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Re: alsa troubles

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On Monday 19 October 2015 23:41:38 Glenn English wrote:
> On 10/19/2015 04:04 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > I almost hardly dare say it, it is barely better than saying s*****d, but
> > when I have a problem with sound, I install Pulse Audio, install
> > pavucontrol, and have a look at what it says.
>
> Done. pavucontrol makes a pretty picture on my screen, with lots of
> buttons to click on and no complaints. I tried several that seemed
> promising.
>
> Still no sound. There are several 3.5mm jacks on the back of the
> machine, one of which is supposed to be the headphone jack. I've plugged
> into all of them, and get clicks in some of them, but no Goldbergs yet.
>
> I'm using VLC to check on things. I tried mpv (suggested earlier in
> another response), but it's still not installed, and I can't find it.
>
> pavucontrol has, in its menus, several things mentioned in the
> Supermicro manual for this machine, so it looks like there's some
> interaction between pavucontrol and the motherboard. But it just won't
> make any noise.

What does it say under hardware?  Is it looking at the right hardware?  Does 
it say that it is plugged in and turned on?  Is it talking to the right sound 
card?  Speakers?  Is everything unmuted?  Turned up?

Come on!  I am not a sound engineer, and so far I have always managed to get 
pavucontrol to tell me eventually, somewhere, what the trouble is.

Lisi

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alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-19 18:40 +0200
  Re: alsa troubles <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-10-19 18:50 +0200
    Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-19 19:40 +0200
    Re: alsa troubles Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de> - 2015-10-19 22:10 +0200
      Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-19 23:00 +0200
        Re: alsa troubles Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 23:40 +0200
          Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-20 00:00 +0200
            Re: alsa troubles Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 00:10 +0200
              Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-20 00:20 +0200
                Re: alsa troubles Alex Moonshine <moonshine@openmailbox.org> - 2015-10-20 01:00 +0200
                Re: alsa troubles <briand@aracnet.com> - 2015-10-20 06:50 +0200
              Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-20 00:50 +0200
                Re: alsa troubles Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 01:00 +0200
              Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-20 01:00 +0200
                Re: alsa troubles Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 01:20 +0200
                Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-20 02:10 +0200
                Re: alsa troubles Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 11:30 +0200
                Re: alsa troubles <briand@aracnet.com> - 2015-10-20 06:50 +0200
            Re: alsa troubles Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2015-10-20 11:30 +0200
  Re: alsa troubles Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-10-19 19:00 +0200
    Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-19 19:40 +0200
    Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-19 22:50 +0200
      Re: alsa troubles Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-10-20 05:10 +0200
        Re: alsa troubles Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2015-10-20 20:40 +0200
          Re: alsa troubles Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-10-20 20:50 +0200

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