have
> seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
> 
> Does anyone have this working?
> 
> I am using Debian Stretch.

if pulse shows signal, then it might be working, did you check the mute
thing - this is error #1 in such cases. error #2 select the correct output,
I hope you've plugged at the right place I mean line out and not mic

regards

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#189014 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

 From a terminal run alsamixer, f6, select Xonar DSX

On another terminal cd to a directory of ogg files, start a playback of 
a file.

Oh the desktop start pulse audio volume control. Monitor shows strong 
active playback levels

Switch to terminal running alsamixer, mute master front which mutes all 
output channels.

Return to desktop pulse audio volume control, monitor continues to show 
strong active playback levels even though alsamixer thinks all output 
channels muted!

The music goes down and around and comes out nowhere!


On 11/15/2017 03:35 PM, Thomas George wrote:
> I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes it 
> and PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during 
> playback but no sound from the speakers. The system works with the 
> onboard Nvidia sound, no problems.
>
> I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I 
> have seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
>
> Does anyone have this working?
>
> I am using Debian Stretch.
>
>
>

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#189016 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

A lot of folks (myself included) manage just fine without
pulseaudio.  ALSA is already complicated and capable enough for them.
Some sophisticated users route pulseaudio through JACK, so
that the pulseaudio daemon doesn't grab exclusive use of the ALSA device. 

Good luck!

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 06:21:07PM -0500, Thomas George wrote:
> From a terminal run alsamixer, f6, select Xonar DSX
> 
> On another terminal cd to a directory of ogg files, start a playback of a
> file.
> 
> Oh the desktop start pulse audio volume control. Monitor shows strong active
> playback levels
> 
> Switch to terminal running alsamixer, mute master front which mutes all
> output channels.
> 
> Return to desktop pulse audio volume control, monitor continues to show
> strong active playback levels even though alsamixer thinks all output
> channels muted!
> 
> The music goes down and around and comes out nowhere!
> 
> 
> On 11/15/2017 03:35 PM, Thomas George wrote:
> >I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes it and
> >PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during playback but
> >no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard Nvidia
> >sound, no problems.
> >
> >I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I have
> >seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
> >
> >Does anyone have this working?
> >
> >I am using Debian Stretch.
> >
> >
> >
> 

-- 
Joel Roth
  

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#189017 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

please try all of this using pamixer, pulseaudio is controled by its own 
mixer software not by alsamixer.  Remember pulseaudio when installed 
manages alsa and not the other way around.

On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Thomas George wrote:

> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:21:07
> From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle
> Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:28:49 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> From a terminal run alsamixer, f6, select Xonar DSX
>
> On another terminal cd to a directory of ogg files, start a playback of a 
> file.
>
> Oh the desktop start pulse audio volume control. Monitor shows strong active 
> playback levels
>
> Switch to terminal running alsamixer, mute master front which mutes all 
> output channels.
>
> Return to desktop pulse audio volume control, monitor continues to show 
> strong active playback levels even though alsamixer thinks all output 
> channels muted!
>
> The music goes down and around and comes out nowhere!
>
>
> On 11/15/2017 03:35 PM, Thomas George wrote:
>>  I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes it and
>>  PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during playback but
>>  no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard Nvidia
>>  sound, no problems.
>>
>>  I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I have
>>  seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
>>
>>  Does anyone have this working?
>>
>>  I am using Debian Stretch.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>
>

-- 

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#189033 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

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It is called, pavucontrol

On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, 17:43 Thomas George, <lists@tomgeorge.info> wrote:

> I would like to try this but there is no pamixer. apropos pulseaudio
> shows many pa... commands but no pamixer. apt-cache search pamixer
> returns a blank line.
>
>
> On 11/15/2017 09:45 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > please try all of this using pamixer, pulseaudio is controled by its
> > own mixer software not by alsamixer.  Remember pulseaudio when
> > installed manages alsa and not the other way around.
> >
> > On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Thomas George wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:21:07
> >> From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info>
> >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >> Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle
> >> Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:28:49 +0000 (UTC)
> >> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >>
> >> From a terminal run alsamixer, f6, select Xonar DSX
> >>
> >> On another terminal cd to a directory of ogg files, start a playback
> >> of a file.
> >>
> >> Oh the desktop start pulse audio volume control. Monitor shows strong
> >> active playback levels
> >>
> >> Switch to terminal running alsamixer, mute master front which mutes
> >> all output channels.
> >>
> >> Return to desktop pulse audio volume control, monitor continues to
> >> show strong active playback levels even though alsamixer thinks all
> >> output channels muted!
> >>
> >> The music goes down and around and comes out nowhere!
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/15/2017 03:35 PM, Thomas George wrote:
> >>>  I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes
> >>> it and
> >>>  PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during
> >>> playback but
> >>>  no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard Nvidia
> >>>  sound, no problems.
> >>>
> >>>  I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I
> >>> have
> >>>  seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
> >>>
> >>>  Does anyone have this working?
> >>>
> >>>  I am using Debian Stretch.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>

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#189055 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

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I tried pavucontrol but still no sound.

I concluded there must be a conflict between also and pulseaudio so I 
purged pulseaudio. This did not help.

I switched the line out cable to the onboard sound card. With alsamixer 
set to the onboard sound card there sound and the volume can be 
controlled with the master/front control.

With the line out cable connected to the xonar card and the alsamixer 
set to the xonar card there is no sound. With pulseaudio purged there is 
no signal monitor but before its deletion pavucontrol showed the xonar 
connection and its signal monitor showed a strong signal.

Conclusion: Alsamixer shows volume settings for each sound card but does 
not switch to the output stream of the card, this remains the stream 
from the onboard  audio regardless of the alsamixer sound card selection.

There must be another setting switch the output stream.

I also wish alsa had a signal strength monitor. Maybe I should reinstall 
pulseaudio.


On 11/16/2017 11:44 AM, Jeroen Mathon wrote:
>
> It is called, pavucontrol
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, 17:43 Thomas George, <lists@tomgeorge.info 
> <mailto:lists@tomgeorge.info>> wrote:
>
>     I would like to try this but there is no pamixer. apropos pulseaudio
>     shows many pa... commands but no pamixer. apt-cache search pamixer
>     returns a blank line.
>
>
>     On 11/15/2017 09:45 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>     > please try all of this using pamixer, pulseaudio is controled by its
>     > own mixer software not by alsamixer.  Remember pulseaudio when
>     > installed manages alsa and not the other way around.
>     >
>     > On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Thomas George wrote:
>     >
>     >> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:21:07
>     >> From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info
>     <mailto:lists@tomgeorge.info>>
>     >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>     <mailto:debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>     >> Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle
>     >> Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:28:49 +0000 (UTC)
>     >> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>     <mailto:debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>     >>
>     >> From a terminal run alsamixer, f6, select Xonar DSX
>     >>
>     >> On another terminal cd to a directory of ogg files, start a
>     playback
>     >> of a file.
>     >>
>     >> Oh the desktop start pulse audio volume control. Monitor shows
>     strong
>     >> active playback levels
>     >>
>     >> Switch to terminal running alsamixer, mute master front which mutes
>     >> all output channels.
>     >>
>     >> Return to desktop pulse audio volume control, monitor continues to
>     >> show strong active playback levels even though alsamixer thinks all
>     >> output channels muted!
>     >>
>     >> The music goes down and around and comes out nowhere!
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On 11/15/2017 03:35 PM, Thomas George wrote:
>     >>>  I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer
>     recognizes
>     >>> it and
>     >>>  PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during
>     >>> playback but
>     >>>  no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard
>     Nvidia
>     >>>  sound, no problems.
>     >>>
>     >>>  I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar
>     but I
>     >>> have
>     >>>  seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
>     >>>
>     >>>  Does anyone have this working?
>     >>>
>     >>>  I am using Debian Stretch.
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>

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#189059 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

Thomas George wrote:

> I also wish alsa had a signal strength monitor. Maybe I should reinstall
> pulseaudio.

This is not a bad idea as pulseaudio is designed to work on top of alsa and
to make life easier.

In pulseaudio you can control your input and output, perhaps it is worth
looking in all tabs and selecting the appropriate input. In some cases the
fallback must be active (icon on the right pressed)

There are also ways to show level indication in alsa, but this is another
topic.

We asked you to control if channels in alsamixer are muted, you did not
report on that


regards

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#189067 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

The channels in alsamixer are not muted. All show MM and I have used the 
m key to turn them off and back on to be sure.

I will reinstall pulseaudio and try to select the appropriate input. I 
thought there might be a setting in ogg123 to select the sound card to 
use but the man page directed me to /etc/libao.conf. which contains two 
lines:

default_driver=alsa

quiet

Is there another setting other than quiet? But this can't be the 
problem. ogg123 file.ogg plays file when the line out cable is connected 
to the onboard sound card.


On 11/17/2017 02:03 AM, deloptes wrote:
> Thomas George wrote:
>
>> I also wish alsa had a signal strength monitor. Maybe I should reinstall
>> pulseaudio.
> This is not a bad idea as pulseaudio is designed to work on top of alsa and
> to make life easier.
>
> In pulseaudio you can control your input and output, perhaps it is worth
> looking in all tabs and selecting the appropriate input. In some cases the
> fallback must be active (icon on the right pressed)
>
> There are also ways to show level indication in alsa, but this is another
> topic.
>
> We asked you to control if channels in alsamixer are muted, you did not
> report on that
>
>
> regards
>
>
>

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#189091 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

Thomas George wrote:

> default_driver=alsa
> 
> quiet
> 
> Is there another setting other than quiet? But this can't be the
> problem. ogg123 file.ogg plays file when the line out cable is connected
> to the onboard sound card.

no this "quite" is related to output information from the process - like
debugging or verbosity.

the sound is managed by the driver
        app -> sound library (alsa) -> driver (kernel) -> hardware 

pulse sits between app and alsa - if you see indication in pulseaudio but no
sound, then the stream is not routed properly to the speaker - might be a
driver problem.
What you can do is check the kernel Documentation for that driver/sound card
you have.

Here some examples in linux-4.12.10/Documentation/sound/cards/
audigy-mixer.rst    bt87x.rst           emu10k1-jack.rst    img-spdif-in.rst   
joystick.rst        mixart.rst          serial-u16550.rst
audiophile-usb.rst  cmipci.rst          hdspm.rst           index.rst          
maya44.rst          sb-live-mixer.rst   via82xx-mixer.rst

$ lspci  | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family
High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)

cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [PCH            ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
                      HDA Intel PCH at 0xfe420000 irq 30
 1 [Webcam         ]: USB-Audio - Philips SPC 1030NC Webcam
                      Philips CE Philips SPC 1030NC Webcam at
usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.4, high speed

$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
Codec: Conexant CX20642
Codec: Intel CougarPoint HDMI

linux-4.12.10/Documentation/sound$ grep Conexant -r .
./alsa-configuration.rst:Module for Conexant Riptide chip
./hd-audio/models.rst:Conexant 5045
./hd-audio/models.rst:Conexant 5047
./hd-audio/models.rst:Conexant 5051
./hd-audio/models.rst:Conexant 5066
./hd-audio/controls.rst:Conexant codecs


The other approach would be - identify your codec and google linux+codec

it might be you need to provide some additional parameter to the kernel
driver. I recall one the HDMI was listed first and thus output went to HDMI
and not the standard sound system

regards

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#189092 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, Thomas George wrote:

> The channels in alsamixer are not muted. All show MM

That is muted. MM is mute.

> and I have used the m key to turn them off and back on to be sure.

Good luck with your project.

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#189095 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

davidson wrote:

> That is muted. MM is mute.

but OP said he unmuted it in the next statement

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#189099 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle - Losing Ground

Ok, my mistake, I thought MM meant click on M to mute

That corrected but now no sound even from the onboard soundcard.

Everything looks like it should work. Pulseaudio volume control/Output 
Devices shows three devices: HDMI, the DSX sound care with port 
headphones and the Built-in Audio Analoy Stereo with port Line Out. It 
knows when the Line Out is plugged  in.

The Pulseaudio volume control/Playback only shows Alsa plug-in[ogg123]: 
ALSA Playback on xxxxx where xxxxx is one of the output devices. 
Clicking on xxxxx shows the three devices and allows an one to be 
selected. Below this is a line with a slider to set the volume and below 
this an audio strength signal. These two lines are the same regardless 
of the device selection and regardless of the device selection the 
volume slider will change the volume of the audio strength signal. The 
alsamixer volume setting have no effect on the audio strength signal.

In short alsamixer device selection and volume settings have no effect 
on the audio signal strength shown in pulseaudio volume control.

pulseaudio volume control works the same regardless of device selection.

There is no sound from the connected speakers.


On 11/17/2017 04:17 PM, deloptes wrote:
> davidson wrote:
>
>> That is muted. MM is mute.
> but OP said he unmuted it in the next statement
>
>
>

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#189101 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle - Losing Ground

It may help if you do rm -fr .config/pulseaudio in your user directory 
and also in your root directory then reboot your system.  This operation 
should force pulseaudio into a known state which for it will be unknown 
and pulseaudio would then have to go and do device detection with a 
clean slate (no preconcieved notions) of what's on your system.  At this 
point you may find it useful to subscribe to 
pulseaudio-discuss@freedesktop.org if this operation gets you no help. 
One thing to try before erasing pulseaudio configuration from your 
system's accounts is running the speakertest command in all accounts 
then repeat the speakertest once pulseaudio command starts up after you 
reboot or maybe better yet power down then restart your system.  For my 
equipment, pulseaudio has to be working at all times otherwise no screen 
reader will speak and the computers on this end become paperweights and 
I have had problems with pulseaudio in the past too.

On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, Thomas George wrote:

> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:41:05
> From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle - Losing Ground
> Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 01:41:24 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> Ok, my mistake, I thought MM meant click on M to mute
>
> That corrected but now no sound even from the onboard soundcard.
>
> Everything looks like it should work. Pulseaudio volume control/Output 
> Devices shows three devices: HDMI, the DSX sound care with port headphones 
> and the Built-in Audio Analoy Stereo with port Line Out. It knows when the 
> Line Out is plugged? in.
>
> The Pulseaudio volume control/Playback only shows Alsa plug-in[ogg123]: ALSA 
> Playback on xxxxx where xxxxx is one of the output devices. Clicking on xxxxx 
> shows the three devices and allows an one to be selected. Below this is a 
> line with a slider to set the volume and below this an audio strength signal. 
> These two lines are the same regardless of the device selection and 
> regardless of the device selection the volume slider will change the volume 
> of the audio strength signal. The alsamixer volume setting have no effect on 
> the audio strength signal.
>
> In short alsamixer device selection and volume settings have no effect on the 
> audio signal strength shown in pulseaudio volume control.
>
> pulseaudio volume control works the same regardless of device selection.
>
> There is no sound from the connected speakers.
>
>
> On 11/17/2017 04:17 PM, deloptes wrote:
>>  davidson wrote:
>>
>>>  That is muted. MM is mute.
>>  but OP said he unmuted it in the next statement
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>

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#189082 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

On 11/16/2017 11:20 PM, Thomas George wrote:

> I also wish alsa had a signal strength monitor. Maybe I should reinstall 
> pulseaudio.

Pulse rests on top of ALSA. If ALSA not workee then Pulse doesn't stand 
a chance.

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

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#189035 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

I would like to try this but there is no pamixer. apropos pulseaudio 
shows many pa... commands but no pamixer. apt-cache search pamixer  
returns a blank line.


On 11/15/2017 09:45 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> please try all of this using pamixer, pulseaudio is controled by its 
> own mixer software not by alsamixer.  Remember pulseaudio when 
> installed manages alsa and not the other way around.
>
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Thomas George wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:21:07
>> From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info>
>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle
>> Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:28:49 +0000 (UTC)
>> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>>
>> From a terminal run alsamixer, f6, select Xonar DSX
>>
>> On another terminal cd to a directory of ogg files, start a playback 
>> of a file.
>>
>> Oh the desktop start pulse audio volume control. Monitor shows strong 
>> active playback levels
>>
>> Switch to terminal running alsamixer, mute master front which mutes 
>> all output channels.
>>
>> Return to desktop pulse audio volume control, monitor continues to 
>> show strong active playback levels even though alsamixer thinks all 
>> output channels muted!
>>
>> The music goes down and around and comes out nowhere!
>>
>>
>> On 11/15/2017 03:35 PM, Thomas George wrote:
>>>  I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes 
>>> it and
>>>  PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during 
>>> playback but
>>>  no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard Nvidia
>>>  sound, no problems.
>>>
>>>  I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I 
>>> have
>>>  seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
>>>
>>>  Does anyone have this working?
>>>
>>>  I am using Debian Stretch.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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#189040 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

Thomas George wrote:

> I would like to try this but there is no pamixer. apropos pulseaudio
> shows many pa... commands but no pamixer. apt-cache search pamixer
> returns a blank line.
> 

$ ls /dev/snd/controlC*
/dev/snd/controlC0  /dev/snd/controlC1

you have two cards

to access first card use

$ alsamixer -c 0 

to access second card use

$ alsamixer -c 1

regards

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#189043 — Re: No Sound - Puzzle

I thought debian had the pamixer command.  Archlinux has this one and I 
think it may be something you can download and build from GitHub - 
cdemoulins/pamixer: Pulseaudio command line mixer

On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, 
Thomas George wrote:

> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:43:03
> From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle
> Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:43:22 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> I would like to try this but there is no pamixer. apropos pulseaudio shows 
> many pa... commands but no pamixer. apt-cache search pamixer? returns a blank 
> line.
>
>
> On 11/15/2017 09:45 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>  please try all of this using pamixer, pulseaudio is controled by its own
>>  mixer software not by alsamixer.? Remember pulseaudio when installed
>>  manages alsa and not the other way around.
>>
>>  On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Thomas George wrote:
>>
>>>  Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:21:07
>>>  From: Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info>
>>>  To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>>>  Subject: Re: No Sound - Puzzle
>>>  Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:28:49 +0000 (UTC)
>>>  Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>>>
>>>  From a terminal run alsamixer, f6, select Xonar DSX
>>>
>>>  On another terminal cd to a directory of ogg files, start a playback of a
>>>  file.
>>>
>>>  Oh the desktop start pulse audio volume control. Monitor shows strong
>>>  active playback levels
>>>
>>>  Switch to terminal running alsamixer, mute master front which mutes all
>>>  output channels.
>>>
>>>  Return to desktop pulse audio volume control, monitor continues to show
>>>  strong active playback levels even though alsamixer thinks all output
>>>  channels muted!
>>>
>>>  The music goes down and around and comes out nowhere!
>>> 
>>>
>>>  On 11/15/2017 03:35 PM, Thomas George wrote:
>>>>  ?I just installed an Asus Xonar DSX pcie card. Alsamixer recognizes it
>>>>  and
>>>>  ?PulseAudio Volume Control show a strong signal level during playback
>>>>  but
>>>>  ?no sound from the speakers. The system works with the onboard Nvidia
>>>>  ?sound, no problems.
>>>>
>>>>  ?I assume the problem is a missing linux driver for the Xonar but I have
>>>>  ?seen claims that Xonar works out of the box on linux systems.
>>>>
>>>>  ?Does anyone have this working?
>>>>
>>>>  ?I am using Debian Stretch.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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