E. Liddell composed on 2015-07-12 06:57 (UTC-0400): > On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 06:06:22 -0400 Felix Miata wrote: >> Last Debian I installed on any of my own systems was Etch, until Friday, when >> I did a network minimal, then added TDE. In a broad sense, only one thing >> bothers me at this point, no sound. In openSUSE we have YaST2 for such things >> as sound configuration, but in Jessie/TDE I haven't found anything that >> helps. Trying to use Synaptic to figure it out isn't working, because its >> scroller is worthless - it has no buttons to scroll only a line at atime, and >> the scrollbar hopelessly overshoots trying to drag or click. TCC's Sound & >> Multimedia isn't producing any sound or any clues as to why not. SMplayer >> plays video but without sound. Is there some TDE tool not yet installed that >> can configure sound, or do I need some as yet undiscovered Debian tool to >> make sound work? https://wiki.debian.org/ALSA didn't seem to help at all. :-( > Invoke alsamixer from the command line and check to make sure that > nothing's muted and it's pointing at the right soundcard--don't ask me > why, but ALSA sometimes sets everything up muted, and it isn't unusual > for an HD audio device to register as *two* devices, only one of which > works. There must be something that didn't get installed. openSUSE 13.2/KDE4 works right out of the box: http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/KDE/alsamixer-os132-gx780.png Same machine booted Jessie/R14: http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/KDE/alsamixer-jessie-gx780.png I don't see any material difference. Any other ideas (besides PA)? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
