(SOLVED)Creative USB Headset :No sound in firefox again after ATI 3450 install

[MerReady]

When I was running my Nvidia 9500gt I had to do Tex's /etc/modprobe.conf edit to get sound in firefox to work with my Creative Usb Headset. I have since pulled out the 9500Gt video card and installed my ATI HD3450 that I just got back from warranty. I now have the same issue again with Firefox/Youtube no sound. Everything else that uses sound works. Movie's, music and even the sound notification works. Tex's moprobe.conf doesn't work.  I tried editing my modprobe.conf / alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel to alias sound-slot-0 snd_usb_audio and that didn't work. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks!

[MerReady]

Well I have given up on this problem. Went out and bought a nice set of JVC headphones and fired up the on-board sound. Its too bad because I didn't have a problem if I run a "Not to be named distro", but hey this is Linux and that's the way it is sometimes.

[menotu]

Had you tried Pulseaudio?

[Just17]

Had you tried Pulseaudio?

+1  ......  Pulse allows you to direct the sound stream to any plugged in device on a per application basis.

[MerReady]

I Tried pulse audio. i installed task-pulseaudio, went into ppc and selected pulse audio and rebooted. When I tried to configure pulse audio I kept getting a connection refused error. From there I stop my persuit and bought the JVC headphones. I got the JVC's on sale for $15.00 when there normally $39.95 so I figured why not just use the on-board sound. If you guy's want to help with the pulse audio then I wouldn't mind trying to get the usb headset working correctly so it might help others.

[Just17]

I Tried pulse audio. i installed task-pulseaudio, went into ppc and selected pulse audio and rebooted. When I tried to configure pulse audio I kept getting a connection refused error. .....

Try setting it again and rebooting ....  connection refused is often because it did not set on.

Did you follow the Thread by Tex on how to check your Pulse Audio set up?
It might help with this.

[MerReady]

I've done that a couple time now. Everything is as Tex described.

From Terminal:

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[chris@localhost ~]$ pulseaudio
E: main.c: Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.
[chris@localhost ~]$

I have all but the bluetooth module installed.

[Just17]

Maybe the info here would be of use ....  particularly the last two posts on the page .....

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=114565

[MerReady]

Maybe the info here would be of use ....  particularly the last two posts on the page .....

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=114565

I have been looking through Arch"s forums too and I glad you came across this because it fixed it! So here is what I did:

From Terminal:

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aplay -l
It will show you something like this:

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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Headset [Creative USB Headset], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Ok so "card 0" is my "HDMI Sound" and "card 1" is my "Creative USB Sound". Keep note of your card list!

Next you need to create a text file and name it ".asoundrc" with out the quotes. Inside this new text file add the following code:

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pcm.!default {
type hw
card 2
device 0
}
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 2
device 0
}
Now you need to edit the file with your correct card# to match the card you want to use. Here is an example of mine:

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pcm.!default {
type hw
card 1
device 0
}
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 1
device 0
}
See how I have card 1 listed. That matches my aplay -l output from above for my Creative USB Headset.

After you have edited your file save it to your Home directory. You will get a warning that the file will be hidden. Click ok and then reboot. Now you should have play back in Firefox. Hope this works for you! Thanks to Just19 for the Help!