Sound only works if booted from LiveCD.

BAMFGeeko · Post by **BAMFGeeko** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:46 pm

I have been working at this problem for the better part of a week with no avail. I figured I would ask you wonderful people for help.

My sound system, which is a Labtec Pulse 385 PC, will not play any sounds (with the exception of the start up sound) when booted from the HDD. All I get for sound output on the computer is "Dummy Output". I made sure the speakers worked, tried adjusting the alsamixer and read many a forum posting, but nothing seemed to work. I also read this document about troubleshooting sound, and I did everything it told me to do.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iTl ... c5fs83n8gw

I attempted to boot from the LiveCD, and the sound worked! Unfortunately, I have no idea what to do from here.
Let me know if you need me to paste any output code.

Sincerely,
A Linux Newbie

animaguy · Post by **animaguy** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:43 am

Which linux Mint Desktop do you use?

BAMFGeeko · Post by **BAMFGeeko** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:46 pm

animaguy wrote:Which linux Mint Desktop do you use?

I use the Cinnamon desktop.

mank_in · Post by **mank_in** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:59 pm

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inxi -A

maybe you can try unmute device in alsamixer ( if you see MM , unmute with "m: keys )

You can try change audio preference in media player too

VLC>tool>preferences>audio change output audio module
Gnome media player>edit>preferences>player>audio output

change default to something else like pulse audio /alsa or hda intel analog. Restart the player and try playing audio file.

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