From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: Guix System 1.0: No audio Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 17:26:25 -0400 Message-ID: <87bm0gtwwz.fsf@netris.org> References: <16a84dc817f.123c10ef033874.6460720895034278289@zoho.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53740) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNOgD-0008CD-DP for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2019 17:28:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNOgC-0001bz-71 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2019 17:28:17 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([64.112.178.59]:43384) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hNOgC-0001VD-3b for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2019 17:28:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <16a84dc817f.123c10ef033874.6460720895034278289@zoho.com> (sirgazil@zoho.com's message of "Sat, 04 May 2019 17:00:04 -0500") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: sirgazil Cc: help-guix Hi sirgazil, sirgazil writes: > 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. Have you been able to get any sound to come out of the speakers at all in Guix? For example, when you change the volume using the slider in the menu from the top-right corner in GNOME Shell, do you hear the sound effects when you let go of the slider at a high volume level? Which browser(s) did you try? > 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? Quite possibly. I include the following packages in my user profile: gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-libav Specifically, the addition of 'gst-libav' adds plugins for many popular codecs that would otherwise be unavailable. The 'gstreamer' package needs to be in the same profile as the 'gst-*' packages, or else GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH might not be set appropriately to find the plugins. These codecs are needed by Epiphany (a.k.a. GNOME Web) and many other GNOME applications. However, they shouldn't be needed by IceCat, which links directly with ffmpeg and doesn't use gstreamer. Mark