no sound

[jay75]

pulse audio is installed. here is some output:

[jaysin2@localhost ~]$ pactl stat
Currently in use: 33 blocks containing 174.6 KiB bytes total.
Allocated during whole lifetime: 161395 blocks containing 391.6 MiB bytes total.
Sample cache size: 0 B
Server String: unix:/home/jaysin2/tmp/pulse-7VI5uG1yhc3u/native
Library Protocol Version: 27
Server Protocol Version: 27
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 66
Tile Size: 65496
User Name: jaysin2
Host Name: localhost.localdomain
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 3.0-1pclos2013
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor
Cookie: 5136:a80d

[jaysin2@localhost ~]$ pulseaudio --use-pid-file=false
E: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: bind(): Address already in use
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

[Just17]

Do you have   pavucontrol   installed and does PulseAudio Volume Control launch without error?

With it open play an audio file in some application.

Go to the Playback tab, and check to what sound device the sound from that application is being sent.

Ensure the sound is sent to the correct device and that the volume is high enough.

You should see confirmation of the sound variations on the line below the entry ....  the blue colour will vary with sound out.

[jay75]

pavucontrol is installed.
when i play clementine it says:
clementine playback stream
front left 100%
front right 100%
there is nothing in the line below the entry

[jay75]

in output devices it says "built-in audio analog stereo"
front left 100%
front right 100%
nothing underneath

[Just17]

You should see something like this if sound is being sent to the sound device





Try something other than Clementine ....  maybe VLC .....  to see if it makes any difference.

[jay75]

no blue. just grey. even with vlc.

[jay75]

after changing my /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output.conf so that volume=merge, i get

[jaysin2@localhost ~]$ pulseaudio --use-pid-file=false
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_1b.0" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0" namereg_fail=false tsched=yes fixed_latency_range=no ignore_dB=no deferred_volume=yes card_properties="module-udev-detect.discovered=1""): initialization failed.
E: [pulseaudio] socket-server.c: bind(): Address already in use
E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-esound-protocol-unix" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.

[Just17]

If PA Vol Control is launching correctly then PA is working well, in my experience.

What hardware is involved?

aplay -l     (lowercase L)

should show the devices.

[jay75]

[root@localhost jaysin2]# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

[jay75]

[root@localhost jaysin2]# alsactl store
alsactl: get_control:250: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument

[Just17]

in output devices it says "built-in audio analog stereo"
front left 100%
front right 100%
nothing underneath

Is that the only option available?

On one PC here with similar audio hardware there are two options .....  clicking on the 'button' shows the second.

Ensure you have "Analogue Stereo Output" selected on the Configuration tab.

....  and on the Output tab, Analog Output is selected and not headphones.

[jay75]

only option available.
configuration tab : analog stereo output.
output tab : built-in audio analog stereo.

[jay75]

[jaysin2@localhost ~]$  lsmod | grep snd

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snd_usb_audio          76138  0
snd_usbmidi_lib        15760  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            14818  1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_hda_codec_realtek   153534  1
snd_hda_intel          20032  2
snd_hda_codec          75755  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4844  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_dummy           1127  0
snd_seq_oss            25232  0
snd_seq_midi_event      4608  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                41880  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4321  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            33886  0
snd_pcm                60282  5 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              15343  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          5837  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          13037  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    43879  17 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore               5025  1 snd
usbcore               122231  8 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid

[jay75]

[jaysin2@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf

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alias char-major-116-* snd
alias char-major-14-* soundcore
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /bin/true
alias snd-0 snd-hda-intel
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /bin/true
alias eth0 r8169

[jay75]

in alsamixer when i press F6 and choose my card (from default to 0-hda intel pch) I get:

[root@localhost jaysin2]# alsamixer
cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument

i also get:
[root@localhost jaysin2]# alsactl store
alsactl: get_control:250: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument