Arch Linux Installation log pt. 8 – Configure Sound

It is time to configure sound. It would be a bit dull to watch youtube without it wouldn’t it?

Install the needed packages:

pacman -S alsa-utils alsa-oss

Change to my normal non-root user account:

su - [username]

Start alsamixer:

alsamixer

Unmute (press “m“) and adjust volume of the Master and PCM channels

Press ESC to exit the alsamixer

Test to see if you got sound:

aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

If you got sound, write “exit” to return to the root user.

Store the mixer levels:

alsactl store

Edit /etc/rc.conf and add “alsa” to the DAEMONS list. I also added “!snd_pcsp” to stop Arch loading the PC speaker module

Further reading at Arch Linux Wiki

• ALSA
• OSS

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