Re: Re: ALSA no sound

linux # aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=SB
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=SB
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
    HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
    HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output

The sound in the java app was short lived, cut out after a few mins,
been silent since.

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Frank Peters <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:59:54 +1100
> Daiajo Tibdixious <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > alsamixer shows 2 cards, 1 HDMI, so I presume I got the right 1.
>> >
>
> What are your two sound cards?  Do you have an NVidia graphics card
> on your system?  If so, then the HDMI may refer to the on-board NVidia
> sound.
>
>
> What is the output of aplay -L?
>
>