Anno domini 2022 Sat, 7 May 11:51:58 -0700 William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > On Saturday 07 May 2022 07:33:22 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > > ( sleep 3 > > > > awk '/: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic/ {print "defaults.pcm.card > > > > ",$1; pr int "defaults.ctl.card ",$1; print "defaults.timer.card > > > > ",$1;}' /proc/asound/car ds > /etc/asound.conf > > > > sleep 20 > > > > amixer sset Front 100% > > > > amixer sset Front on > > > > amixer sset PCM 100% > > > > ) & > > > > > > > LOL ... should be "nice lines" ... probably I need to type a bit more > > careful :) > > > > They can go anywhere in /etc/rc.local, that is, if you need them at all. I > > found that I need them on my system (too many soundcards, and the one I > > want as default usually is not the default) --> I need to modify > > /etc/asound.conf on each boot. And after TDE comes up, I need to set the > > correct values for my mixer & output, otherwise they are muted. I remember > > a time when ALSA saved the settings on shutdown/reboot and restored them on > > the next boot, but I'm not sure if that was this millenia or the last. > > > > Nik > > > All you have to do is in system.pa comment out this line > > #load-module module-udev-detect > > and in default.pa add 2 lines referencing alsa device you want pulse to use > > load-module module-alsa-sink device=dmixplug > > load-module module-alsa-source device=dsnoopplug > > this should be "hw:X,X" if you have real sound card with hardware mixer, or > > whatever you called the software mixer you setup in /etc/asound.conf for > > no-mixer hardware > > and then delete/rename /usr/share/alsa/pulse-alsa.conf to prevent default > > output switching to pulse > > > > -- > > Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@xxxxxxxxx) > > Okay, so I tried both these suggestions, and have made some progress. (Both > are quoted here for reference.) > > Thanks to Nik and Nick! These suggestions don't seem to conflict, so for the > present I have left them both in place and rebooted. (I kept the original > config files, so I can always go back.) > > At present, all my usual music players work, namely audacious and qmmp. I > haven't tried audacity yet, but if these work, I expect that audacity won't > be a problem. > > Likewise, vlc now plays everything I try, even stuff that wouldn't play > before. Likewise, kaffeine-trinity works with sound. I am not crazy about > kaffeine, but maybe I haven't used it enough to appreciate it. Nice :) > > I have also tried others, with negative results: smplayer, mplayer, kmplayer, > xine, totem, and most others do not play sound. > > The big surprise is, now smplayer won't play sound in any files, not even for > files that used to work before. (I used to be able to play some in smplayer, > others in vlc.) It seems to work normally, and the settings ought to be > right, so far as I can tell. I suspect that pulseaudio is necessary for those > that will not play. > > Anyway, I believe that I'm almost *there*, wherever there is. It would be nice > to get smplayer working again, but at least vlc works now. You could try "apulse" --> "apulse smplayer" - but "apulse" stopped working here some months ago ... well, might have been the upgrade from chimera to daedalus :) Nik > > > Bill > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx