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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2012, 02:33:01 PM »
[root@localhost root]# alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

I started Gmixer this way and again sliders up and no mutes, but still no sound either.

wanted to try something else, but now:
[root@localhost root]# Gmixer
bash: Gmixer: command not found

and still can't start it from the menu (nothing happens)

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I asked you to run the alsaconf command, followed by checking the mixer of your choice. I have no way of knowing what you actually did, because you only furnished a repeat of a command to launch an application that seems hasn't been installed. I haven't a clue what alsaconf showed for results, or even if you ran the command at all, because you didn't supply that information.  ???

Using Synaptic, install the alsa-utils package which will supply alsamixer.

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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2012, 02:36:25 PM »
had tried to install alsamixer: no luck in the menus (even after updating) or as command (as root)
according to synaptic everything (utils, mixer etc) is installed.

next tried to install qasmixer as you suggested: no luck in the menus (even after updating)
as root the command returned a window saying the mixer device couldn't be opened: no such file or dir

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« Last Edit: October 20, 2012, 02:47:29 PM by wiko »

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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2012, 03:04:09 PM »
had tried to install alsamixer: no luck in the menus (even after updating) or as command (as root)
according to synaptic everything (utils, mixer etc) is installed.

next tried to install qasmixer as you suggested: no luck in the menus (even after updating)
as root the command returned a window saying the mixer device couldn't be opened: no such file or dir

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Alsamixer is a command line tool. If you want a GUI front end, install the alsamixergui package.
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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2012, 04:06:26 PM »
everything alsa (except the equalizer) was installed, but nothing showed up in the audio-menu or elsewhere.

same for qasmixer.

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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2012, 04:14:35 PM »
then open a terminal and type
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qasmixer
Post, or make a screenshot of your output

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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2012, 04:20:58 PM »
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had tried to install alsamixer: no luck in the menus (even after updating) or as command (as root)
according to synaptic everything (utils, mixer etc) is installed.

I am unsure what this means ......  as I understood the install was properly updated ...... 

If the packages are installed .....  and none of them launch from a terminal ......  then you are either entering the wrong commands or your install is in a bad state, IMO.

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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2012, 07:57:16 AM »
after installing with synaptic the program doesn always show up in the menu.
sometimes the command update-menus helps, but mostly a restart is needed.

the only messages from the installs ususally were about some mime-type, nothing serious.

have made a screenshot of qasmixer-message/synaptic.
how do I ad this to a reply?
« Last Edit: October 22, 2012, 08:08:28 AM by wiko »

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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2012, 08:21:16 AM »
To post a pic, upload it to a service such as TinyPic, and link it in your post.
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Re: no sound (onboard chip)
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2012, 09:23:45 AM »



new: next to the update-notifier-icon is the qasmix-icon which, on mouseover, says "volume is at 0%"
         leftclick gives the error-window from the screenshot

a reinstall didn't change a thing, only the icon is gone now.

running qasmix (as a command, still nothing in the menu) brought back the icon and the error-window.

close the error-window and the icon is gone again.


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To Just17:
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had tried to install alsamixer: no luck in the menus (even after updating) or as command (as root)
according to synaptic everything (utils, mixer etc) is installed.

I am unsure what this means ......  as I understood the install was properly updated ......
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in the forum I found somewhere that the command update-menus can be necessary after using synaptic to get a menu-item to show up.
« Last Edit: October 24, 2012, 12:30:15 PM by wiko »