No audio device , but still can hear sound

[phantom_boy]

i installed linux mint and i had the volume panel on taskbar for a while , but now i cant change volume and there is no audio device , pulseaudio wont start and i belive im using ALSA right now cuz i had a speaker test with that

i had volume bar and devices for a while idk when i lost them

here is my i

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nxi -Fxxxrz

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-76-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 2 dm: GDM3 42.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B365M-A v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1605
    date: 07/14/2020
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-9600K bits: 64 type: MCP
    smt: <unsupported> arch: Coffee Lake rev: D cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
    L3: 9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4600 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
    4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 bogomips: 44398
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e98 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 550.67 pcie:
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2507 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915,nvidia
    display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3072x1728 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 650x366mm (25.6x14.4")
    s-diag: 746mm (29.4")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 3072x1728 hz: 60 dpi: 164
    size: 477x268mm (18.8x10.6") diag: 547mm (21.5")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050/PCIe/SSE2
    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 550.67 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-76-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: usb0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Samsung GT-I9070 (network tethering USB debugging enabled)
    type: USB driver: rndis_host v: kernel bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 04e8:6864
    class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.59 TiB used: 1.32 TiB (82.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKX-08ERMA0
    size: 465.76 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A01
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST31000528AS size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC3D scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 19.52 GiB used: 15.47 GiB (79.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 259.5 MiB used: 32.9 MiB (12.7%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sdc4
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 947.3 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2640
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freedownloadmanager.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/freedownloadmanager.gpg] https://debrepo.freedownloadmanager.org/ jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https://repo.iut.ac.ir/repo/Mint victoria main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://mirror.aminidc.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://mirror.aminidc.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://mirror.aminidc.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Info:
  Processes: 261 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.48 GiB
  used: 2.27 GiB (14.6%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13

[mikeflan]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Please type this in a terminal:

cinnamon-settings sound

Does the Sound application run and can you change the volume on the Output tab?
If Sound does not run please post the output given in the terminal.

[phantom_boy]

hi , thanks for helping!

yes the mint audio app will open but can't change volume in output profile (it's gray/ disabled) and there is no devices listed on top ( they were before)

[phantom_boy]

pulse audio isn't running , so

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pulseaudio --start

will result to

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amir@amir-pc:~$ pulseaudio --start
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.

[SMG]

hi , thanks for helping!

yes the mint audio app will open but can't change volume in output profile (it's gray/ disabled) and there is no devices listed on top ( they were before)

Do you have a Timeshift snapshot of when your system was working before you began making changes?

Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-76-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes

PulseAudio should start automatically when you boot the computer. You should not have to start it manually. Can you think of what you might have installed or did that stopped it?

[phantom_boy]

idk it's a new install and no i don't have any snapshot of it
i installed a lot of apps like blender and steam , but maybe nvidia driver make it stop working?

[phantom_boy]

should i just give up and re install mint?
i couldn't figure it out alkl day

[SMG]

idk it's a new install and no i don't have any snapshot of it
i installed a lot of apps like blender and steam , but maybe nvidia driver make it stop working?

No, installing the Nvidia driver does not stop PulseAudio.

should i just give up and re install mint?

I do not have any guesses as to what may have happened. It is usually best to take a snapshot prior to installing other software in case you run into issues and need to roll back.

[phantom_boy]

i gave up and re downloaded 21.3 and clean installed it, everthing good , same apps as before and no problem!

[SMG]

i gave up and re downloaded 21.3 and clean installed it, everthing good , same apps as before and no problem!

Good to hear. Take a Timeshift snapshot now of your working system. If you run into any future issues, you can then always get back to this state.

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