Linux kernel k3.7.9-2-ARCH ; ALSA I have a minispeaker connected to the CPU using a standard speaker jack. It was working correctly but then I did a reboot and now whenever I play anything in parole, the message : The autoaudiosink element is not working appears. When I ran alsamixer, the default device detected is not my speaker but rather my webcam. When I run speaker-test the output is : speaker-test 1.0.26 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels Using 16 octaves of pink noise ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory Please assist.
After a couple of reboots, the default sound card in alsamixer is again Intel MID (Chip : Realtek ALC888). This is strange, because when I detected the problem I did reboot it a couple of times- First, with speaker attached during reboot Second, with speaker attached after booting into GUI. This problem has happened to me before too but it seems to go away after some time. Please look into it, since it is extremely inconvenient. P.S- If it is related to a more general linux problem, and not related to parole, then please tell me where I can post it.
(In reply to comment #0) > Linux kernel k3.7.9-2-ARCH ; ALSA > > I have a minispeaker connected to the CPU using a standard speaker jack. It > was working correctly but then I did a reboot and now whenever I play > anything in parole, the message : The autoaudiosink element is not working > appears. > > When I ran alsamixer, the default device detected is not my speaker but > rather my webcam. When I run speaker-test the output is : > > speaker-test 1.0.26 > > Playback device is default > Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels > Using 16 octaves of pink noise > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave > Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory > > > Please assist. UPDATE : Set the status to later, since I'm sure the problem will hit me again, as it has consistently after 1 month or so of usage.