Live CD has sound, install does not!

[toddgrim]

After "playing" with the live CD of Mint Mate 14 64bit where everything, sound-wise, worked fine I installed the OS and now there is no sound whatsoever, with exactly the same settings as the 'live'. BTW-Mint is replacing another distro install of Linux (Zorin) which had no such problem. I'm stumped. Am I missing something?

[catweazel]

Post the output of this:

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inxi -A

And of this:

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lsmod

[anandrkris]

Bit tangential to the Topic - Just curious to know how something that works in Live session doesn't work after install. Could it be issues with some latest driver that gets updated after installation? I intend to recommend and install Mint on some of my friend's system(s). Tried Mint 14 KDE on a live DVD and everything worked (wireless, audio, speakers,etc) flawless out-of-the-box. They were pretty impressed with capabilities of KDE Plasma and keen to install. (It will be my first convert )
Your answer will help in fixing me any issues that I encounter with installation.

[toddgrim]

So, I try again this morning, boot up, and the sound is working fine, go figure. And yes I rebooted several times last night to no avail. Here's the info. . .

inxi -A
Audio: Card-1: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25

lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 12713 1
uas 17844 0
usb_storage 48838 1
bnep 18140 2
rfcomm 46619 0
bluetooth 209199 10 bnep,rfcomm
binfmt_misc 17500 1
snd_hda_codec_analog 93491 1
coretemp 13400 0
kvm 414070 0
ppdev 17073 0
dcdbas 14438 0
microcode 22803 0
parport_pc 32688 1
snd_hda_intel 33491 2
snd_hda_codec 134212 2 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
snd_usb_audio 130279 2
snd_pcm 96580 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio
snd_hwdep 13602 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio
snd_usbmidi_lib 24953 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30512 2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61521 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29425 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
mac_hid 13205 0
snd 78734 19 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
lpc_ich 17061 0
i915 520519 2
psmouse 95552 0
serio_raw 13215 0
drm_kms_helper 46784 1 i915
drm 275528 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
soundcore 15047 1 snd
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 i915
snd_page_alloc 18484 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mei 40690 0
video 19335 1 i915
lp 17759 0
parport 46345 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
hid_logitech_dj 18604 0
hid_generic 12493 0
usbhid

thanks for the help. . .now to find out why other stuff doesn't work

[Gussie Spinkbottle]

I have had same problem. I have an USB soundcard/speaker combination (B&W MM1). It was working fine under Mint 13 until an update I did yesterday. Since then, the speakers produce sound for about 1/2 second and then nothing. The PC is dual boot with Windows 7, so I checked and it works fine. I don't think it is the hardware, therefore.

I played around and did apt-get clean/udate/upgrade and after that it worked again, until I rebooted, when the same problem recurred. The clean/update/upgrade solution no longer worked, however.

Feeling a bit stumped, I thought I would see if the problem disappeared by changing to Mint 14, and on the live CD it worked again. Hurray, I thought. But, on booting to the instalation on the hard disk it went back to not working.

Output of inxi -A:
Audio: Card-1: NVIDIA GF104 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
Card-2: Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-3: B & W driver: USB Audio

Output of lsmod:
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 32688 0
ppdev 17073 0
bnep 18140 2
rfcomm 46619 0
bluetooth 209199 10 bnep,rfcomm
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32007 4
snd_hda_codec_analog 93491 1
arc4 12529 2
coretemp 13400 0
kvm_intel 132759 0
kvm 414070 1 kvm_intel
nvidia 11257759 40
snd_usb_audio 130279 1
snd_hda_intel 33491 4
snd_hda_codec 134212 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13602 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_usbmidi_lib 24953 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_pcm 96580 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30512 2 snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61521 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
microcode 22803 0
ath9k 131308 0
asus_atk0110 17646 0
mac80211 539908 1 ath9k
ath9k_common 14055 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 395218 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
snd_timer 29425 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ath 23827 3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
cfg80211 206566 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
snd 78734 22 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse 95552 0
serio_raw 13215 0
lpc_ich 17061 0
joydev 17457 0
mac_hid 13205 0
soundcore 15047 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18484 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 17759 0
parport 46345 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci 40401 0
firewire_core 64368 1 firewire_ohci
hid_generic 12493 0
skge 49335 0
crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core
floppy 69452 0
usbhid 46947 0
hid 100366 2 hid_generic,usbhid
sky2 58111 0
pata_marvell 12912 0

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Gussie

[Gussie Spinkbottle]

Well that was embarrassing!

The solution was to run the command: alsamixer and then press F6

This told me that the volume of my sound card was set to 00 and it was then possible to increase it using the mouse on the slider