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[ivan155]

HI!

My first post in this forum. Up to now I was just a consumer!
But I want to share my solution of the sound problem and help other users of AMAZING Puppy Linux.

I have Asus 1225b with HDMI output.
But Precise Puppy doesn't want to play any sounds on it!

I tried traditional solutions (Setup -> Setup ALSA sound):

1) Adjust levels. Didn't work. None of the volume control bars was moving.

2) Playing test sound didn't work.

3) In "Multiple cards" I've got some helpful information. Apparently, I've got TWO sound cards. First (labeled as "0") is HDMI output and SECOND sound card "Analog bla-bla-bla" (labeled as "1")

But!!! Choosing the second card as primary DIDN'T WORK!

So, I tried last chance solution (before penetrating ALSA configs of course ) - the great and powerful ALSA WIZARD.
Didn't work

Here is the solution of the problem:

In system tray there is a volume level adjusting icon.
Right click, "Config Window", tab "Hardware".
Set "Sound Card" from "hw:0" to "hw:1"
Amazing, but that's it!

All stuff I wrote before this solution is very important!
My sound card is hw:1, but you may have THREE cards and Setup -> Setup ALSA sound->Multiple cards will show you the right choice!

For example, my friend has HDMI, Digital and Analog card. He has to choose hw:2.

Good luck!

tags: no sound, sound is not working, sound doesn't work, puppy linux, precise puppy, notebook, netbook, hdmi, sound card problem

[darkcity]

Hi ivan155

welcome to the forum

Thanks for the fix.

The sound level and config tool you speak of is called Retrovol. It is a handy app indeed. A little care is need in specifying the soundcard number - sometimes entering an incorrect number can crash it. In this case the soundcard number can be manually specified in the config file
/root/.retrovolrc

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another problem with multiple soundcards is they can load randomly in different order at boot.

This can be resolved by specifying the card's index in

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

for example