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Sound to my speakers stopped working

Hi All.

I recently tried to listen to some music/video, and noticed that my speakers(hooked up to the motherboard's main audio jack) were no longer outputting audio, which I last used probably two weeks ago on my Artix machine (I mainly use my USB headphones).  I  did some poking around dmesg and pactl and the pulse audio GUI that comes with XFCE and found nothing out of the ordinary, so I'm a bit at a loss.  Below are some commands with output trying to assess the issue. If anyone notices anything I might have missed or knows of anything else I can do to troubleshoot this, I'd be greatly appreciative!

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pactl list short sinks

0	alsa_output.pci-0000_08_00.1.hdmi-stereo-extra1	module-alsa-card.c	s16le 2ch 44100Hz	SUSPENDED
1	alsa_output.usb-FIIO_FiiO_USB_DAC-E10-01.analog-stereo	module-alsa-card.c	s16le 2ch 44100Hz	SUSPENDED
2	alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.4.analog-stereo	module-alsa-card.c	s16le 2ch 44100Hz	RUNNING

The last one is my speakers, and yep, it's running...

I also attempted to take a look for any dmesg errors, and even though I had a couple, it didn't seem related

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dmesg --level err

[    4.503189] hid-generic 0003:1852:7022.0005: No inputs registered, leaving
[    4.856046] nvidia-gpu 0000:08:00.3: i2c timeout error e0000000
[    4.856051] ucsi_ccg 3-0008: i2c_transfer failed -110
[    4.856054] ucsi_ccg 3-0008: ucsi_ccg_init failed - -110

I also grepped audio from dmesg to be sure, but again, no issues from what I can tell:

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dmesg | grep audio

[    3.785402] snd_hda_intel 0000:08:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
[    3.857740] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: autoconfig for ALC1220: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[    3.857746] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    3.857747] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[    3.857749] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
[    3.857750] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:    inputs:
[    3.857751] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:      Rear Mic=0x18
[    3.857753] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:      Front Mic=0x19
[    3.857754] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:      Rear Mic=0x17
[    3.857755] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0:      Line=0x1a
[    4.663113] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio

As far as Hardware, these are some old Bose Speakers that were left to me by a friend, they are plugged into what I believe is an AMD Starship Matisse Sound Card.

I still have two out of three audio devices working, and at least I know my sound card on my motherboard is still functioning, but I'm still at a loss as to the sudden disappearance of sound.  Are my speakers finally dead?

Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated, and I thank all who even took the time to read my post.

Re: Sound to my speakers stopped working

Reply #1 –
First of all, make sure the speakers work by connecting them to another device, e.g. your phone. If they do, run alsamixer from the terminal, press F6 to select your onboard soundcard and make sure no outputs are muted. If all looks well, the recommended reading is the Arch wiki on ALSA and Pulseaudio; they are are init agnostic and everything mentioned there applies to Artix, except for some service-related references.
 

Re: Sound to my speakers stopped working

Reply #2 –
Quote from: nous – on
First of all, make sure the speakers work by connecting them to another device, e.g. your phone. If they do, run alsamixer from the terminal, press F6 to select your onboard soundcard and make sure no outputs are muted. If all looks well, the recommended reading is the Arch wiki on ALSA and Pulseaudio; they are are init agnostic and everything mentioned there applies to Artix, except for some service-related references.

I connected the speakers to my laptop, and even though it recognized the device and read it as having audio output, there was no sound coming from the speakers. Looks like my speakers finally gave out (at least they were a gift... ).  Thanks for that simple advice, sometimes the most obvious answer is the one you have the hardest time seeing.