Session startup sounds not working [SOLVED]

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Session startup sounds not working [SOLVED]

#1 Post by aldQueiroz »

HI, I'd like to have assistance to find out why Session startup sounds aren't running... The Audio card is selected and working and, when checking out the feature with MX System sound tool, the chosen chime is played normally! All due checkboxes are checked.
Xfce's Session and Startup seems to be rightly set too, with all loginsound , logousound entries all checked...
I've noticed this issue there's no more than two weeks ago. When I did the system update to MX 23.2 and subsequent update to 23.4 Startup sounds were ok. I wonder if it could be related to the latest 23.5 update.. 9_9

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Snapshot created on: 20240904_1416
System:    Kernel: 6.12.8-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.12-10~mx23ahs] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 
           parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable 
           BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.8-1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.20.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.20.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto September 18  2022 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A78L-M/USB3 v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2101 date: 12/02/2014 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: AMD FX-4300 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Bulldozer family: 15 (21) 
           model-id: 2 stepping: 0 microcode: 6000852 cache: L2: 2 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 30537 
           Speed: 1807 MHz min/max: 1400/3800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1807 
           2: 2027 3: 1808 4: 2790 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled 
           Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB 
           filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD RS780L [Radeon 3000] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon v: kernel 
           alternate: amdgpu bus-ID: 01:05.0 chip-ID: 1002:9616 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           bus-ID: 8-2:2 chip-ID: 046d:0892 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: loaded: radeon 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.0x11.3") 
           s-diag: 584mm (23") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 521x293mm (20.5x11.5") 
           diag: 598mm (23.5") 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RS780 (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.12.8-1-liquorix-amd64 LLVM 15.0.6) 
           v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK M4A785TD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD RS780 HDMI Audio [Radeon 3000/3100 / HD 3200/3300] vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:05.1 chip-ID: 1002:960f class-ID: 0403 
           Device-3: Logitech C920 HD Pro Webcam type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           bus-ID: 8-2:2 chip-ID: 046d:0892 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.12.8-1-liquorix-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes 
           Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 running: no 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e800 bus-ID: 03:00.0 
           chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.02 TiB used: 294.11 GiB (28.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: B1E2 scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 
           size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A 
           serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 55.89 GiB size: 54.71 GiB (97.89%) used: 31.12 GiB (56.9%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
           ID-2: /home raw-size: 435.66 GiB size: 427.75 GiB (98.19%) used: 262.99 GiB (61.5%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 15.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: 40.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1997 case-1: 0 
           Power: 12v: 12.11 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.21 vbat: N/A 
Repos:     Packages: 3560 note: see --pkg apt: 3519 lib: 1514 flatpak: 41 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-proposed-updates main non-free contrib
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.ufam.edu.br/mx/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list 
           1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list 
           1: deb http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt stable non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:      Processes: 267 Uptime: 1d 17h 42m wakeups: 3 Memory: 22.47 GiB used: 5.18 GiB (23.1%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 
           alt: 10/12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
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Re: Session startup sounds not working

#2 Post by CharlesV »

Verify that your system sounds volume is set to something you can hear. (pulseaudio volume - playback tab)

Also I noticed that for both screen saver and sounds, after the 23.4 update some machines need the settings changed, saved and then changed back to what you want - before they will actually work.
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Re: Session startup sounds not working

#3 Post by dolphin_oracle »

Uodate coming soon. I’ve been trying to force the sound not to play until the soundsever is actually running. This condition is different on sysvinit vs systemd and I think I broke something in some cases.
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aldQueiroz
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Re: Session startup sounds not working

#4 Post by aldQueiroz »

So, the issue could be related to the sound server itself?...
And, which one? MX now comes with Pipewire too, but it's not active in my system, only PulseAudio (which I don't like but, so far, it's the default...).
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Re: Session startup sounds not working

#5 Post by dolphin_oracle »

aldQueiroz wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:45 pm So, the issue could be related to the sound server itself?...
And, which one? MX now comes with Pipewire too, but it's not active in my system, only PulseAudio (which I don't like but, so far, it's the default...).
either.

its not really related to the sound server, other than at least for pipewire I need the server to actually be running before playing a sound.

the new update will also just try to play the sound after 10 seconds if they conditions for server startup or never met.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Live system help document: https://mxlinux.org/wiki/help-antix-live-usb-system/
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aldQueiroz
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Re: Session startup sounds not working

#6 Post by aldQueiroz »

dolphin_oracle wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 2:21 pm Uodate coming soon. I’ve been trying to force the sound not to play until the soundsever is actually running. This condition is different on sysvinit vs systemd and I think I broke something in some cases.
So, can I wait for a solution to that issue within a next update of the system?...

Btw, about choosing PulseAudio or Pipewire; could you or someone else enlighten me about that?...
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aldQueiroz
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Re: Session startup sounds not working [SOLVED]

#7 Post by aldQueiroz »

Hi,
I'm passing here only to report that the issue with Session startup sounds was fixed within late system updates!
Thanks to all for your attention!
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