No sound in Ubuntu and Mint 10 and 12
 

Hello! I am completely new with Linux and have tried to install Mint 12 and 10 and a new version of Ubuntu by using unetbootin (usb) on a "Asus EEEBox EB1012P-B014E ION2". The problem is that I never get any sound. I have tried to change all the available settings for sound but nothing helps. I have the computer connected to a tv by hdmi but I have also tried to connect earphones directly to the computer but it did not help. Any suggestions? Thanks. /Carola

You'll have to play with the mixer settings to get sound over HDMI.

Thanks. But i have changed all the available settings tried every option in the systems menu. I have also tried to connect earphones directly to the computer and it does not help. /C

Do Mint and Ubuntu recognize the soundcard? From the little I could find about your computer (either Swedish or Russian) it seems it has an Intel High Definition Audio chip onboard.

Post your lspci output.

Thank you will check the sound card support
 

Sorry I know so little about computers so I do not know what soundcard it has. But I will check about the sound card when I get home. I found some pages about some things I could try.
...But no, the computer is sold worldwide its a new nettop. (I ,on the other hand, am in Sweden so that was correct!)
/C

Sorry I do not even know what ispci output is :-0

Cascade9 gave a good suggestion. On the terminal type in lspci and it should show what Linux has detected.

erwin@Aphrodite ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1030 (rev 34)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
04:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)

This is what I'm getting when I type that command on my laptop. You should see something similar on your computer :)
If that's listed then Linux recognized your computers soundchip.

okej Thank you.
I am at work now but will try that when I get home to my sick computer
and my sick cats! /C

Hello again. I tried writing lspci and got this for the sound card:

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0

so it seems like it recognizes the sound card. have to keep looking... /C

the wole output is:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [ION] (rev a2)
02:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
05:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)

I try to find a mixer. but there is nothing in the help pages for ubuntu about a mixer. is that what is called 'alsa'? how do i get to the mixer? /C

It seems to me that your computer has 2 audio devices. My guess is that the Nvidia one is part of your graphics card. Which you may need to set to get it to run with HDMI. Sadly. I have no experience with Nvidia graphics cards.

Alsa indeed manages the sound in Linux. I'm using both KDE and XFCE as desktop environments. And with both of them I can manage the settings for my soundchip. Either through the Computer -> System Settings -> Multimedia from KDE's menu or clicking on the volume icon on the menu bar. Last one gives access to a mixer :) KDE works nearly identical to Windows this way.

Not sure which desktop environment you're using. But XFCE works very similar to KDE in this respect. I reckon GNOME would be similar as well.

can I click 'problem solved' somewhere? /C

Oh my last reply dissapeared. I get sound now. Thank you for helping me. I had to change
to the other graphics card driver. I did not know that a graphics card could have anything to
do with sound. /C