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Re: Guix System 1.0: No audio


From: sirgazil
Subject: Re: Guix System 1.0: No audio
Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 18:24:04 -0500
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Hi, Florian:


---- On Sat, 04 May 2019 17:29:01 -0500 pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) 
<address@hidden> wrote ----

 > On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 05:00:04PM -0500, sirgazil wrote: 
 > > Hello, 
 > > 
 > > I installed the GNU system with GNOME using the ISO installer 
 > > (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz).
 > >  
 > > 
 > > When I play video or audio in the browser or in the desktop, I get no 
 > > audio. The volume controls in the browser and desktop show the sound is 
 > > not disabled. There are no errors about missing codecs or anything like 
 > > that. The media plays, but there is no audio coming out from the speakers 
 > > (which are on). Audio and speakers worked fine in the distro I was using 
 > > before installing GNU with Guix. 
 > > 
 > > Maybe I need additional packages or services? 
 > > 
 >  
 > I do *not* experience this issue on GNOME. 
 >  
 > I presume you are using %desktop-services in your configuration. 


Yes.


 > When you run: 
 >  
 > guix environment --ad-hoc alsa-utils 
 > alsamixer 
 >  
 > Is the volume turned off or is the sound card muted?  You can mute and 
 > unmute with the M key and select your sound card with the F6 key. 

The volume seems on and the card seems not muted:

https://multimedialib.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alsamixer-guix-system-1.0.png

When I press F6 I see "(default)" selected, and there are no more options, 
except for an "enter device name..." option.


 > There also is a program `speaker-test` in alsa-utils for basic testing. 


I didn't try this, maybe tomorrow.




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