On Monday 08 October 2018 15:52:08 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 08 Oct 2018 at 20:52:28 (+0200), dot...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:48 PM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > > But, does dmesg report its successful use at the last boot? > > > > > > (dmesg | grep -i microcode) > > > > [ 0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x8e, > > date = 2018-03-24 > > [ 1.472209] microcode: sig=0x806e9, pf=0x80, revision=0x8e > > [ 1.472347] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2. > > > > Looks like it loaded correctly > > > > alse had a look at "intel" in dmesg and found: > > > > [ 3.939437] input: HDA Intel PCH Mic as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input11 > > [ 3.939489] input: HDA Intel PCH Dock Mic as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input12 > > [ 3.939537] input: HDA Intel PCH Dock Headphone as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input13 > > [ 3.939583] input: HDA Intel PCH Headphone as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input14 > > [ 3.939629] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input15 > > [ 3.939676] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input16 > > [ 3.939722] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input17 > > [ 3.939768] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input18 > > [ 3.939816] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10 as > > /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0/input19 > > > > This also looks fine, didn't it? > > I don't know why, but ALSA seems to pick HDMI as the default card, > whether or not anything is plugged into it. > > Perhaps you should run the alsa-info script from alsa-utils. That > should tell you how to run speaker-test, also in there, to get > some sound out. > > In my output, I see this fragment: > > !!Aplay/Arecord output > !!-------------------- > > APLAY > > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3239 Analog [ALC3239 Analog] > Subdevices: 0/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > which means I can use any of: > > $ speaker-test -D hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 -c 2 > $ speaker-test -D hw:CARD=1,DEV=0 -c 2 > $ speaker-test -D hw:1,0 -c 2 > $ speaker-test -D plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 -c 2 > > to make hissing noises. Use alsamixer alongside to set the volumes, > check mute etc. In my case, alsamixer -c 1 starts it with the > "rich" set of controls for the internal sound. > > With HDMI, I don't think the alsamixer control does much (IIRC). > I use the volume on the TV remote to do that, after setting the > correct HDMI source on the TV. > > BTW1 no pulse installed here. It's complicated enough already. > > BTW2 Gene, the inputs from dmesg are 8, 10 and 11. No zero. > They should be there someplace, but apparently your choice of drivers only hits the ones it can use. Finding a full list, printing it, and taping it to the wall is something I've done in the distant past. Might be helpfull here in the longer view. Might have to do a bare bones boot to find them, possibly as another just created user. > Cheers, > David.
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