Ubuntu : Sound not working
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Spoogle,
On Linux drivers are usually built into the operating system, therefore re-installing drivers is a bit of a duff concept in Linux.
The best thing to do is open a terminal, and run the following command:
lspci
This will list all the devices connect on the PCI bus, one of which should be your sound card, and hopefully we can then do a bit of googling to find if it is supported under Linux.
What outputs are you trying to use on your sound card, coax, 3.5 jack, hdmi?
On Linux drivers are usually built into the operating system, therefore re-installing drivers is a bit of a duff concept in Linux.
The best thing to do is open a terminal, and run the following command:
lspci
This will list all the devices connect on the PCI bus, one of which should be your sound card, and hopefully we can then do a bit of googling to find if it is supported under Linux.
What outputs are you trying to use on your sound card, coax, 3.5 jack, hdmi?
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If you open a terminal and type:
alsamixer
What do you get, an error message, some equalizer bars? If you get equalizer bars are any of them muted (show MM at the bottom of the bar).
A long shot might be to try what is documented here:
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/fix-hda-intel-realtek-alc887-no-sound.html
I know some of the ALC cards are sometimes wrongly detected, so setting it to generic might get you something at least.
alsamixer
What do you get, an error message, some equalizer bars? If you get equalizer bars are any of them muted (show MM at the bottom of the bar).
A long shot might be to try what is documented here:
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/fix-hda-intel-realtek-alc887-no-sound.html
I know some of the ALC cards are sometimes wrongly detected, so setting it to generic might get you something at least.