Sound not working
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Detect sound card
Click link above if:
- If your sound isn't working
- You do not know the exact device name
- You know the name but do not have the module name
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Loading the module
- Before you click the above link know your module name
- If your sound works after this go to kmix setup
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Soundcard specific fixes
- fixes for specific cards
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Kmix setup
- minor fixes for kmix
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Tips and tricks
- On M8, it is sometimes necessary after installation or upgrading to open a terminal, become root, and type:
alsaconf alsactl store
Notes: 1) alsactl is part of alsa-utils, which is not installed by default; 2) in mid-2009 alsaconf was removed from alsa-utils and is no longer available through the repos. It has been packaged by a Community Member and can be found on MepisLovers
- Various tips can be found here for fixing annoyances with sounds
- Make sure KDE sound is operating: click KMenu --> Control Center --> Sound & Multimedia --> Sound System. "Enable the sound system" should be checked. Click the Test Sound button to see if it works.
- For snd-hda-intel systems try opening up kwrite or kate as root and commenting out the first line (if that doesn't work, try commenting out the second line instead) in
/etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel
then run alsaconf.
- Unless you have just upgraded kernel version--i.e. just done a major system upgrade, perhaps on a fresh install, in which case you should reboot to new kernel version before worrying about sound module--if you have lost sound, and it isn't simply a vol level/mute issue, you should try as root:
alsa reload
instead of using alsaconfig, as it is most likely that the alsa modules have simply become unloaded rather than unconfigured.
