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Re: Sound Problem

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On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 02:06:21PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> On 03/11/2017 01:42 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 09:39:11AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > aplay -L should give you a list of possible outputs, one of
> > which  you can then feed to speaker-test via -D to test.
> > 
> > Then you can set this in /etc/asound.conf as a default. Mine
> > says
> > 
> > defaults.pcm.card 0
> > defaults.pcm.device 3
> > defaults.ctl.card 0
> > 
> > -dsr-
> > 
> > 
> Thanks for the reply.  I had pretty well convinced myself that it's a
> software problem,  and therein lies the rub (or, rather a very high degree
> of entropy (mixedupness)).
> 
> Here is what might be the applicable portion on the output from aplay -L:
> 
> sysdefault:CARD=SB
>     HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
>     Default Audio Device
> front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>     HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
>     Front speakers
> surround21:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>     HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
>     2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
> surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>     HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
>     4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>     HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
>     4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>     HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
>     5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>     HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
>     5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
>     HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
>     7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers

I would try 

speaker-test -D front 

and see if that comes out the right device.

-dsr-

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Sound Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-03-11 15:40 +0100
  Re: Sound Problem Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-11 19:50 +0100
    Re: Sound Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-03-11 20:10 +0100
      Re: Sound Problem Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-03-11 23:30 +0100
        Re: Sound Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-03-11 23:40 +0100
  Re: Sound Problem Dominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com> - 2017-03-12 00:00 +0100
    Re: Sound Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-03-12 18:20 +0100
      Re: Sound Problem Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> - 2017-03-12 19:10 +0100
        Re: Sound Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2017-03-12 19:50 +0100
    Re: Sound Problem SDA <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2017-03-12 20:20 +0100

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