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I have recently uninstalled PulseAudio and opted to use ALSA by itself for Linux sound. The reason was mainly to remove Polkit from my machine, because I didn't feel like I needed it yet it was a dependency for many programs on my computer.
However, afterwards I noticed that there are random times when I turn on my machine, I notice that contrary to what I thought, the terminal bell actually works. I backspace past the beginning of my command and my speaker makes a short sound, despite the fact that I had headphones plugged in.
Noticing the problem, I immediately checked Alsamixer and noticed that the sound card that was used for the terminal bell was missing from ALSA's configuration, and while the terminal bell worked, my sound card couldn't be used by any other programs on the system. This must mean that at some point in the boot process, my entire sound card was reserved as a 'buzzer', only for making the terminal beep.
The only way I know how to fix it is to reboot my system, which doesn't always work as my kernel makes this decision pretty much randomly after each boot: sometimes the speaker can be used by programs on my system to play music, video, games, etc., while other times the speaker only serves as a buzzer.
This basically means that I don't have sound when my speaker acts this way, as my headphone jack is part of the internal sound card rather than being its own card. I don't have a speaker that plugs into USB, allowing it to behave as its own sound card.
I am asking to know why my computer is behaving like this, and how to configure my system to act one way or another.
However, afterwards I noticed that there are random times when I turn on my machine, I notice that contrary to what I thought, the terminal bell actually works. I backspace past the beginning of my command and my speaker makes a short sound, despite the fact that I had headphones plugged in.
Noticing the problem, I immediately checked Alsamixer and noticed that the sound card that was used for the terminal bell was missing from ALSA's configuration, and while the terminal bell worked, my sound card couldn't be used by any other programs on the system. This must mean that at some point in the boot process, my entire sound card was reserved as a 'buzzer', only for making the terminal beep.
The only way I know how to fix it is to reboot my system, which doesn't always work as my kernel makes this decision pretty much randomly after each boot: sometimes the speaker can be used by programs on my system to play music, video, games, etc., while other times the speaker only serves as a buzzer.
This basically means that I don't have sound when my speaker acts this way, as my headphone jack is part of the internal sound card rather than being its own card. I don't have a speaker that plugs into USB, allowing it to behave as its own sound card.
I am asking to know why my computer is behaving like this, and how to configure my system to act one way or another.
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[?25h[?7h[?2004h[wisekind@cyb3rF0rtr3s5:~]$ exit
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