[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#530447: Bug#530447: Bug#530447: trigger: Trigger doesn't start because sound problems

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Robert Richter [090603 18:05 +0200]
> Am Samstag, den 30.05.2009, 12:40 +0200 schrieb Elimar Riesebieter:
> > * Robert Richter [090527 00:42 +0200]
> > > Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2009, 21:49 +0200 schrieb Elimar Riesebieter:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > full speed
> > > > >  1 [HDMI           ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI
> > > > >                       HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfdefc000 irq 19
> > > > Should work flawless
> > > > 
> > > > Hmm, are you using an external usb sound card? Which one? BTW, are
> > > > you able to hear music or any other sound?
> > > yes (Audio CD, Youtube...) but I can't change the software volume
> > > control(ALSA, OSS, GNOME are without effect), it works only at the
> > > speaker box volume control cable.
> > 
> > With the hda-intel or the usb one?
> > 
> > What is the usb one for?
> 
> Apparently, are all two chips onboard sound chips.

Really? That's unbelievable!

> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I triggered out that trigger uses OpenAL and it looks for a backend
> > > > in this order:
> > > > 
> > > > alsa,oss,solaris,dsound,winmm,port,wave
> > > > 
> > > > The fact it looks for /dev/dsp shows that it doesn't found alsa and
> > > > tries oss, though. I assume, that your usb sound card isn't really a
> > > > soundcard.  Maybe a microphone or a miss recognized webcam?
> > > > 
> > > > Did you tried to hear sound with your HDA-Intæl one?
> > > I used the onboard soundcard (analog&digital output) from my ASUS
> > > M2N-SLI Mainboard. (green output for front speakers)
> > 
> > Does alsa work with this soundcard?
> 
> Partially, Speaker 1 - PnP Audio Device (Alsa mixer) works. But when I
> play with the 4 controls the gnome applet crashes.

Just try in a linuxconsole,  xterm or whatever:
$ alsamixer

> And the other applications and games use this, unfortunately, not as the
> default sound output.

I adviced you for a possble solution in my other mail.

Elimar

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