No Sound in LXDE
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No Sound in LXDE
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!
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!
Re: No Sound in LXDE
post here output of:
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aplay -L
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
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!
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!
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
Or can some one suggest a version of Linux that is more likely to work with this sound hardware?
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
Anyone?
No?
Should I go back to Windows XP?
No?
Should I go back to Windows XP?
Re: No Sound in LXDE
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.
I haven't used anything LXDE in quite a long time, so I'm not sure what comes standard anymore.
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
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
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
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
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).
Mint MATE 20.1
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
tdockery97 wrote: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
Re: No Sound in LXDE
What about the other versions of mint? I'd try booting the main (gnome version) liveCD.
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
So at the bottom of each vertical bar it says 00 and not MM? (Sorry, just want to make sure)TriggerHappy wrote:Nothing appears muted, but still no sound.
Cheers
Pete
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
Hitdockery97 wrote:So at the bottom of each vertical bar it says 00 and not MM? (Sorry, just want to make sure)TriggerHappy wrote:Nothing appears muted, but still no sound.
Cheers
Pete
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
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
hinto wrote:What about the other versions of mint? I'd try booting the main (gnome version) liveCD.
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Hi
Good point.
I will try downloading and running it, as soon as I can get to a decent internet connection.
Thanks
Pete
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
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!
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!
Re: No Sound in LXDE
If you need a lighter edition, you could try the XFCE or Fluxbox editions.
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
Thanks, I'll give it a try...sythe wrote:If you need a lighter edition, you could try the XFCE or Fluxbox editions.
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Re: No Sound in LXDE
Awesome, XFCE has sound, and runs quick!
Thanks to all who offered suggestions.
Cheers
Pete
Thanks to all who offered suggestions.
Cheers
Pete