#1 2015-10-07 22:36:04

nobody

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[SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

Hi Team,

I am suffering a problem with the audio in BL rc1.
After I mute the volume I almost have no way to unmute it again.

In my case the icon does not disappear and not sound related issue appears in ~/.xsession-errors.

However I can restore the sound by running:

sudo alsactl init

This works independently of what mixer I have set. I test with the built-in and with pavucontrol.

Finally, If I set the mixer to be pavucontrol when I mute the volume I can see in pavucontrol that the volume is mute, but when I unmute the volume it remains muted in pavucontrol. And by unmuting from pavucontrol work also.

Last edited by mictian (2015-10-08 00:38:37)

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

Can you mute/unmute with

amixer set Master toggle

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

Yes
Executing that command I get the following output and the sound is restored.

Simple mixer control 'Master',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 65536 [100%] [on]

Anyway, I'm trying to make it work without any terminal command 

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

I use that command with a keybind

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

Actually that's a good idea.

So, you are experimenting the same issue??

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

Actually that's a good idea.

So, you are experimenting the same issue??

No - but my laptop volume keys never used to work (they do now with this installation ), so I still have this in my rc.xml. The Fn keys share the Volume keys on this keyboard.

    <!-- Volume key bindings -->
    <!-- Raise volume -->
    <keybind key="W-F9">
      <action name="Execute">
        <startupnotify>
          <enabled>true</enabled>
          <name>Volume +</name>
        </startupnotify>
        <command>amixer set Master 5%+</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>
    <!-- Lower volume -->
    <keybind key="W-F8">
      <action name="Execute">
        <startupnotify>
          <enabled>true</enabled>
          <name>Volume -</name>
        </startupnotify>
        <command>amixer set Master 5%-</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>
    <!-- Toggle mute -->
    <keybind key="W-F7">
      <action name="Execute">
        <startupnotify>
          <enabled>true</enabled>
          <name>Toggle mute</name>
        </startupnotify>
        <command>amixer set Master toggle</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

Just for the record, I think it should work by just clicking unmute.

Anyway, damo's solution is good enough for me.

So thank you very much damo !!!

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

Just for the record, I think it should work by just clicking unmute.

Anyway, damo's solution is good enough for me.

So thank you very much damo !!!

HTH (although it is a work-around!)

If you edit the title of your first post and add [SOLVED], it might help others looking for an answer.

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

Now that you mention it, I have this problem too. Sometimes I lose sound and only pavucontrol will unmute it.

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Re: [SOLVED] Sound Problem: Unable to un-mute sound

@photonucleon, you can discuss that further here...
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 2139#p2139

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