full monty sound issue

[david1958]

i too am having a sound issue. I loaded the full monty newest release yesterday on a buddys puter and I cant get no sound on startup, web browser or anywhere. I've check  the mixer, nothing is muted and audio setting i get sound thu pulse audio test tab but thats the only way. I've been into the cp  and checked the drivers enabled pulse-audio checked for updates but no go.
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now here is the kicker, I put the newest on my tower at first i did not have sound I enabled pulse audio updated flashplayer and i have sound on mine.
I forgot to mention on both towers I am not using   the hdmi sound we are using the plug in for sound on the back.
david1958

[Just17]

Turn off the HDMI sound card in the Config tab of PulseAudio, log out and in again.

i get sound thu pulse audio test tab

I don't know anything about a PA Test tab .......  can you explain?

[david1958]

just18, Im not sure where u mean?

Turn off the HDMI sound card in the Config tab of PulseAudio, log out and in again.

are u talking about in the config my computer, in the stock mixer of the iso i dont know exactly where you are talking about.

if your talking about in the capture device I do have the radio button checked for   analog sound and not for hdmi.

[agmg]

Have a look here, maybe it can help:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,112440.0.html

[Just17]

just18, Im not sure where u mean?

Turn off the HDMI sound card in the Config tab of PulseAudio, log out and in again.

are u talking about in the config my computer, in the stock mixer of the iso i dont know exactly where you are talking about.

if your talking about in the capture device I do have the radio button checked for   analog sound and not for hdmi.

You said you have Pulse Audio installed and enabled.
Hopefully you have been using Pulse Audio Volume Control to manage the sound streams and devices.
On its Config tab, disable HDMI if it is not being used.
Log out and in again.

[david1958]

Have a look here, maybe it can help:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,112440.0.html

Per your post and the link and i did read it did it work. I found the file you are speaking of and I have not changed anything yet but here it is

• [Element Speaker]
  switch = mute
  volume = off  

  take out off and replace it with merge?

  
  
  Ok i went into his computer and changed the files to merge with no luck under root. Now what i discovered is I do have the analog sound set in the config for the mixer. Here is the error I get when i try to open alsa mixer thru the sound tab.
  

  alsa mixer function snd_ctl_open failed

  
  now as i explained on my tower and not his i can open alsa mixer with no error. His is setting up different. anyone know of a remedy I am getting in the above quote. I think this may be the problem
  
  [Element Desktop Speaker]
  switch = mute
  volume = off  

  and u suggest I might have to change this one also to merge?

  
  
  [Element Front]
  switch = mute
  volume = merge
  override-map.1 = all-front
  override-map.2 = front-left,front-right
  
  [Element Rear]
  switch = mute
  volume = merge
  override-map.1 = all-rear
  override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
  
  [Element Surround]
  switch = mute
  volume = merge
  override-map.1 = all-rear
  override-map.2 = rear-left,rear-right
  
  [Element Side]
  switch = mute
  volume = merge
  override-map.1 = all-side
  override-map.2 = side-left,side-right
  
  [Element Center]
  switch = mute
  volume = merge
  override-map.1 = all-center
  override-map.2 = all-center,all-center
  
  [Element LFE]
  switch = mute
  volume = merge
  override-map.1 = lfe
  override-map.2 = lfe,lfe
  
  [Element CLFE]
  switch = mute
  volume = merge
  override-map.1 = all-center
  override-map.2 = all-center,lfe
  
  .include analog-output.conf.common
  

appricate your help and hope i dont get scolded for placing this  in your post and not just do a reply to the thread.

david1958

[david1958]

I changed the script to merge with no luck on sound via root and saved the file.  when i go into the start, sound, and try to open alsa mixer i get the following error

alsamixer function snd_ctl_open failed

any suggestions for this may be the problem.

[agmg]

What is the output of the following two commands (from terminal) in your friend's machine?

lspci | grep audio

aplay -l

[david1958]

What is the output of the following two commands (from terminal) in your friend's machine?

lspci | grep audio

aplay -l

Per your request

What is the output of the following two commands (from terminal) in your friend's machine?

lspci | grep audio

aplay -l

here is the results. Let me state he is duel boot win/linux I set it up for him it has sound in windows and not on pc linux

Sunday, January 27, 2013
[11:13:27 AM] [10:26:32 AM] David R.: lspci | grep audio
[10:28:49 AM] David R.: aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
[harold@localhost ~]$
[harold@localhost ~]$

[agmg]

You didn't post the output of lspci | grep audio (they are two different commands)

Seems to me that sound devices are properly recognized by PCLinuxOS.
But I see the chipset is ALC887. Guess this chipset is causing problems on many Linux users.

Can you completely uninstall pulseaudio (using task-pulseaudio-remove from Synaptic), reboot and try to run alsamixer again?

Before that, go to PCC -> System -> Users and check if the user is included in the "audio" group.

[david1958]

sorry on not splitting. as soon as i get ahold of him i will repost each in a quote block for you. I'm making him do this now. He has to learn.
regards
david