On Fri, 21 May 2021 16:48:07 +1000
terryc <terryc@???> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 May 2021 21:50:18 -0700
> Gregory Nowak via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 12:52:29PM +1000, terryc wrote:
> > > I carried out the install from the recommended(last) chimera iso
> > > and all basically was well. Sounds was there, but I didn't want
> > > pulseaudio and removed it and installed alsa, alsaplayer,
> > > alsamixer, etc.
> > >

> > > But I have no sound. It seems to have something to do with certain
> > > drivers for PCMs not being installed.    

> >
> > What does
> >
> > amixer -c0 get PCM
> > amixer -c1 get PCM
> >
> > give you?
>
> Here tis;
>
> user@system:~$ amixer -c0 get PCM
> amixer: Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0
>
> user@system:~$ amixer -c1 get PCM
> Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
> Capabilities: pvolume
> Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
> Limits: Playback 0 - 255
> Mono:
> Front Left: Playback 182 [71%] [-14.60dB]
> Front Right: Playback 182 [71%] [-14.60dB]
>
> Terryc

After a fair bit of searching `in turns out that
/etc/asound.coinf and/or ~.asoundrc were missing

Entering (/etc/asound.conf)
for system wide setting.

pcm.!default {
    type hw
    card 1
}

ctl.!default {
    type hw           
    card 1
}

and a reboot fixed it.

Entering (~.asoundrc)
for oersonal(per login) setting

defaults.pcm.!card 1
defaults.ctl.!card 1

YMMN, but that is all I need as I do not have any HDMI speakers or USB
speakers, or bluetooth speakers.

This fixed it for vlc, qasmixer and alsamixer in that they correctly
took the speakers I wanted as default and I didnt have to manually
select the motherboard sound chip.

I'm still working on why the browsers(falkon & firefox-esr) and
quiterss(what ever browser it loads) are not playing sound.