Re: Guix System 1.0: No audio

[sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com>]

Hi, Florian:


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