No sound in Linux Mint 17

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juDas_iScariot

No sound in Linux Mint 17

Post by juDas_iScariot »

Hi, I almost give up in using Mint 17 due to "no sound" issue. Everything works fine until one moment there will be no sound from the machine as if the speaker is muted. No desktop sound, no music or video player sound, able to testing speaker but it's muted. This is the 5th to 6th time it's happen to me. Tried numerous command from forum and website, end up I re-install Mint, for 5 to 6 times.

- No external sound card.
- Happen in both Xfce and Cinnamon.
- Last time the sound re-appear after I reboot for many times.
- Music player used is gmusicbrowser. Video player is VLC.
- Neither alsa or pulseaudio removed.
- Laptop Inspiron 14R 5437, soundcard is Realtek.
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yuehangwu

Re: No sound in Linux Mint 17

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nearly 1 month ago, I encountered the situation like you but under fedora 20, just no sounds...
at last I found in the vlc when I carelessly checked the "mute" option...
so open any kind media with vlc and right cliked the screen to see if "mute" option is checked.
juDas_iScariot

Re: No sound in Linux Mint 17

Post by juDas_iScariot »

yuehangwu wrote:nearly 1 month ago, I encountered the situation like you but under fedora 20, just no sounds...
at last I found in the vlc when I carelessly checked the "mute" option...
so open any kind media with vlc and right cliked the screen to see if "mute" option is checked.
For sure I didn't mute any application or speakers. Checked all the setting and media player it self. I use gmusicbrowser for music and VLC for video only. I will never use one media apps for two different kind of media. It's a sin IMO. :lol:
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Re: No sound in Linux Mint 17

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Re: No sound in Linux Mint 17

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Seems like several people (myself included) were able to fix their no sound problems by installing pavucontrol and fiddling with the appropriate settings. No explanation for why your sound would come and go, though.
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juDas_iScariot

Re: No sound in Linux Mint 17

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jimallyn wrote:Seems like several people (myself included) were able to fix their no sound problems by installing pavucontrol and fiddling with the appropriate settings. No explanation for why your sound would come and go, though.
Okay, the sound came back just now but missing again after I restart. :lol: Damn... BTW, I try to install Realted Linux driver, and get these error:
/home/rolly/Downloads/Rt-Linux-HDaudio-5.18/alsa-driver-RTv5.18/alsa/usb/misc/ua101.c:1358:3: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘snd_usbmidi_disconnect’
snd_usbmidi_disconnect(midi);
^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[4]: *** [/home/rolly/Downloads/Rt-Linux-HDaudio-5.18/alsa-driver-RTv5.18/alsa/usb/misc/ua101.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/home/rolly/Downloads/Rt-Linux-HDaudio-5.18/alsa-driver-RTv5.18/alsa/usb/misc] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/home/rolly/Downloads/Rt-Linux-HDaudio-5.18/alsa-driver-RTv5.18/alsa/usb] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/rolly/Downloads/Rt-Linux-HDaudio-5.18/alsa-driver-RTv5.18/alsa] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic'
make: *** [compile] Error 2

:?: :?: :?:
juDas_iScariot

Re: No sound in Linux Mint 17

Post by juDas_iScariot »

Seems like it's unavoidable issue. One used to say it's the rider problem, not the horse. But honestly, in my case I don't know if it's my problem.
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