Re: [alsa-devel] nvidia initial sound being skipped

David Shirley wrote:

How would u setup a dmix to play silence?

If you haven't create or modified /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc, dmix should be enabled by default. (If PulseAudio is installed correctly, PA should be enabled by default.)

Try this to play ten seconds of silence:

aplay -d 10 -t raw -f dat /dev/zero

To play continuously, omit the "-d 10".

Regards, Clemens