Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-11 Thread Curt
On 2018-10-10, Michael Lange wrote: > > snd-pcm-oss *is* an alsa module, you won't get anywhere with that without > loading the proper alsa drivers for your sound card too. > >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/ALSA#ALSA_and_OSS >> >> If you don't unload all OSS modules then ALSA modules will not be

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-10 Thread Michael Lange
On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:00:20 + (UTC) Curt wrote: (...) > > /dev/dsp surely exists in case the snd-pcm-oss driver module is > > loaded. > > In this very case, in fact, according to the OP's lsmod list, so, right. > > Of course, at the same time we are obliged to note gandering at his > modul

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-10 Thread Martin McCormick
Michael Lange writes: > Hi, > > > Actually that would be '/dev/snd*' not '/dev/dsp' (the latter being the > > old, obsolete oss sound device from way back when, which I doubt would > > exist on Stretch at all). > > /dev/dsp surely exists in case the snd-pcm-oss driver module is loaded. > > Reg

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-10 Thread Curt
On 2018-10-10, Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:33:11 + (UTC) > Curt wrote: > > (...) >> Actually that would be '/dev/snd*' not '/dev/dsp' (the latter being the >> old, obsolete oss sound device from way back when, which I doubt would >> exist on Stretch at all). > > /dev/

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-10 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:33:11 + (UTC) Curt wrote: (...) > Actually that would be '/dev/snd*' not '/dev/dsp' (the latter being the > old, obsolete oss sound device from way back when, which I doubt would > exist on Stretch at all). /dev/dsp surely exists in case the snd-pcm-oss driver modu

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-09 Thread deloptes
dot...@gmail.com wrote: > Conclusion: I consider the problem solved (or better, a "non-problem"). > Because I spent too much time on it, I'll give it up andl use the newly > installed and working debian/sid, transferring configuration step by step > and verify that sound continue working. > What

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-09 Thread Curt
On 2018-10-09, dot...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 2:02 PM Curt wrote: > >> On the archlinux sound troubleshooting wiki ("The only device >> shown is 'dummy output'..." section), they suggest >> executing >> >> fuser -v /dev/snd/* >> >> > Thank you for the hint. I never came acro

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-09 Thread dotdeb
On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 2:02 PM Curt wrote: > On the archlinux sound troubleshooting wiki ("The only device > shown is 'dummy output'..." section), they suggest > executing > > fuser -v /dev/snd/* > > Thank you for the hint. I never came across that link. Unfortunately, I tried and it seems that

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-09 Thread Curt
On 2018-10-08, dot...@gmail.com wrote: > > The problem in short: no sound card available to pulsaudio, while ALSA > seems to correctly detect HDA Intel PCH. > To make the problem more puzzling, in the same laptop with an ubuntu live > (with kernel 4.15) audio works correctly. > On the archlinux s

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-09 Thread dotdeb
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 7:08 PM wrote: > Sorry for the subject not-so-specific but I hope this message can start a > first iteration to better focus my problem. > > The problem in short: no sound card available to pulsaudio, while ALSA > seems to correctly detect HDA Intel PCH. > To make the probl

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-09 Thread dotdeb
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 9:35 PM Kent West wrote: > > Sounds roughly similar to a problem I've been having. I tracked it down to > Timidity grabbing the sound card. I don't know enough to make it fixed > permanently, but as a temporary fix after a reboot when the problem > manifests, I do a > > ps

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread Gene Heskett
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 wrote: > > > But, does dmesg report its successful use at the last boot? > > > > > > (dmesg | grep -i microcode) > > > > [0

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread David Wright
On Mon 08 Oct 2018 at 14:34:26 (-0500), Kent West wrote: > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 12:09 PM wrote: > > > Sorry for the subject not-so-specific but I hope this message can start a > > first iteration to better focus my problem. > > > > > Sounds roughly similar to a problem I've been having. I track

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread David Wright
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 wrote: > > > > > But, does dmesg report its successful use at the last boot? > > > > (dmesg | grep -i microcode) > [0.00] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x8e, date

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread Kent West
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 12:09 PM wrote: > Sorry for the subject not-so-specific but I hope this message can start a > first iteration to better focus my problem. > > Sounds roughly similar to a problem I've been having. I tracked it down to Timidity grabbing the sound card. I don't know enough to

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 October 2018 14:52:28 dot...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:48 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > But, does dmesg report its successful use at the last boot? > > > > (dmesg | grep -i microcode) > > [0.00] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x8e, > date = 201

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread dotdeb
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:48 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > But, does dmesg report its successful use at the last boot? > > (dmesg | grep -i microcode) [0.00] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x8e, date = 2018-03-24 [1.472209] microcode: sig=0x806e9, pf=0x80, revision=0x8e [

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread dotdeb
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:27 PM deloptes wrote: > removing the .pulse or .config/pulse directory followed by reboot, could > also help in similar cases > > So sad! It didn't work. :( Thank you anyway a.

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 October 2018 14:42:19 dot...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 7:16 PM Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Did you install the intel microcode package yet? This may solve the > > problem or may not. Failing that, try an install of the debian > > firmware > > Jude, it is very sad (for

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread dotdeb
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 7:16 PM Jude DaShiell wrote: > Did you install the intel microcode package yet? This may solve the > problem or may not. Failing that, try an install of the debian firmware > > Jude, it is very sad (for me, of course) to tell you that the intel microcode was already insta

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread dotdeb
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 7:16 PM steve wrote: > > You did verify that your sound is NOT muted in some gui or alsamixer, > didn't you ? > > Thank you Steve fr your quick reply. As I tried to explain (maybe not clearly enough, I'm sorry), pulse just doesn't see any card at all. In any case, followin

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread deloptes
steve wrote: > Hi, > > You did verify that your sound is NOT muted in some gui or alsamixer, > didn't you ? removing the .pulse or .config/pulse directory followed by reboot, could also help in similar cases regards

Re: something wrong with audio

2018-10-08 Thread steve
Hi, You did verify that your sound is NOT muted in some gui or alsamixer, didn't you ? Steve