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Configuring and choose your sound card with alsaconf

Install the package alsa-utils:

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# pacman-g2 -S alsa-utils


If you have one or more sound cards and you don't have any sound, you will have to launch alsaconf utility as root:

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# alsaconf


Then you just have to select the correct sound card and it will works.

If you still heard any sounds, launch alsamixer :

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$ alsamixer

Now adjust thelevels of Master channel and PCM with buttons ← → of the keyboard( up arrow to increase volume)= try to de not have the pcm volume over 80% if not your gonna have some saturation sound problems.

If you have two cards and at every reboot you are forced to restart alsaconf to get sounds works properly, here is a tip; restart alsaconf the this following command as rootto save your configuration:

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# alsactl store
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