No sound from speakers, but headphones work

Question

I have had a problem with my sound for a while now. Sound comes from my headphones, but not from my speakers. I am running Ubuntu 11.10 on a Compaq 320. I have searched around, but none of the threads have worked, some had made it worse (no sound at all, but I managed to get back to where I am now). Any help would on how to fix this would be great.

Answer 1

try using these commands

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get purge linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils gdm ubuntu-desktop

Reboot.

if this not help trying running this script

Answer 2

You need to edit this file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and then add a line in its end. Use the following commands:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Now add the following line at its end:

options snd-hda-intel model=generic

Now reboot your computer. It should solve your problem.

Further information:

• http://www.computerandyou.net/2011/06/how-to-solve-no-sound-through-laptop-integrated-speakers-in-ubuntu-11-04/

Answer 3

I find that sometimes all I have to do is choose the correct output by just going to System Setting and then click on Sound on the output tab. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

I have the same issue on an Aspire.

What's worse I convinced someone to use Ubuntu! Egg on my face!

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

salvatore@salvatore-Aspire-7730:~$ cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.

salvatore@salvatore-Aspire-7730:~$ head -n 1 /proc/asound/card*/codec#* ==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 <== Codec: Realtek ALC888

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#1 <== Codec: LSI ID 1040

==> /proc/asound/card0/codec#2 <== Codec: Intel Cantiga HDMI

salvatore@salvatore-Aspire-7730:~$ aplay -l ** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

salvatore@salvatore-Aspire-7730:~$ uname -a Linux salvatore-Aspire-7730 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:39:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux salvatore@salvatore-Aspire-7730:~$

The alsa-base.conf does not exist

Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64bit

Tried this:

sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base

sudo apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio

sudo apt-get install alsa-base

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio

sudo alsa force-reload

Then:

sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio indicator-sound

Now audio comes out of both headphone and speaker..