USB sound

[Ric Moore]

On 10/04/2013 11:12 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 05/10/13 08:14, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 10/04/2013 08:48 AM, R Kimber wrote:
>>> On Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:49:03 -0400
>>> Ric Moore wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I've been having problems with UBS sound for some time (it used to
>>>>> work
>>>>> about 6 months ago). I find that any USB sound device that I
>>>>> connect is
>>>>> not recognised, and is not listed by aplay -l
>>>
>>>> sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
>>>> Then open it. Under the playback tab you select the device you want to
>>>> play back through from a drop down selection of all the audio devices
>>>> your system sees. I switch between my USB headset and my 6.1 sound
>>>> systm
>>>> all the time using that. I use the headset to not bother other's
>>>> sleeping. Or, I can blow the cat out the window with 6.1. pavucontrol
>>>> SHOULD be installed during the install process, but it's not. Go
>>>> figure.
>>>> Ric
>>>
>>> Thanks, but pavucontrol gives:-
>>>
>>> Error: unable to connect to pulseaudio: OK
>>>
>>> I should explain that in attempting to resolve this issue I have made
>>> many
>>> changes, including disabling pulseaudio.  None of the changes worked.  I
>>> then purged alsa-base, pulseaudio, and pavucontrol, and then
>>> re-installed
>>> them.  This has made no difference, and pulseaudio remains disabled,
>>> although I reversed the changes that I made previously, and anyway
>>> purging
>>> should have removed any changed settings.
>>>
>>> All the relevant modules seem to be loaded OK, including snd_usb_audio.
>>
>> Methinks if you had pavucontrol installed first, before taking a
>> hammer to everything, you might have had a chance to be listening to
>> your tunes. Even a complete purge doesn't always remove all config
>> files. Maybe look to see if you have any ~/.alsa config
>> files/directories still lying around, or ~/.asound. rm them with great
>> prejudice. Something is telling it not to work/start.
>>
>> It might be easier to re-install cleanly, which I have had to do from
>> some of my own 'hammering round pegs into square holes" sessions. Heh,
>> I've done that more than once! Or, just for grins, create a new user
>> and test my theory, unless you blew something up system wide.
>>
>> You might just go into /etc/init.d/ and type ./pulseaudio start
>>     to see what error messages you see. But, if you're like me, you
>> blew it up real good. :) Ric
>
> Or you could open a terminal and run the file on the command line. Doing
> so will show an error message showing what caused it to fail to run.

Ah, but the OP related that "Error: unable to connect to pulseaudio:"
so starting/restarting the deamon might yield more info? Heh, it's gonna 
be a good bit O fun!

Creating a new user would be the easiest test you think? If the new user 
has the same problem, then the fault will be system wide. Mostly some 
hand edit up somewhere in /etc/alsa?
Huh, no more alsa in my /etc directory but there is a /etc/pulse 
directory. Maybe the hand edit is there? I have no .asound in my home 
directory as well. If he added it, rm it. :) Ric



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