No sound from internet (You tube etc) SOLVED
No sound from internet (You tube etc) SOLVED
Hello All,
Slacko 5.3.3 - magic, everything works, even glabels! Great sounds from music files etc BUT, nothing from internet connection. Absolute silence irrespective of browser (Iron or Seamonkey) tried all the sound cards using ALSA wizard to no avail (no barks either) Mplayer blasting out Roy Buchanan as I write. Am I missing something?
All suggestions gratefully acknowledged as ever.
Slacko 5.3.3 - magic, everything works, even glabels! Great sounds from music files etc BUT, nothing from internet connection. Absolute silence irrespective of browser (Iron or Seamonkey) tried all the sound cards using ALSA wizard to no avail (no barks either) Mplayer blasting out Roy Buchanan as I write. Am I missing something?
All suggestions gratefully acknowledged as ever.
Last edited by titus on Mon 08 Oct 2012, 08:46, edited 1 time in total.
According to this thread installing Java helps-
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51701
what does the command aplay -l return?
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51701
what does the command aplay -l return?
Thanks darkcity,
I have JRE installed already, if that is what is meant.
aplay -l should be attached.
I have JRE installed already, if that is what is meant.
aplay -l should be attached.
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This is a strange problem.
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What is the 'Audio output' setting in MPlayer
Edit > Preferences
If it says 'default', try switching it to 'ALSA', close the window. Try playing a track, do you still get sound?
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What is the soundcard setting in retrovol?, go to
Left-click on speaker > Config Window > Hardware
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What are the contents of these files?
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
and
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf
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What is the 'Audio output' setting in MPlayer
Edit > Preferences
If it says 'default', try switching it to 'ALSA', close the window. Try playing a track, do you still get sound?
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What is the soundcard setting in retrovol?, go to
Left-click on speaker > Config Window > Hardware
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What are the contents of these files?
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
and
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf
Thank you darkcity, I appreciate the time you're devoting to my problem.
When I set the default to ALSA I get no sound.
Retrovol shows the sound card as hw:0
alsa.conf and alsa-base.conf are attached.
When I set the default to ALSA I get no sound.
Retrovol shows the sound card as hw:0
alsa.conf and alsa-base.conf are attached.
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Have you tried this?
If you see [0%] (or some other small percentage), try this:
The solution is probably not going to be that simple, but this is worth a try if you've not tried it already.
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amixer sget PCM
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amixer sset PCM 75%
Okay, this now sounds familiar. On some sound systems using alsa-wizard, which uses alsaconf, actually breaks the sound system, and it is hard to restore.
which version of Slacko are you using?
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You can try to figure what alsaconf has broken.
Try this if your using a frugal installtion-
Using the live cd go to your normal pup savefile (which is called something like slackosave-name.2fs). If you click on it will mount in its own directory - the files present are any ones which have been altered or added from the basesfs (puppy_slacko_5.3.1.sfs).
Look at the previously mentioned files in /etc/modprobe.d - you can either manually edit the differences or delete to revert back to their basesfs state.
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Alternatively, start another save and configure how you like, but don't press alsa-wizard!
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BTW the way what does the command lsmod | grep snd return when running live?
which version of Slacko are you using?
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You can try to figure what alsaconf has broken.
Try this if your using a frugal installtion-
Using the live cd go to your normal pup savefile (which is called something like slackosave-name.2fs). If you click on it will mount in its own directory - the files present are any ones which have been altered or added from the basesfs (puppy_slacko_5.3.1.sfs).
Look at the previously mentioned files in /etc/modprobe.d - you can either manually edit the differences or delete to revert back to their basesfs state.
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Alternatively, start another save and configure how you like, but don't press alsa-wizard!
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BTW the way what does the command lsmod | grep snd return when running live?
Thank you yet again darkcity.
I'll have to look at your latest advice later on, got my hands full at the moment.
I'm using a full install of Slacko 5.3.3 High Memory which I imagine uses 4G of my 8G available RAM. The processor is an AMD FX-4100.
lsmod | grep snd return, live disc attached.
I'll have to look at your latest advice later on, got my hands full at the moment.
I'm using a full install of Slacko 5.3.3 High Memory which I imagine uses 4G of my 8G available RAM. The processor is an AMD FX-4100.
lsmod | grep snd return, live disc attached.
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Hey! I may be old, but I'm slow.
I tried your suggestion darkcity.
I removed the two files from /etc/modprobe.d and re-booted the installed version. MPlayer showed ALSA in preferences but didn't play, nor did the internet. I'm wondering if a complete re-install would be the answer. I hope not.
Your continued help is much appreciated.
I removed the two files from /etc/modprobe.d and re-booted the installed version. MPlayer showed ALSA in preferences but didn't play, nor did the internet. I'm wondering if a complete re-install would be the answer. I hope not.
Your continued help is much appreciated.
Hey! I may be old, but I'm slow.
Titus is not alone.
Delete etc/ asound, i reboot, and then all is working ?
My slackos work well, but the idea perhaps is valuable on other dumb puppies (old ones with new computers, even with alsa driver 10.1.24)
I shall try And inform you.
Have a nice week-end.
My slackos work well, but the idea perhaps is valuable on other dumb puppies (old ones with new computers, even with alsa driver 10.1.24)
I shall try And inform you.
Have a nice week-end.
Re: Titus is not alone.
In this case Puppy was frugally installed and the sound worked. But alsa-wizard was run - which broke the sound on this particular system.Pelo wrote:Delete etc/ asound, i reboot, and then all is working ?
My slackos work well, but the idea perhaps is valuable on other dumb puppies (old ones with new computers, even with alsa driver 10.1.24)
I shall try And inform you.
Have a nice week-end.
The solution was to do a 'live' boot, then mount the pupsave file used for the frugal installation. Then delete /etc/modprode.d/alas.conf, /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and /etc/asound.conf. Then reboot into frugal installation. This in effect reverts those file back to the state before alsa-wizard broke altered them.
To reiterate, the solution will only work if sound works straight away without alsa-wizard. Also the files should only be deleted when the usual pupsave isn't in use.
@Pelo - have you got a specific sound problem on a computer?