update draksound troubleshooting text (mga#4162)

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/harddrake/sound.pm b/perl-install/harddrake/sound.pm
index 5bf5c55ab..8a560f03d 100644
--- a/perl-install/harddrake/sound.pm
+++ b/perl-install/harddrake/sound.pm
@@ -427,25 +427,44 @@ sub trouble {
     $in->ask_warn(N("Sound troubleshooting"),
                   formatAlaTeX(
                                #-PO: keep the double empty lines between sections, this is formatted a la LaTeX
-                               N("The classic bug sound tester is to run the following commands:
+                               N("Below are some basic tips to help debug audio problems, but for accurate and up-to-date tips and tricks, please see:
 
+https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support:DebuggingSoundProblems
 
-- \"lspcidrake -v | fgrep -i AUDIO\" will tell you which driver your card uses
-by default
 
-- \"grep sound-slot /etc/modprobe.conf\" will tell you what driver it
-currently uses
 
-- \"/sbin/lsmod\" will enable you to check if its module (driver) is
-loaded or not
+- General Recommendation: Enable PulseAudio. If you have opted to not to use PulseAudio, we would strongly advise you enable it. For the vast majority of desktop use cases, PulseAudio is the recommended and best supported option.
 
-- \"/sbin/chkconfig --list sound\" and \"/sbin/chkconfig --list alsa\" will
-tell you if sound and alsa services are configured to be run on
-initlevel 3
 
-- \"aumix -q\" will tell you if the sound volume is muted or not
 
-- \"/sbin/fuser -v /dev/dsp\" will tell which program uses the sound card.
+- \"kmix\" (KDE), \"gnome-control-center sound\" (GNOME) and \"pauvucontrol\" (generic) will launch graphical applications to allow you to view your sound devices and adjust volume levels
+
+
+- \"ps aux | grep pulseaudio\" will check that PulseAudio is running.
+
+
+- \"pactl stat\" will check that you can connect to the PulseAudio daemon correctly.
+
+
+- \"pactl list sink-inputs\" will tell you which programs are currently playing sound via PulseAudio.
+
+
+- \"systemctl status osspd.service\" will tell you the current state of the OSS Proxy Daemon. This is used to enable sound from legacy applications which use the OSS sound API. You should install the \"ossp\" package if you need this functionality.
+
+
+- \"pacmd ls\" will give you a LOT of debug information about the current state of your audio.
+
+
+- \"lspcidrake -v | grep -i audio\" will tell you which low-level driver your card uses by default.
+
+
+- \"/usr/sbin/lsmod | grep snd\" will enable you to check which sound related kernel modules (drivers) are loaded.
+
+
+- \"alsamixer -c 0\" will give you a text-based mixer to the low level ALSA mixer controls for first sound card
+
+
+- \"/usr/sbin/fuser -v /dev/snd/pcm* /dev/dsp\" will tell which programs are currently using the sound card directly (normally this should only show PulseAudio)
 ")));
 }