Speaker test in Cinnamon (and Mate) gives no audion out

Troubleshooting
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Creating a bug report/issue

Required Information

    • DietPi version | 8.16
  • Distro version | Raspian Bullseye
  • Kernel version |Linux DietPi 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux
  • SBC model | RPI 4B
  • Power supply used | RPI power cube
  • SD card used | Kingston 120Gb SSD

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | (EG: Nextcloud)
  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi`

Steps to reproduce

  1. …Fresh install of dietpi and cinnamon desktop
  2. initially had no audio out using the builtin audio (headphone jack) from the command line using speaker-test which was corrected by editing .asoundrc to show the correct card number (changed from card 0 to card 1).

Expected behaviour

using the cinnamon sound app and using the speaker test option it should state which speaker (left or right) you have selectd.

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Actual behaviour

absolutely no audio out. though running speaker test from then command line works properly.

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Extra details

Just as a double check that it was not a cinnamon desktop problem, I did a fresh install (on a different ssd) of dietpi and after
the initial setup steps used dietpi software to install a mate desktop. (after verifying that .asoundrc was correct ) saw the exact same thing, onboard audio selected but no output in the speaker test using the mate audio app. Command line worked fine.

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related to following topic No audio from RPI 4B Headphone jack - #14 by Gale

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BTW, the no audio out from cinnamon desktop sound app also exists if I plug in a usb speaker and select it in the sound app. I did change the dietpi-config soundcard select to use the usb speker and once again had good audio from the command line.