I screwed up my sound :(

[bb10]

hi,

I have a problem with my sound after i've installed pulseaudio. I can hear login/out sounds, Totem and Rhythmbox have sound, but Mplayer and flash don't have sound.

I removed the pulseaudio packages and it's still the same.

This is my mplayer output:

[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...

no more pulseaudio for me, i just want my sound working again, please. :)

bb10

[peabody]

Did you make sure to purge the package and reboot?

sudo aptitude purge pulseaudio

[bb10]

Yes I purged the pulseaudio packages and the alsa packages. Then I reinstalled the alsa packages. Still the same problem. :(

Mplayer (using alsa) output:
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_hw.c:1242:(snd_pcm_hw_open) open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p failed: Device or resource busy
[AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
[AO_ALSA] Playback open error: Device or resource busy
Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound.
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...

[bb10]

Anyone? :(
Don't want to reinstall for such a silly reason. (and 1 day before the gutsy release)

[mabovo]

Sudo dpkg-reconfigure ALSA.

[bb10]

bb10@bb10-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure alsa-base
bb10@bb10-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure alsa-utils
bb10@bb10-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libasound2
You may need to execute the asoundconf(1) set-default-card macro.
bb10@bb10-desktop:~$ asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
ICH5
SAA7134
UART
bb10@bb10-desktop:~$ asoundconf set-default-card ICH5
bb10@bb10-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libesd-alsa0
bb10@bb10-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libao2
bb10@bb10-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-sound-base

still nothing :(

[bb10]

ALSA and OSS are definitely borked.

When I try a test sound in sound preferences with ALSA and with OSS i get this error:
audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink: Resource busy or not available.

[mrtrick]

Could try reinstalling the alsa stuff...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=539595&highlight=gutsy+still+no+sound

You'll need to tweak the steps to meet your needs... This (http://mrtrick.org/2007/10/15/gutsy-now-with-sound-again-finally/) is what I had to do to get sound back in order on my machine.

[Hershey]

asoundconf unset-pulseaudio?

[bb10]

Could try reinstalling the alsa stuff...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=539595&highlight=gutsy+still+no+sound

You'll need to tweak the steps to meet your needs... This (http://mrtrick.org/2007/10/15/gutsy-now-with-sound-again-finally/) is what I had to do to get sound back in order on my machine.

I just compiled alsa-1.0.15. Still have the same problem. :(

asoundconf unset-pulseaudio?
nope, still the same problem.

[peabody]

Just to confirm, it's only certain applications that are giving you trouble? Such as mplayer?

[bb10]

Yes, mplayer and flash from what i've tested right now. Everything that uses OSS or ALSA.
ESD is working, because i can hear sound when i test it in the sound preferences. Also, the login/logout sounds are working and rythmbox and totem have sound to (unless i set sound preferences to ALSA or OSS, so they are using ESD when i set it to auto)

I guess i'll have to reinstall, huh? :(

[Bwoolgar]

I'm having the same exact issue. It appeared after yesterday's updates though - not after installing pulseaudio.

[peabody]

Ah ha! sounds like it might not be related to what you did bb10.