On Thursday, 14 December 2023 at 16:06, Curtis Maurand <curtis@???> wrote:

> On 12/14/23 10:11, Rob via Dng wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, 14 December 2023 at 14:25, Curtis Maurand [<curtis@???>](mailto:curtis@maurand.com) wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/6/23 01:37, Steve Litt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Curtis Maurand said on Mon, 4 Dec 2023 22:53:47 -0500
>>>>
>>>>> My sound also stopped working recently. It's a default daedelus
>>>>> install. Sound worked when I first installed, but somewhere along the
>>>>> line it stopped.I never installed pulse audio. It detects my
>>>>> hardware. When I choose to test the speakers, I hear something that
>>>>> sounds like a brief crackle, then nothing.
>>>>> Getting ready to format and re-install.
>>>>
>>>> Wait!
>>>>
>>>> If you're not using pulseaudio, life is much simpler.
>>>>
>>>> Run alsamixer. Press the F6 key and you'll see a list of your sound
>>>> cards. Unless you're shipping sound out through an HDMI cable, you can
>>>> rule out that one.
>>>
>>> I finally got back to working on this. One of these days, I'm going to learn to do snapshots. The machine had pulseaudio installed. I uninstalled it. Things have gone from bad to worse. It's now loading intel drivers (it's an amd ryzen with amd audio hardware). I either need to reinstall the audio stack or I need to reinstall altogether. I don't see any way to re-install the audio stack from scratch. That's all handled during install.
>>>
>>> --Curtis
>>
>> Most desktop and laptop audio chips use the intel module/driver. It's a generic name.
>> Try running from a terminal as user:
>> speaker-test
>> Do you get sound?
>>
>> Rob
>
> "Host is down."

What is the output of
lsmod | grep snd

Rob