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No sound on Mint 14 Cinnamon 64 bit
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:26 am
by adambaker
I just upgraded from Mint 12 to Mint 14, and I find my system without sound. Here's what I've tried so far:
Append "options snd-hda-intel model=generic" to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. Reboot. No joy.
Boot from live Mint 14 disc. No sound.
Boot from live Mint 12 disc. Beautiful melodies.
Install ALSA mixer like
this fellow. But the mixer didn't have all the check boxes his showed, so no joy.
Remove Pulse Audio and replace it with ALSA per
these instructions. Reboot. Silence remains.
Here are a few relevant lspci lines:
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00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
04:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Barts HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
Does anyone have suggestions?
Re: No sound on Mint 14 Cinnamon 65 bit
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:07 am
by viking777
Those new 65 bit processors are too advanced for Linux - try again in about a year or so
Alternatively have a look at the output of:
If any channel has the word "off" alongside it switch it on again. Example:
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Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 87
Mono: Playback 49 [56%] [-28.50dB] [off]
Shows my 'master' channel is [off].
I would switch it on and set the volume with:
You may have more than one channel muted so you may need to run the command more than once. The 100 figure means the volume is turned up to 100% so if you have a particularly loud speaker system you might want to set a lower level to start with!
Re: No sound on Mint 14 Cinnamon 64 bit
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:02 pm
by adambaker
I don't think this is the issue. Here's my amixer output:
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Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 3
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 2 [67%] [20.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 2 [67%] [20.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 132 [52%] [-24.60dB]
Front Right: Playback 132 [52%] [-24.60dB]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch penum
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 22 [71%] [-13.50dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 22 [71%] [-13.50dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch penum
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 31
Front Left: Capture 15 [48%] [6.00dB] [off]
Front Right: Capture 15 [48%] [6.00dB] [off]
"Capture" is my microphone, and I want that one off.
Re: No sound on Mint 14 Cinnamon 64 bit
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:12 am
by DS_ED
Did you try connecting your headphone or any external speakers to the port? Are you getting audio through that?
Re: No sound on Mint 14 Cinnamon 64 bit
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:55 am
by adambaker
Yes. For every experiment I've listed, I played several audio files listening for audio on my built-in speakers in my laptop and my headphones, with the headphones in both the HDMI and headphone jacks. I even try listening for the system noises both from startup and from adjusting the volume. And all these worked in my Mint 12 installation, and work when I run Mint 12 live from the DVD, and don't work in my Mint 14 install or from my Mint 14 live DVD.
Re: No sound on Mint 14 Cinnamon 64 bit
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:59 am
by DS_ED
adambaker wrote:Yes. For every experiment I've listed, I played several audio files listening for audio on my built-in speakers in my laptop and my headphones, with the headphones in both the HDMI and headphone jacks. I even try listening for the system noises both from startup and from adjusting the volume. And all these worked in my Mint 12 installation, and work when I run Mint 12 live from the DVD, and non work in my Mint 14 install or from my Mint 14 live DVD.
Then I'm not sure, I faced a different issue. In any case try the 3rd solution on
this. That solved it for me.
Re: No sound on Mint 14 Cinnamon 64 bit
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:54 am
by adambaker
Thank you for the suggestions.
I tried downloading Mint 13 and found the sound worked on the live boot, so I installed that one. I consider this an adequate solution for the time being, though I'd be happy to try other suggestions if I can do them on a live Mint 14 boot.