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After changing my Debian OS (it uses a Devuan repo), the sound disappears as usual.

At first I install OpenRC:

sudo apt install openrc sysvinit-core sudo reboot 
sudo apt install elogind libpam-elogind orphan-sysvinit-scripts systemctl procps sudo reboot

... then apt shows my list of unnecessary packages to autoremove and I remove them. Then I tried to activate pulseaudio by rc-status and adding the services tothe default menu and let it start but it fails and no sound appears.

After two days of working to return the sound, every way that Google or AI have suggested failed.

The result of pactl info:

Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native Library Protocol Version: 35 Server Protocol Version: 35 Is Local: yes Client Index: 13 Tile Size: 65472 User Name: . Host Name: .. Server Name: pulseaudio Server Version: 16.1 Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo Cookie: 71af:a721

BTW, headphones can work really fine, but the built-in sound card never did, so how can the sound return?

What other info can I provide here to help detect the problem better?

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  • what do you mean with "change the init system?" Commented Apr 26 at 19:43
  • like change from systemd to sys vit and uses a devuan repo Commented Apr 26 at 20:00
  • uhhhh OK, yeah, why would you go from the "modern" (15 years old) init system to the old (42 years old) one? That's at least very surprising. However, you cannot just mix Devuan repos into your debian installation; as far as I know, these two distros are not binary compatible. Commented Apr 26 at 20:28
  • you will have to edit your question to give us a much more detailed picture of all you did. Just from symptom and "I switched from sytemd to Sys-V init" we can't tell you much. But honestly, "I took a debian and replaced random parts of with parts from devuan" is so nonsensical, I don't think people will be able to spend time on trying to solve this. Commented Apr 26 at 20:30
  • @MarcusMüller I simply like sysv init and I don't have any problem of running systemd pulse its called migration form debain to devaun +can You help me to hear sound in my Linux laptop again big love :) Commented Apr 26 at 22:12

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Your PulseAudio is currently configured to use the analog inputs/outputs of the built-in sound chip.

You said it has never worked as output, so find out what other sound outputs your system has: pacmd list-sinks.

Maybe your screen has speakers and is connected over HDMI or DisplayPort? In that case, if you have a separate GPU card, you should be using its integrated digital audio output chip for output instead of the "main" sound chip.

Then use pavucontrol, your chosen desktop environment's GUI tools, or pacmd set-default-sink ... to use one of those other outputs instead.

When you say "headphones can work really fine", do you mean headphones with an analog connection, or ones with an USB connection? Analog headphones use whatever sound chip they're plugged into, but USB headphones contain their own USB audio chip, and are basically treated as an "extra sound card".

Your PulseAudio is running as user #1000, so does your user account have permissions to use the sound devices? This is one of the things handled by systemd tools on Debian, so unless the migration to Devuan had already installed suitable replacements when your current session was starting, you might not automatically have access to sound devices as a regular, locally logged-in user. In that case, completing the migration and then logging out & back in should help.

Alternatively, add yourself to the audio and plugdev groups, then logout&login for old-school SystemV-like audio device permissions management: then you should always have audio device access, even when logging in remotely.

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  • by headphones I mean the one work with usb Commented Apr 27 at 13:34

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