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Old 05-17-2016, 04:41 AM   #1
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Question Sound problem in ubuntu 15.04


I have dual booted ubuntu 15.04 with windows 10. I'm unable to get any output in the speakers of my laptop after using pulse audio. But the speakers work fine in windows. I'm able to get sound through my headphones but i cant get the sound in the speakers. The speakers work in the startup giving the startup sound but then the speaker icon goes to mute and don't work. Please help..
 
Old 05-17-2016, 09:29 PM   #2
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I have dual booted ubuntu 15.04 with windows 10. I'm unable to get any output in the speakers of my laptop after using pulse audio. But the speakers work fine in windows. I'm able to get sound through my headphones but i cant get the sound in the speakers. The speakers work in the startup giving the startup sound but then the speaker icon goes to mute and don't work. Please help..
Hi...

I'm assuming you've gone through the settings in pavucontrol (if you have that installed) and found nothing wrong, correct?

Also, could you open a terminal and post the results of these commands...

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lspci -nnk | grep -i -A7 audio
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lsmod | grep snd
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dmesg | grep -iC 3 "snd"
In addition, please open alsamixer using the terminal and post a screenshot of what you see...

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alsamixer
Thanks!
 
Old 05-17-2016, 10:23 PM   #3
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I have attached the screenshots of the result above of the commands you gave. I haven't installed pavucontrol. Thanks!

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Old 05-17-2016, 11:25 PM   #4
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[I have attached the screenshots of the result above of the commands you gave. I haven't installed pavucontrol. Thanks!
You're welcome. First, why don't you go ahead and install pavucontrol and see if there are any settings that will restore the sound.

Regards..
 
Old 05-18-2016, 12:05 AM   #5
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Thanks! I will try it now.
 
Old 05-18-2016, 01:39 AM   #6
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Thanks! I will try it now.
Let us know how it goes...

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Old 05-18-2016, 03:13 AM   #7
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ID:	21807I installed pavucontrol but it cant even open. I attached the screenshot showing the error.
 
Old 05-18-2016, 07:15 AM   #8
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I installed pavucontrol but it cant even open. I attached the screenshot showing the error.
Hi...

See if the instructions here help.

Regards...
 
Old 05-18-2016, 08:08 AM   #9
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Hi.. It haven't worked.

I have now noticed that if I used the headphones first I don't get the output through speakers and if I played without headphones, the speaker works but I cant hear anything on the headphones.
 
Old 05-18-2016, 08:22 AM   #10
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It haven't worked.
Why? Could you provide details?

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I have now noticed that if I used the headphones first I don't get the output through speakers and if I played without headphones, the speaker works but I cant hear anything on the headphones.
I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to post this issue in the Ubuntu forums to see if a bug report might be needed.

I'm not sure what's going on here, to be honest.

Regards...
 
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Old 05-18-2016, 08:27 AM   #11
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Why? Could you provide details?
It shows the same error after I tried all the methods posted in that thread.

Thanks ardvark for your help. I will try posting in the ubuntu forum. I hope it is a bug.
 
Old 05-18-2016, 08:29 AM   #12
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Thanks ardvark for your help. I will try posting in the ubuntu forum. I hope it is a bug.
You're welcome, let us know how it turns out.

Regards...
 
Old 05-18-2016, 07:02 PM   #13
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I was told if you are using the default open source video driver HDMI audio will not work. So you can mess with paucontrol and pulseaudio and alsa all day. However if you install the closed "fglrx" driver and enable the "radeon.audio=1" in the grub, then hdmi works. I tried it and yes it does work for me. I think you need a kernel 3.3+ also. http://zentux.ca/enabling-hdmi-audio...and-kodibuntu/
 
  


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