Sound is not working

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siddhi

Sound is not working

Post by siddhi »

My system: Mint 18.3 32bit Cinnamon. My sound system is not working. It was working few days ago. I checked my speaker is okay :? .
I'm novice in mint, so don't know what to do and what is my problem with sound system. how do i diagnose this problem step by step? :idea: :idea: :idea:

this problem has been solved by a fresh installation of linux mint 18.3 , i tried the way mentioned by administrator but did not find out the option. thank u for helping. :oops: :oops: :oops: (Solved)
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kukamuumuka

Re: Sound is not working

Post by kukamuumuka »

Run the next commands and tell the results

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inxi -A

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aplay -l
... and see if anything is not muted

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alsamixer
siddhi

Re: Sound is not working

Post by siddhi »

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i just run live linux from usb, and sound worked well! i checked the sound setting and found the difference is "analog output" in live is working :D .
but "digital output" is not working which is in main linux mint system. :x :x :roll: :roll: :roll:
any update made this situation?
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kukamuumuka

Re: Sound is not working

Post by kukamuumuka »

Install Pavucontrol and alsa-tools-gui

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apt install pavucontrol alsa-tools-gui

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pavucontrol

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hdajackretask
https://puolanka.info/goto/how-to-deact ... es-output/
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