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why do I not ahve sounds

How do I get sounds to work on my PC

To start off with, you need to be a bit more specific. There may be several reasons for no sound.

Do you have a functional sound card and speakers installed? If yes, then:
Do you have the drivers for your sound loaded? If yes, then:
Is ALSA running?
Are the volume controls on your sound applet turned up?
What DE/distro are you using?

Please paste the output from these commands and use code tags so that it's easier to read.

Code:

lspci | grep -i sound

lsmod | grep -i snd

Open up your almixer and make sure that all of the buttons are raised up all the way.

I had to add myself to the audio group log out and log back in again.
If you still don't have sound after that open a terminal and type

Code:

alasamixer

And hit ENTER. After that the alasamixer will open with a dark background and you'll see all of the columns.
When I did it I went thru each column muted and than unmuted each column and raised each one up; the master, the PCM, the mic and etc.

After that I pressed the ESC key and saw the orginal command I put in the terminal. Just close the terminal and you should have sound.

This video helped me.....it should help you too-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWmXG-e6yzI