I have two sound cards in this computer: one is a Realtek device on the motherboard. This has never worked right since I built this box. The sound levels are low, and one side of the stereo output is missing. Therefore, I bought and installed an Asus Xonar card, which, in Win10, works fine.
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From that, it seems to me that my Xonar card is not being seen, or, possibly, it is being interpreted by the system as an NVIDIA device.
BUT, when, in Firefox, I go to https://sundaybaroque.org/listen/, then check the audio mixer, I find that /dev/dsp5 is showing sound activity, yet nothing is being output by the speakers.
I've already read, thoroughly, the Handbook on sound and audio, and have done
Might anyone have a clue?
Ken Gordon
P.S. I forgot to mention that sound works when I plug the speakers into the on-board Realtek jack.
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cat /dev/sndstat
, I get this:
Code:
Installed devices:
pcm0: <NVIDIA (0x0080) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
pcm1: <NVIDIA (0x0080) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
pcm2: <NVIDIA (0x0080) (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
pcm3: <Realtek ALC889A (Rear Analog 7.1/2.0)> (play/rec)
pcm4: <Realtek ALC889A (Front Analog)> (play/rec)
pcm5: <Realtek ALC889A (Rear Digital)> (play/rec) default
pcm6: <USB audio> (rec)
No devices installed from userspace.
BUT, when, in Firefox, I go to https://sundaybaroque.org/listen/, then check the audio mixer, I find that /dev/dsp5 is showing sound activity, yet nothing is being output by the speakers.
I've already read, thoroughly, the Handbook on sound and audio, and have done
sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=[I]n[/I]
, setting it to 5, still no joy.Might anyone have a clue?
Ken Gordon
P.S. I forgot to mention that sound works when I plug the speakers into the on-board Realtek jack.