Sound gone--need help. solved

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Re: Sound gone--need help.

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Hi,

Please right-click on the sound icon of the dashboard and open the mixer (Alsa). Then tell us which channels are displayed and the status of each of them.

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Re: Sound gone--need help.

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Hmm..."Microphone" and "PC Speaker" are muted in my mixer... and sound works.

Did you change anything in the Mint Control Center's sound applet?

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Re: Sound gone--need help.

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try to reset alsa:

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sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset
sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
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tawan

Re: Sound gone--need help. solved

Post by tawan »

microphone not working

specifically Skype where i need it most
1) can record with sound audacity but skype can't hear me
2) read lots of forums, changed various settings;
ie, not muted, OSS, reset alsa, repaired stuff in package manager (nothing needed repairing)

System: HP dv1000 laptop, mint (gutsy 7.10), intel processor, Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

--- Any tips beyond what I tried? please :-)


EDIT Useful fix (but not for me)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=314383

basically saying to edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base by adding

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options snd-hda-intel model=xyz
at the end (where xyz is your computer manufacruter eg hp, lg, asus
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