Re: lost sound

   Things to try:

- Eliminate pipewire.  Stop it.  ALSA will still be running and you 
should be able to talk directly to it.

systemctl --user stop pipewire-pulse.socket pipewire-pulse.service 
pipewire.socket pipewire.service

   Now try aplay.

- Try an older kernel version.  That will bring in older ALSA and sound 
drivers.

- Look through all the recent updates and see if there are clues.

Ted.

On 2/28/26 5:36 PM, chuck elliot wrote:
> BTW I booted a fedora-live USB and sound was fine so not hardware.
> 
> On 28/02/2026 22:15, chuck elliot wrote:
>> BTW my Behringer USB interface is working fine.
>>
>> On 28/02/2026 22:13, chuck elliot wrote:
>>> Apologies if this is off-topic but I just need a bit of help.
>>>
>>> I have lost the sound on the onboard soundcard in my Asus vivobook.
>>>
>>> It was working fine and then suddenly not.
>>>
>>> I have checked everything I can think of:
>>>
>>> "aplay -l" shows the card and all of it's devices.
>>>
>>> "aplay audio.wav" plays the wav file but it is barely audible the amp 
>>> and speakers up full.
>>>
>>> ffplay, mplayer and qsynth all give similar results.
>>>
>>> The MATE sound app, alsamixer etc all show volume at max.
>>>
>>> There are audible clicks from the speaker when aplay etc connect and 
>>> disconnect from the card.
>>>
>>> pipewire and pipewire-pulse (sockets and services) are both running 
>>> (fedora has ditched pulseaudio).
>>>
>>> rebooting and reinstalling packages did not resolve.
>>>
>>> any ideas about waht to look at?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Chuck.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Rosegarden-user mailing list
>>> Rosegarden-user-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org - use the link below to 
>>> unsubscribe
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Rosegarden-user mailing list
>> Rosegarden-user-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org - use the link below to unsubscribe
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Rosegarden-user mailing list
> Rosegarden-user-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org - use the link below to unsubscribe
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user