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I'm using Debian with i3. I have both pulseaudio and alsa installed but I cannot get sound to output.
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I'm using Debian with i3. I have both pulseaudio and alsa installed but I cannot get sound to output.
linux debian audio i3
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I'm using Debian with i3. I have both pulseaudio and alsa installed but I cannot get sound to output.
linux debian audio i3
edited Nov 24 at 20:34
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Jun 19 '16 at 11:41
Archie Croston
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I'm using Debian with i3. I have both pulseaudio and alsa installed but I cannot get sound to output.
linux debian audio i3
linux debian audio i3
edited Nov 24 at 20:34
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
asked Jun 19 '16 at 11:41
Archie Croston
2614
edited Nov 24 at 20:34
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
asked Jun 19 '16 at 11:41
Archie Croston
2614
edited Nov 24 at 20:34
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
edited Nov 24 at 20:34
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
edited Nov 24 at 20:34
Rui F Ribeiro
38.3k1476127
38.3k1476127
asked Jun 19 '16 at 11:41
Archie Croston
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asked Jun 19 '16 at 11:41
Archie Croston
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asked Jun 19 '16 at 11:41
Archie Croston
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sudo alsactl init worked for me in a similar situation. I believe sudo privileges were required for this. At the time I had these packages installed: alsa-base, alsa-oss, alsa-utils.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 11:54
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This didn't work unfortunately and the volume is still set to mute after raising both the alsamixer and an xfce mixer I have installed.
– Archie Croston
Jun 19 '16 at 11:58
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Some distributions ship alsa with the main channel muted. Check alsamixer.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 23:46
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Yeah I had checked that just forgot to put it into my question.
– Archie Croston
Jun 20 '16 at 0:20
Don't forget to check all controls of all "cards" (push F6).
– Ferenc Wágner
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One place to start is to use pavucontrol (install it if you don't have it) to check to what output your sound is sent. Under "Output Devices", the text next to the icon of a sound card should be something familiar (for me it is "Built-in Audio Analog Surround 4.0".
There might be options to change ports, if you have multiple speaker configurations. But that shouldn't make your volume mute, that should just change how the sound is ported to different speakers on your machine (if there are different options). Now, if the text next to the sound card icon is "Dummy Output", you might want to reload alsa (here is a good explanation of what alsa and pulse-audio are).
Try running the command sudo alsa force-reload, and then reboot your computer (that part is important). Hopefully it should work after this - let me know if this works!
P.S. If you're new to Linux, i3 is a bit much to handle on top of everything else. Just keep this in mind - the creator, Michael Stapelberg, says so here that i3 is meant for somewhat seasoned Linux users, so you might have a slightly more difficult time at first.
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sudo alsactl init worked for me in a similar situation. I believe sudo privileges were required for this. At the time I had these packages installed: alsa-base, alsa-oss, alsa-utils.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 11:54
SauceCode
9901821
This didn't work unfortunately and the volume is still set to mute after raising both the alsamixer and an xfce mixer I have installed.
– Archie Croston
Jun 19 '16 at 11:58
add a comment |
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3
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sudo alsactl init worked for me in a similar situation. I believe sudo privileges were required for this. At the time I had these packages installed: alsa-base, alsa-oss, alsa-utils.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 11:54
SauceCode
9901821
This didn't work unfortunately and the volume is still set to mute after raising both the alsamixer and an xfce mixer I have installed.
– Archie Croston
Jun 19 '16 at 11:58
add a comment |
up vote
3
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up vote
3
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sudo alsactl init worked for me in a similar situation. I believe sudo privileges were required for this. At the time I had these packages installed: alsa-base, alsa-oss, alsa-utils.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 11:54
SauceCode
9901821
sudo alsactl init worked for me in a similar situation. I believe sudo privileges were required for this. At the time I had these packages installed: alsa-base, alsa-oss, alsa-utils.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 11:54
SauceCode
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edited Jun 19 '16 at 12:03
answered Jun 19 '16 at 11:54
SauceCode
9901821
answered Jun 19 '16 at 11:54
SauceCode
9901821
answered Jun 19 '16 at 11:54
SauceCode
9901821
9901821
This didn't work unfortunately and the volume is still set to mute after raising both the alsamixer and an xfce mixer I have installed.
– Archie Croston
Jun 19 '16 at 11:58
add a comment |
This didn't work unfortunately and the volume is still set to mute after raising both the alsamixer and an xfce mixer I have installed.
– Archie Croston
Jun 19 '16 at 11:58
This didn't work unfortunately and the volume is still set to mute after raising both the alsamixer and an xfce mixer I have installed.
– Archie Croston
Jun 19 '16 at 11:58
This didn't work unfortunately and the volume is still set to mute after raising both the alsamixer and an xfce mixer I have installed.
– Archie Croston
Jun 19 '16 at 11:58
add a comment |
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Some distributions ship alsa with the main channel muted. Check alsamixer.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 23:46
fclad
1587
Yeah I had checked that just forgot to put it into my question.
– Archie Croston
Jun 20 '16 at 0:20
Don't forget to check all controls of all "cards" (push F6).
– Ferenc Wágner
Jun 20 '16 at 15:40
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
Some distributions ship alsa with the main channel muted. Check alsamixer.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 23:46
fclad
1587
Yeah I had checked that just forgot to put it into my question.
– Archie Croston
Jun 20 '16 at 0:20
Don't forget to check all controls of all "cards" (push F6).
– Ferenc Wágner
Jun 20 '16 at 15:40
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Some distributions ship alsa with the main channel muted. Check alsamixer.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 23:46
fclad
1587
Some distributions ship alsa with the main channel muted. Check alsamixer.
answered Jun 19 '16 at 23:46
fclad
1587
answered Jun 19 '16 at 23:46
fclad
1587
answered Jun 19 '16 at 23:46
fclad
1587
answered Jun 19 '16 at 23:46
fclad
1587
1587
Yeah I had checked that just forgot to put it into my question.
– Archie Croston
Jun 20 '16 at 0:20
Don't forget to check all controls of all "cards" (push F6).
– Ferenc Wágner
Jun 20 '16 at 15:40
add a comment |
Yeah I had checked that just forgot to put it into my question.
– Archie Croston
Jun 20 '16 at 0:20
Don't forget to check all controls of all "cards" (push F6).
– Ferenc Wágner
Jun 20 '16 at 15:40
Yeah I had checked that just forgot to put it into my question.
– Archie Croston
Jun 20 '16 at 0:20
Yeah I had checked that just forgot to put it into my question.
– Archie Croston
Jun 20 '16 at 0:20
Don't forget to check all controls of all "cards" (push F6).
– Ferenc Wágner
Jun 20 '16 at 15:40
Don't forget to check all controls of all "cards" (push F6).
– Ferenc Wágner
Jun 20 '16 at 15:40
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
One place to start is to use pavucontrol (install it if you don't have it) to check to what output your sound is sent. Under "Output Devices", the text next to the icon of a sound card should be something familiar (for me it is "Built-in Audio Analog Surround 4.0".
There might be options to change ports, if you have multiple speaker configurations. But that shouldn't make your volume mute, that should just change how the sound is ported to different speakers on your machine (if there are different options). Now, if the text next to the sound card icon is "Dummy Output", you might want to reload alsa (here is a good explanation of what alsa and pulse-audio are).
Try running the command sudo alsa force-reload, and then reboot your computer (that part is important). Hopefully it should work after this - let me know if this works!
P.S. If you're new to Linux, i3 is a bit much to handle on top of everything else. Just keep this in mind - the creator, Michael Stapelberg, says so here that i3 is meant for somewhat seasoned Linux users, so you might have a slightly more difficult time at first.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22
Community♦
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answered Jun 23 '16 at 12:15
garzai
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0
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One place to start is to use pavucontrol (install it if you don't have it) to check to what output your sound is sent. Under "Output Devices", the text next to the icon of a sound card should be something familiar (for me it is "Built-in Audio Analog Surround 4.0".
There might be options to change ports, if you have multiple speaker configurations. But that shouldn't make your volume mute, that should just change how the sound is ported to different speakers on your machine (if there are different options). Now, if the text next to the sound card icon is "Dummy Output", you might want to reload alsa (here is a good explanation of what alsa and pulse-audio are).
Try running the command sudo alsa force-reload, and then reboot your computer (that part is important). Hopefully it should work after this - let me know if this works!
P.S. If you're new to Linux, i3 is a bit much to handle on top of everything else. Just keep this in mind - the creator, Michael Stapelberg, says so here that i3 is meant for somewhat seasoned Linux users, so you might have a slightly more difficult time at first.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22
Community♦
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answered Jun 23 '16 at 12:15
garzai
13611
add a comment |
up vote
0
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up vote
0
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One place to start is to use pavucontrol (install it if you don't have it) to check to what output your sound is sent. Under "Output Devices", the text next to the icon of a sound card should be something familiar (for me it is "Built-in Audio Analog Surround 4.0".
There might be options to change ports, if you have multiple speaker configurations. But that shouldn't make your volume mute, that should just change how the sound is ported to different speakers on your machine (if there are different options). Now, if the text next to the sound card icon is "Dummy Output", you might want to reload alsa (here is a good explanation of what alsa and pulse-audio are).
Try running the command sudo alsa force-reload, and then reboot your computer (that part is important). Hopefully it should work after this - let me know if this works!
P.S. If you're new to Linux, i3 is a bit much to handle on top of everything else. Just keep this in mind - the creator, Michael Stapelberg, says so here that i3 is meant for somewhat seasoned Linux users, so you might have a slightly more difficult time at first.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22
Community♦
1
answered Jun 23 '16 at 12:15
garzai
13611
One place to start is to use pavucontrol (install it if you don't have it) to check to what output your sound is sent. Under "Output Devices", the text next to the icon of a sound card should be something familiar (for me it is "Built-in Audio Analog Surround 4.0".
There might be options to change ports, if you have multiple speaker configurations. But that shouldn't make your volume mute, that should just change how the sound is ported to different speakers on your machine (if there are different options). Now, if the text next to the sound card icon is "Dummy Output", you might want to reload alsa (here is a good explanation of what alsa and pulse-audio are).
Try running the command sudo alsa force-reload, and then reboot your computer (that part is important). Hopefully it should work after this - let me know if this works!
P.S. If you're new to Linux, i3 is a bit much to handle on top of everything else. Just keep this in mind - the creator, Michael Stapelberg, says so here that i3 is meant for somewhat seasoned Linux users, so you might have a slightly more difficult time at first.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22
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answered Jun 23 '16 at 12:15
garzai
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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22
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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22
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answered Jun 23 '16 at 12:15
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