[SOLVED] No sound using flash? (Linux Mint 13 (MAYA))
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I've been stuck with this problem for 2 days now, and I have had it before. I do not have sound coming from flash (so youtube videos, most likely) and can't seem to find how to fix it. I've been messing with the alsa settings, I've tried the mixer too, nothing is muted.
I had this problem on Kubuntu 11.10 too, where it would stop randomly and wouldn't come back until I rebooted my computer. At least I could get sound on there.
Now i'm running Mint 13 (Maya) and it seems like my sound's gone for good. Seems like it's a problem with flash, and that it's a common problem for Asus users (which is my case).
I am running an Asus G51J.
Here's my lspci output (I have 2 sound devices) :
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT215 [GeForce GTS 360M] (rev a2)
01:00.1 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)
06:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller (rev 01)
06:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Memory Stick Host Controller (rev 01)
06:00.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e852 (rev 01)
06:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 PCIe IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 01)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8131 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
3f:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
3f:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
3f:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
3f:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
3f:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
Any device that will give me sound I believe there is no difference as the only use I make out of it is watch videos and listen to music, so the Intel one could be good.
if headphone....the first image shows auto-mute ......that means if you had speakers as well....they are supposed to mute when you plug in headphones
so if you use internal speaker or external speaker leader....for the moment ....go to automute and press the up or down arrow to "disable" or turn off auto-mute function.....the exact word may differ for you....but you know what I mean ok
also keep the world simple.....go back to second device and press m to mute all spdif devices please
2) on your panel you have a speaker icon.....whats the icon between it and the green tick icon?
3) if you have an hdmi cable.....I believe you need to turn off then on the spdif.....works for some
if you have normal 3.5 mm speaker external leader ....then turn off spdif in second device and on first device
if you have spdif out...it should work already
4) if the speaker cable goes into the line jack....first image shows line out is muted so try unmuting it
5) if you are using an internal speaker.....internal speaker is showing as muted and volume down so press m and page up to raise pls
I am not sure why you have TWO internals but if you want to hear any sound its worth trying all?
if headphone....the first image shows auto-mute ......that means if you had speakers as well....they are supposed to mute when you plug in headphones
so if you use internal speaker or external speaker leader....for the moment ....go to automute and press the up or down arrow to "disable" or turn off auto-mute function.....the exact word may differ for you....but you know what I mean ok
also keep the world simple.....go back to second device and press m to mute all spdif devices please
2) on your panel you have a speaker icon.....whats the icon between it and the green tick icon?
3) if you have an hdmi cable.....I believe you need to turn off then on the spdif.....works for some
if you have normal 3.5 mm speaker external leader ....then turn off spdif in second device and on first device
if you have spdif out...it should work already
4) if the speaker cable goes into the line jack....first image shows line out is muted so try unmuting it
5) if you are using an internal speaker.....internal speaker is showing as muted and volume down so press m and page up to raise pls
I am not sure why you have TWO internals but if you want to hear any sound its worth trying all?
good luck
Alright, so I disabled automute, muted all spdif on the 2nd device. I am not currently using an HDMI cable, but I might use one and will need an audio output to my TV. My computer's a laptop, so I am using the built-in speakers on it. The Icon between the sound icon and the update manager icon is the bluetooth one.
As I said, I have no problem using alsa, and even tho my sound is all the way up on the lines I get no sound out of my speakers but only when I am using flash. Also, my mic isn't muted, my mic sound is, so that means if I turn the volume up on the ''internal'' at the end of the first pictures, all it does is give me sound from my microphone.
The problem isn't in the sound settings, it's something related to flash, I am pretty sure.
I can verify this. all settings are fine. it is only the browser that doesnt have sound. It is not my computer, so i am unable to troubleshoot immediately, but im going to install mint 13 on another computer here and see if i can sort it out. im only responding to let the OP know he is not alone.
we then uninstalled whatever the default flash player was, and installed the "official" one, which was the adobe-flash-installer.
once this was done, create a file called /etc/asound.conf and paste this into it:
Code:
pcm.pulse {
type pulse
}
ctl.pulse {
type pulse
}
pcm.!default {
type pulse
}
ctl.!default {
type pulse
}
after this, delete the ~/.pulse folder, it will be recreated.
then sound worked in firefox. now then, im not certain which steps are not needed and being as this computer is 80 miles away from me, it is difficult for me to poke further, however, ill watch this thread and if this doesnt work, let me know and ill gain access again and we can look further. good luck!
--edit--
before trying sound in firefox/flash, killall -9 pulseaudio it will restart.
Last edited by edong23; 07-25-2012 at 12:18 AM.
Reason: add something
Thanks a lot for at least trying to fix the problem! Looks like I've got some of these packages missing, as it says some of them have been declared obsolete but another one is replacing it...
Any chances you could give me some shell commands or anything to try and do that workaround (I am not very experienced with linux yet)
Lightspark looks promising for day to day use for viewing flash.
Before installing, make sure that the Adobe Flash plugin is not in use or better uninstall it using:
1. In Terminal,go to folder, '/usr/lib/browser/mozilla/plugins' i.e.,
Quote:
cd /usr/lib/browser/mozilla/plugins
2. Remove the file "libflashplayer.so" i.e.,
Quote:
sudo rm libflashplayer.so
3. Then install Lightspark using the steps mentioned in the second link above.
In general, the Adobe Flash player performance in Linux is not up to the mark as compared to Windows. My laptop with Nvidia card easily overheats up to 110-120c where 120c is my NVIDIA card's threshold temperature.
just break them up into multiple "apt-get install bla bla" commands. that should help you. we had the same problem. when you see the offending package, skip it or do what it says to install the alternative. give it a shot.
@dhruvats:
i believe this issue is different. running ff in a terminal shows no errors. the issue is with pulse for certain.
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