Sound output on the PC is only connected via the HDMI cable to the TV, via the ATI graphics adapter.
# inxi -AFy Graphics: Device-1: AMD Cedar [Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 Series] driver: radeon v: kernel Display: server: X.org 1.20.3 driver: loaded: modesetting Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable for root. Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801JD/DO HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Device-2: AMD Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300/7300 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.3.18-lp152.72-default running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 13.0-rebootstrapped running: yes
Videos play with sound in:
SeaMonkey VLC Firefox
KMix on Kicker show a line through, as if muted, though volume level
indicator
is all the way up. Though now I'm all about getting things working as
expected
on one particular installation, the strike through on the KMix icon is a too common sight here.
Pavucontrol actively confirms system sounds not working, though others are, by window flashing like I've never seen. Its sound bars indicate activity when system sounds are expected, such as clicking the test button
in
KControl.
In KControl, all settings seem defaults for General and Hardware, Enabled on the General tab, and Autodetect on the Hardware tab's select list. The only box there checked is Full duplex. System Notifications appear all to be on their defaults.
All these packages are installed: # rpm -qa | egrep 'puls|alsa|pavu|sound|mix|audio|pavu' | sort alsa-1.1.5-lp152.9.4.1.x86_64 alsa-firmware-1.0.29-lp152.4.2.noarch alsa-plugins-1.1.5-lp152.4.1.x86_64 alsa-plugins-pulse-1.1.5-lp152.4.1.x86_64 alsa-utils-1.1.5-lp152.6.3.1.x86_64 audiofile-0.3.6-lp152.5.7.x86_64 libasound2-1.1.5-lp152.9.4.1.x86_64 libaudiofile1-0.3.6-lp152.5.7.x86_64 libgstaudio-1_0-0-1.16.2-lp152.2.16.x86_64 libpulse-mainloop-glib0-13.0-lp152.2.3.x86_64 libpulse0-13.0-lp152.2.3.x86_64 libwebrtc_audio_processing1-0.3-lp152.3.10.x86_64 pavucontrol-3.0-lp152.3.7.x86_64 pulseaudio-13.0-lp152.2.3.x86_64 pulseaudio-bash-completion-13.0-lp152.2.3.x86_64 pulseaudio-module-x11-13.0-lp152.2.3.x86_64 pulseaudio-system-wide-13.0-lp152.2.3.x86_64 pulseaudio-utils-13.0-lp152.2.3.x86_64 sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-lp152.3.3.noarch trinity-kmix-14.0.9-1.oss152.x86_64 trinity-libarts-audiofile-14.0.9-1.oss152.x86_64 yast2-sound-4.2.4-lp152.1.8.x86_64
alsa-info.sh output is at https://susepaste.org/59183842
What does it take to enable system sounds in this situation? Is KMix getting in the way of something, or being lead astray by pavucontrol? Is there some other package that needs installing? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science.
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I activate sound on my ati card to hdmi for all outputs (mplayer, vlc, FF, etc) using pasystray. Just make sure you're choosing the correct hdmi output. Some ATI have more than one.
Also examine your settings in Pavucontrol carefully. Make sure digital output stuff isn't on (see attached images). Note how some are labeled and unplugged.
Hope this helps.
Kate
BorgLabs - Kate Draven composed on 2021-04-23 02:02 (UTC-0400):
I activate sound on my ati card to hdmi for all outputs (mplayer, vlc, FF, etc) using pasystray. Just make sure you're choosing the correct hdmi output. Some ATI have more than one.
Also examine your settings in Pavucontrol carefully. Make sure digital output stuff isn't on (see attached images). Note how some are labeled and unplugged.
I don't understand this "make sure digital output 'stuff' isn't on". I don't expect to use any kind of analog audio "stuff" when I have an HDMI cable, which is all digital AFAIK, carrying sound to display speakers. Those gigantic images of mousetype didn't do much besides look like a negative of what I had before making things big enough to see, mainly just confirming I had the right window open. I don't get dark themes at all, but the Mac look is kinda cool. Where is that theming from? I'm not sure what exactly fixed it, because of unguessable consequences of too many settings to pick from. I installed pasystray, and uninstalled trinity-kmix, but that wasn't enough. I poked around logging in and out after changing this and that, and eventually I managed to unmute whatever made it mute amongst PA settings. I sure wish there was a way to locate whatever it is to make a new installation default to mute, because I see more muted KMix icons than not. Maybe this pasystray I never heard of before will make easier. Thanks Kate! :)
On Friday 23 April 2021 02:07:12 am Felix Miata wrote:
BorgLabs - Kate Draven composed on 2021-04-23 02:02 (UTC-0400):
I activate sound on my ati card to hdmi for all outputs (mplayer, vlc, FF, etc) using pasystray. Just make sure you're choosing the correct hdmi output. Some ATI have more than one.
Also examine your settings in Pavucontrol carefully. Make sure digital output stuff isn't on (see attached images). Note how some are labeled and unplugged.
I don't understand this "make sure digital output 'stuff' isn't on". I don't expect to use any kind of analog audio "stuff" when I have an HDMI cable, which is all digital AFAIK, carrying sound to display speakers.
Not sure if this will help or not, I'm slowly working on building an old notebook into a movie (TV) player and need to switch the sound from notebook to HDMI out (when the HDMI cable gets plugged in). Someone in MX land needed the same and shared their script:
https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=64228
HTH, Michael
Ref: pacmd - Reconfigure a PulseAudio sound server during runtime
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