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HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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Mint 18.3, no sound, PulseAudio Volume control says 'Establishing connection to PulseAudio. Please wait...' but gets no further, however long I leave it.
alsamixer says 'Card: Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio - This sound device does not have any controls'.
I suspect it's a driver missing as sound doesn't work in PCLinuxOS, Fedora or Arch.

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david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  inxi
CPU~Quad core Intel atom x5-Z8300 (-MCP-)
speed/max~1619/1840 MHz
Kernel~4.15.0-23-generic x86-64
Up~12 days
Mem~702.9/1915.9MB
HDD~1000.2GB(3.5% used)
Procs~203
Client~Shell
inxi~2.3.56
I've tried pulseaudio -k in a terminal, no effect. I can't post screenshots of pavucontrol tabs as it never gets started.

The touchscreen worked when I ran the live dvd from an external USB DVD drive, but not after installing mint.
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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Hi Davdi. See if this helps with the sound issue. In the terminal, type each of the following:

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sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio
sudo alsa force-reload
Also, please use inxi -Fxz to get a better picture of your setup.
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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inxi -Fxz output:

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david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.31) Distro: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Machine:   Device: laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion x2 Detachable v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: N/A
           Mobo: HP model: 813E v: 34.11 serial: N/A
           UEFI: Insyde v: F.11 date: 12/31/2015
CPU:       Quad core Intel Atom x5-Z8300 (-MCP-)
           arch: Airmont rev.3 cache: 1024 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11520
           clock speeds: max: 1840 MHz 1: 854 MHz 2: 773 MHz 3: 480 MHz
           4: 480 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series PCI Configuration Registers
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@60.01hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (Cherrytrail)
           version: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio driver: HdmiLpeAudio
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-23-generic
Network:   Card: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 01:00.0
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (3.5% used)
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 model: N/A size: 31.3GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sda model: 541010A7E630 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 29G used: 7.4G (28%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0C mobo: 26.8C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 203 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 549.5/1915.9MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56
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I tried removing/purging alsa/pulseaudio as suggested, puiseaudio mixer opens, I can see the audio appearing to play (the level bar is moving) but no sound, either via speakers or headphones.

I suspect it might be a driver problem/
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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Hi Davdi. It appears the only card recognized is HDMI/DP. I'm sure there's another in there but right now it's not getting detected. The "solutions" I've found might work for you, but I'm hesitant to offer them when we don't see a second card. It can be reversed without too much trouble so I'll leave it to you to decide:

In the terminal, type sudo touch /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf followed by gksudo xed /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf then add this one line:

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blacklist snd_hdmi_lpe_audio
Save the file and reboot.

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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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Good idea, I tried it, but still no sound, I think that HDMI is the only audio.
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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Ok. I suggest looking in your BIOS to see if there are any audio setting available and not enabled. Also, if this is dual-boot with Windows, boot to Windows and check sound there, as well as try to find out anything audio related (codec, etc.) that you can. Be sure to completely shut down Windows when finished (don't reboot) before booting back into Mint.
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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I'm getting into a bad habit of looking for the hardest to find things first. Let's see the output of aplay -l (that's a lowercase l, not the number one) as well as pacmd list-sinks. That second command should be performed while something with sound is playing.
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Here's the output:

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 david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Audio [Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio], device 0: HdmiLpeAudio [Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Audio [Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio], device 1: HdmiLpeAudio [Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Audio [Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio], device 2: HdmiLpeAudio [Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ pacmd list-sinks
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶
Alsamixer says:

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┌────────────────────────────── AlsaMixer v1.1.3 ──────────────────────────────┐
│ Card: Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio                        F1:  Help               │
│ Chip:                                                F2:  System information │
│ View: F3: Playback  F4: Capture  F5: All             F6:  Select sound card  │
│ Item:                                                Esc: Exit               │
│                                                                              │
│                                                                              │
│                                                                              │
│                This sound device does not have any controls.                 │
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└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable ~
└─ $ ▶ pacmd list-sinks
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
Let's see if this helps. Type the following into the terminal: pulseaudio -k followed by pulseaudio -D. I rather doubt it's going to be this easy, but what the heck, we can hope!
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Here's the result:

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david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ pulseaudio -k
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such file or directory
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ pulseaudio -D
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ 
And the volume control is greyed out on the XFCE panel.
Still no sound.

VLC says:

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Audio output failed
The audio device "default" could not be used:
Connection refused.
A USB speaker is not detected.
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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I read half way through your reply and thought we've solved it, thinking the greyed out icon means it's muted. Then I finished reading. :(

Based on "Connection refused", lets make sure you don't have a permissions problem. If the output from find $HOME ! -user $USER in the terminal gives a list of files, fix it with sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/$USER then do the pulseaudio -k followed by pulseaudio -D again and test your sound. If it's still not working, paste back the output of lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio".

Also, try testing with aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav then sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav. Does either work?
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Here's the latest output.

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david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ find $HOME ! -user $USER
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ 
**** So I did the Chown stuff anyway ****

david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ sudo chown -R  $USER:$USER /home/$USER
[sudo] password for david:
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ pulseaudio -k
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such file or directory
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶  pulseaudio -D
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
underrun!!! (at least 0.264 ms long)
aplay: xrun:1602: xrun: prepare error: Input/output error
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
Home directory not accessible: Permission denied
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
underrun!!! (at least 0.010 ms long)
underrun!!! (at least 0.010 ms long)
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶ lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"
david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable  ~
└─ $ ▶


Still no sound.
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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david @ david-HP-Pavilion-x2-Detachable ~
└─ $ ▶ lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"
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└─ $ ▶
And there's the problem. Most likely, you need to go into your BIOS and enable sound there. If it appears to already be enabled, try disabling/rebooting/re-enabling.

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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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The Bios is very limited, there's no option to enable/disable sound. However, following the latest Kernel update, I now have a functioning touchscreen.
Still no sound :(
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Re: HP Pavilion10 x2 - no sound or touchscreen

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Hi Davdi. That lspci command I gave you should have returned something like this:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device ff01
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at dc440000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

According to this site, no output usually means BIOS settings need adjustment.

The only thing I can offer at this point is to look for an update for your BIOS. I found one here that MAY apply for you, but please investigate further to confirm.

It appears you may no longer have Windows on your system, so updating the BIOS may be a little more involved. I know there are people on this forum that have done it, using utilities such as Hirens boot cd, freedos, etc (I may have named them slightly incorrectly.)

While searching, I also found a number of people that had sound issues even in Windows with models like yours. Just so you know you're not alone.

Sorry I can't help more than that. Good luck!
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...most likely you are affected by this. There's a possible workaround here.

Obviously, use Timeshift before trying such.
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