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Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (mynis01) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:23:28 +0000

Don't mess around with your ALSA implementation, it should be fine. You're only going to create more problems for yourself by upgrading or reinstalling ALSA. AVL uses a hack that routes flashplayer output into a JACK server. So if you all ready have JACK running with HDMI port 0,7 selected for the output, you will hear it. For VLC, you have to select either ALSA with HDMI port 0,7 manually when the JACK server is not running, or if the JACK server is running, you can select JACK as the output module. You may have to use the connections tab in qjackctl to route the sound to your HDMI port, and you may also have to install the JACK plugin for VLC. Either way, you should be ready to start messing around with ardour, since it appears your JACK server is configured and working. To keep cpufrequtils from causing xruns, before you start JACK run this from a terminal:

sudo cpufreq-set -rg performance

And if you want to disable cpufrequtils altogether, you can install a program called "rcconf" and run it as root. From there you should be able to find the cpufreq daemon and disable it.

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (Elvis) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:58:05 +0000

:~$ ps -ef | grep cpu
root 29 2 0 00:12 ? 00:00:00 [cpuset]
root 2468 2420 0 00:12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
elvis 4419 4401 0 00:50 pts/0 00:00:00 grep cpu

When I start Jack I can run youtube video's and sound.

When I try and play a music CD thru vlc, I get No Sound, it comes back with this:

Potential ALSA version problem:
VLC failed to initialize your sound output device (if any).
Please update alsa-lib to version 1.0.23-2-g8d80d5f or higher to try to fix this issue.

I think have a new version

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (mynis01) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:13:51 +0000

If you're getting xruns then JACK is running, and so is ALSA. You have to use a program that specifically outputs to JACK to test it out. JACK takes over your sound device, so programs that would normally output to ALSA won't be audible. Most programs won't send output to JACK unless you tell them to. Try using a media player like vlc with vlc-plugin-jack or something like that and then go into the preferences and specify JACK as the output module. Also, it's kinda extreme to try and use your hdmi port at a sample rate of 9600, that probably explains the xruns somewhat. xruns can also be caused by cpu freqency scaling. To check to see if that is the case, just do this:

ps -ef | grep cpu

and post the results. Hopefully there is no output.

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (Elvis) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 02:40:17 +0000

Stop the Presses:
I don't know what happen, I don't know if this had anything to do with it, but I went and clicked on the "tube" then clicked on "Sound Utilities" then clicked on the program called "GNOME ALSA Mixer" and down at the bottom I saw 4 unmarked check boxes IE958?, so I checked each one of them. So I went about checking out other programs, so I went back to the "Terminal" and ran "speaker-test -c 2 -r 48000 -D hw:0,7" I do this from time to time, even though I know its not going to work. Except for this time I heard noise, first from the left, then from the right. But not from "youtube" I am dumb founded. I am not going to do anything else til you tell me, you might want to run some checks. So I just keep playing "speaker-test -c 2 -r 48000 -D hw:0,7" all the time

I still can't run "/usr/bin/jackd -p1024 -t2000 -dalsa -dhw:0 -r96000 -p1024 -n2 -D -Phw:0,7"
I hear a pop in the speakers, just one, but that's it.

:~$ /usr/bin/jackd -p1024 -t2000 -dalsa -dhw:0 -r96000 -p1024 -n2 -D -Phw:0,7
jackd 0.121.3
Copyright 2001-2009 Paul Davis, Stephane Letz, Jack O'Quinn, Torben Hohn and others.
jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details

JACK compiled with System V SHM support.
loading driver ..
apparent rate = 96000
creating alsa driver ... hw:0,7|hw:0|1024|2|96000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit
control device hw:0
ALSA: Cannot open PCM device alsa_pcm for capture. Falling back to playback-only mode
configuring for 96000Hz, period = 1024 frames (10.7 ms), buffer = 2 periods
ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit integer little-endian
ALSA: use 2 periods for playback

**** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.026 msecs

**** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.027 msecs

**** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.026 msecs

**** alsa_pcm: xrun of at least 0.083 msecs

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (Elvis) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:24:02 +0000

Do I need to reinstall alsa or the mixer? I don't think alsa is working, and if I do have to reinstall, the question would be, how do you reinstall? Synaptic Package Manager lets you delete or install, not reinstall. I would hate to have to reinstall av-linux all over again.

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Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (Elvis) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:07:23 +0000

:~$ su
Password:XXXX
:/home/elvis# sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install alsamixergui
and I've tried it without the "sudo" in front, if I don't do "su" then a password at the "main promp :~$" and I try and type "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install alsamixergui" at the ":~$" it asks me for a password that I don't know.
This is what I get?

Err http://download.tuxfamily.org dev Release.gpg
Connection failed [IP: 88.191.250.18 80]
99% [Waiting for headers]

Tried running it again
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze-proposed-updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net squeeze-backports/iceweasel-release i386 Packages
93% [Waiting for headers]

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (mynis01) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:48:13 +0000

Once you get ALSA working without using JACK, you can implement these settings from the qjackctl setup tab:

or you can run JACK from the command line with the same settings using this command:

/usr/bin/jackd -p1024 -t2000 -dalsa -dhw:0 -r96000 -p1024 -n2 -D -Phw:0,7

The annoying part about using JACK from the command line is, a lot of apps don't create connections to the JACK server without your intervention. You can use the patchage app in order to edit connections, but it's probably best for you to just use qjackctl for now.

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (mynis01) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:16:28 +0000

AVL might not come with the command line mixer installed. You can try and install the GUI one from the repos like this:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install alsamixergui

The reason for suggesting the GUI one is that the cli one is part of alsa-utils, and you probably don't want to mess with any of AVL's default ALSA binaries. You need to use some kind of mixer to verify that the channels you are trying to use aren't muted, because that could be the cause of the problem you are having.

As I pointed out, that error message doesn't mean that ALSA isn't working, it shows up because your HDMI port is an output only, it can't be used for microphones and such. Thus it can be used for playback but it can not be used for capture.

Your .asoundrc should be pointing to device 7, not device 8.

If you want to get this working, you need to quit messing around with JACK for now. JACK sends sound output to ALSA or OSS devices, so if you can't get some kind of sound coming out of your ALSA device first, it's pointless to mess around with JACK. We know you aren't interested in watching youtube videos, it's just part of the troubleshooting procedure. Have you tried using vlc and specifing hdmi 0,7 as the device in the preferences? Once you get that part working, I can generate a working JACK configuration from my machine for you.

Also, PCM stands for "Pulse-code modulation" it's a way of representing analog signals as digital code. I wouldn't worry yourself with that for now though

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (Elvis) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:55:10 +0000

I tured off my on board sound, still no sound.
What is PCM? Alsa can't open it anyway because I don't think Alsa is working.
ALSA: Cannot open PCM device alsa_pcm for capture. Falling back to playback-only mode
configuring for 48000Hz, period = 1024 frames (21.3 ms), buffer = 2 periods
I type "alsamixer" says it can't find it.
My ".asoundcr" is:
pmc. !default {
type hw
card 0
device 8
}
ctl.!default {
type hw
card 0
device 8
}

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (xaos52) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:51:55 +0000

@OP: To get a picture under your name, click on 'PROFILE' in the second line from the top, then 'avatar'...

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (mynis01) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:01:09 +0000

You also have an onboard intel hdmi port on your motherboard, which also supports sound via hdmi. Try and disable it in the BIOS. Then try using the command "alsamixer" from the command line and make sure all of your hdmi channels are unmuted (ALSA mutes all channels by default usually, don't ask me why). Use mplayer, vlc, or some other media player that lets you manually select a sound card other than the one ALSA defaults to in order to test out the various outputs you have. Almost always with Nvidia cards, the right one will be device 7, so it will say something like "HDA Nvidia 0,7" or if you haven't yet disabled the intel card, it will be "HDA Nvidia 1,7".

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (Elvis) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:40:28 +0000

Thank you for getting back to me and Helping

~$ lspci -knn|grep -iA4 audio

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8418]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
--
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0e0c] (rev a1)
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1563]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
04:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1033:0194] (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8413]

~$ cat /proc/asound/cards

0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
HDA Intel PCH at 0xfad20000 irq 43
1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xfa080000 irq 18

By the way how did you get a picture to come up under your name?

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (xaos52) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:35:59 +0000

Post output of

lspci -knn|grep -iA4 audio
cat /proc/asound/cards

please

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (Elvis) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:12:14 +0000

I only have one card in my computer and its the NVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI card.
When I bring up a Youtube Video w/out Jack or with Jack running still No Sound. Something seems to be blocking the sound from using the HDMI. When I run windows it see's everything. But I don't want all that crap thats on windows, I just want my sound on my AvLinux, I don't need to watch movies, I just want to hear.

Re: nVidia GeForce560 GTX Ti 1040 HDMI - NO SOUND

dummy@example.com (mynis01) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:11:35 +0000

What xaos54 said, get vlc or some youtube videos playing through the hdmi port first, then we can worry about jack configs. I have the exact same video card as you do and have used it with JACK and ALSA on more than one occasion with both AVLinux and #!, so don't fret. The message

ALSA: Cannot open PCM device alsa_pcm for capture. Falling back to playback-only mode

is actually a warning, not an error. It doesn't indicate that JACK isn't going to start, it just means that you won't be able to use your hdmi port as a recording device.