No Sound in LXDE

[TriggerHappy]

Hi

I'm a noob, I've just installed Linux Mint LXDE V9.

I can't get any sound, and I totally don't know what to do!

Where can I find a 'control panel' with the sound settings?

What should I check? What drivers should I download etc?

I'm using an NEC Laptop, the sound 'card' is a Soundmax Integrated Digital Audio.

Thanks!

[kwevej]

post here output of:

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aplay -L

[TriggerHappy]

Hi

here is the output of aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH6]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: ICH6 [Intel ICH6], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH6 - IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


Also, in my 'system tray', just to the left of the clock in the bottom right corner of the screen, I have a speaker icon. Volume control is up high and not muted.

Hope this tells you something - I look forward to your ideas!
Thanks!

[TriggerHappy]

Or can some one suggest a version of Linux that is more likely to work with this sound hardware?

[TriggerHappy]

Anyone?

No?

Should I go back to Windows XP?

[KittyKatt]

Does LXDE come with just ALSA installed or does it use PulseAudio as well?

I haven't used anything LXDE in quite a long time, so I'm not sure what comes standard anymore.

[TriggerHappy]

I'm really new to this so I don't know for sure, but I have been reading about some possible causes/solutions.

Some article suggested force killing pulse audio as part of their solution, but when I typed in the kill command (I can't remember what it was exactly), I got a message saying something like "No process to kill", kind of implying that it wasn't there.

Thanks for responding, if you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them.

Thanks
Pete

[tdockery97]

Try the command alsamixer in the terminal. It should bring up a window. Make sure nothing is muted there and that all the bars are up (you have to use the keyboard arrows).

[TriggerHappy]

Try the command alsamixer in the terminal. It should bring up a window. Make sure nothing is muted there and that all the bars are up (you have to use the keyboard arrows).

Hi

Thanks for the suggestion.
Have tried this and have set all to max.

Nothing appears muted, but still no sound.

Cheers
Pete

[deleted]

What about the other versions of mint? I'd try booting the main (gnome version) liveCD.
-Hinto

[tdockery97]

Nothing appears muted, but still no sound.

Cheers
Pete

So at the bottom of each vertical bar it says 00 and not MM? (Sorry, just want to make sure)

[TriggerHappy]

Nothing appears muted, but still no sound.

Cheers
Pete

So at the bottom of each vertical bar it says 00 and not MM? (Sorry, just want to make sure)

Hi
Yes, all the seemingly important ones say 00.

The following say MM:
Headphone Jack Sense
Line Jack Sense
Mic (even though it shows a high vertical bar)
Mic Boost
Phone
Aux
Stereo Mic

Thanks
Pete

[TriggerHappy]

What about the other versions of mint? I'd try booting the main (gnome version) liveCD.
-Hinto

Hi

Good point.
I will try downloading and running it, as soon as I can get to a decent internet connection.

Thanks
Pete

[TriggerHappy]

Hi

Thanks to the suggestion above, I installed the Gnome version, and I have sound! Yay!

Does this tell anyone what the problem might be?

I find the gnome version to be slow and bloaty like windows - I really like the lightweight LXDE version - it was heaps faster!

If anyone can suggest how to get sound on LXDE, I would love to switch back!

Thanks!

[sythe]

If you need a lighter edition, you could try the XFCE or Fluxbox editions.

[TriggerHappy]

If you need a lighter edition, you could try the XFCE or Fluxbox editions.

Thanks, I'll give it a try...

[TriggerHappy]

Awesome, XFCE has sound, and runs quick!

Thanks to all who offered suggestions.

Cheers
Pete