I've just installed Xubuntu 15.04 in my Dell laptop after using Ubuntu for over 2 years. I can't get the sound to work in my Samsung monitor, which is connected to the laptop through its HDMI port. It worked fine under Ubuntu and even during the live session with the Xubuntu CD, but it stopped working after I installed the OS and booted from the HDD.
Things I've already tried include:
- fully update my system through
apt-get
; - install PulseAudio Volume Control and change the output device (the HDMI port was not listed there);
- use
speaker-test
to activate HDMI sound (the HDMI sound output device is not listed, so it has no ID that I can use to call it); - use a proprietary graphics card driver (the Software & Updates application suggested NVIDIA 340.76, but after I rebooted, I couldn't get video to work and had to reinstall the entire OS);
- run
sudo alsa force-reload
(nothing seemed to change).
Below is the relevant output for lspci
and lspci -v
, showing my graphics card (the monitor is connected through HDMI after all) and aplay -l
, to show that the HDMI sound output device is not listed anywhere.
$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC3234 Analog [ALC3234 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
$ lspci -v
3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)
sudo alsa force-reload
lspci -v
it will show you what (if any) kernel module (driver) is in use.