Re: sound disappeared

From	"Anthony Baldwin" <tonybaldwin@gmx.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: sound disappeared
Date	2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 at 7:28 PM
From: Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: sound disappeared

On Tue, 8 Nov 2016 13:49:14 -0500
Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> wrote:

>
> I really need to hear my Opeth (Swedish Death Metal!! \m/ ) now, for
> workout time, and I'm bummed.
>

Boot a live CD, then.

When this happens to me, it's because I have more than one sound
device, and the coin lands on a different side one day and another
one is designated the default.

There is allegedly a way to prevent this happening, but it is
sufficiently involved (nothing as simple as adding a string to a
configuration file, or ticking a GUI box) that I can't be bothered,
because I'll have to learn how to do it again in a different way in
another six months. Sound under Linux is a moving target.

If you have more than one sound device (if you have an HDMI socket,
there is a sound device associated with that) try:

Have a look in /proc/asound/cards to find the current card order.

Look in /etc/asound.conf to see if the xxx.!default options match what
your speakers are connected to. If you don't have this file you might
try creating it. Mine looks like:

pcm.!default {
type hw
card 0
}

ctl.!default {
type hw
card 0
}

Currently the card designated 0 is the one I want to use, out of three.
But the numbering might change tomorrow.

I  have only one sound device/card, it's onboard the mobo.
Thanks for chiming in, though.

Tony
--
http://www.tonybaldwin.me
All Tony, all the time!

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sound disappeared Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 17:10 +0100
  Re: sound disappeared Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 17:40 +0100
    Re: sound disappeared Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 17:50 +0100
      Re: sound disappeared Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 18:20 +0100
    Re: sound disappeared Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> - 2016-11-08 18:10 +0100
      Re: sound disappeared Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 19:20 +0100
        Re: sound disappeared Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> - 2016-11-08 19:30 +0100
          Re: sound disappeared Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> - 2016-11-08 19:40 +0100
            Re: sound disappeared Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 20:10 +0100
            Re: sound disappeared Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 20:30 +0100
              Re: sound disappeared Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-11-09 00:10 +0100
                Re: sound disappeared Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-09 00:20 +0100
          Re: sound disappeared Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 20:10 +0100
            Re: sound disappeared Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-08 20:30 +0100
              Re: sound disappeared "Anthony Baldwin" <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
            Re: sound disappeared Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 20:40 +0100
              Re: sound disappeared Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 21:50 +0100
    Re: sound disappeared Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 18:10 +0100
      Re: sound disappeared tonybaldwin@gmx.com - 2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
  Re: sound disappeared Václav Ovsík <vaclav.ovsik@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
    Re: sound disappeared Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 22:00 +0100
      Re: sound disappeared Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-08 22:50 +0100
        Re: sound disappeared Václav Ovsík <vaclav.ovsik@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 23:10 +0100
    Re: sound disappeared Václav Ovsík <vaclav.ovsik@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 23:00 +0100
      Resolved: sound disappeared Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-11-09 23:30 +0100
        Re: Resolved: sound disappeared Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-11-10 10:50 +0100
          Re: Resolved: sound disappeared Tony Baldwin <tonybaldwin@gmx.com> - 2016-11-10 16:50 +0100
  Re: sound disappeared Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-11-09 18:40 +0100

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