Questions tagged [alsa]

The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system.

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alsamixer doesn't save changes on exit

My system keeps going to the wrong device for sound output. When I tell alsamixer that I want the generic device, and then exit alsamixer, it doesn't save the change. By that I mean that if I open ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Headphones/Headset with splitter (2 plugged pins) microphone is not working

I recently set up a dual boot on a new pc. I'm not using a laptop (I mention because I came across this issue a lot on lenovo laptops, but the solutions didn't work for me so far). I've looked at and ...
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pulseaudio no card detected (needs GUI login)

I have a problem related to pluseaudio on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop. I can't get audio working until I log into GUI (gdm) and to set the audio device and profile. pluseaudio can't detect the sound card ...
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No sound with Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on Asus Zenbook UX582L

I installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on my new Asus Zenbook (single install not dual-boot) No sound comes out from the speakers, or the headphones jack (while in Windows sound is ok). I previously tried ...
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iMac - No sound with internal speakers

I'm facing a really strange issue that has existed on various versions of Mint(from 17.x to 18.2) and even on Ubuntu 18.04 currently. I have an iMac 21.5 running 18.04 with Kernel 4.16.12 with the ...
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microphone not working, laptop HP 255 on dual-boot ubuntu 23.10

I've installed latest ubuntu next to windows. Everything is working except the integral laptop microphone. It is not detected in settings. I tried using hdajackretask and the mic did appear in ...
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libpipewire-module-combine-stream no longer working as expected in 23.10

I upgraded to Ubuntu 23.10 from 23.04 yesterday. I have a custom wireplumber config setup under ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/combined21.conf to create a combined sink. Basically I want to create ...
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My Ubuntu system can't detect audio devices

I am using Ubuntu on HP EliteBook g3 840. My system can't detect any audio device including the internal speakers and mics. I have checked my BIOS and everything is OK. I checked system logs with ...
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No sound from built-in speakers, but headphones work right

I've tried the 23.10 and 22.04 versions, but the problem still the same. There is no sound. All the channels in alsamixer are enabled. The output is set to Speaker and isn't muted. I can see that the ...
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Primary sound card not detected by alsamixer

I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my PC. My screen has built-in speakers. Sound is only coming via the speakers of my screen which is connect via HDMI. They are not powerful enough and I want to connect my ...
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Direct audio to HDMI on Raspberry Pi with Lubuntu 22.04 and alsa

I set up a Pi4 a few days ago and was able to have it output sound to the first HDMI port. After an auto update, it lost this capability as the pulseaudio systemd service disappeared. # systemctl ...
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Ubuntu 23.04: No Speaker Sound with Realtek ALC245 on HP ENVY Laptop

No sound from internal speaker I have tried ubuntu 22.04, 22.10, 23.04 still no sound $ uname -a Linux HP-ENVY 6.2.0-20-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Apr 6 07:48:48 UTC 2023 x86_64 ...
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20.04 no sound from line-in

I don't get any sound from 'line-in' When I load 'pulse audio volume control' it shows that 'line in' is plugged in I had a 3.5mm stereo cable connected from phone headphone jack to pc blue 'line in' ...
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No sound on new lubuntu install on a chromebook

Device is an Asus Chromebook. Soundcard is detected by lspci: jasper@crbook1:~$ lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio" 00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium ...
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Playback has never worked for me in Audacity on Ubuntu

Sound playback in Audacity has never worked for me in recent memory: no sound plays, but the equalizer in the UI throbs. This has been the case for several years across a couple of Ubuntu versions and ...
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Internal speaker (Audio) is not working in Ubuntu 20.04

Internal speaker (Audio) is not working in Ubuntu 20.04. Only Dummy output in the selection of output device. UPDATE (2021-12-04) - I made a conclusion after reading posts of owners of Huawei Matebook ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - No sound from frontal case jack AUX

I already see all similar post around the web without finding a working solution. I am in this situation: Dual boot: Windows 11 - Ubuntu 22.04 (audio works normal in Windows 11) HW infos: MB: MAG ...
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audio not working on macbook pro 2017 with ubuntu 22.04 lts even after getting the audio output device to show in sound settings

Tried installing this driver:"apt install wget make gcc linux-headers-generic" and unmuted the speaker in alsamixer and my audio still does not work, even though I know there is nothing ...
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Bass speakers not working on Lenovo Yoga Pro 9 14IRP8, Ubuntu 22.04

Folks, I have recently purchased this laptop: https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/Yoga/Yoga_Pro_9_14IRP8 And I can only get the front speakers working on Ubuntu 22.04 which results in the sound being not ...
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Persistent Dummy Output

The soundcard I want to use is detected and works (it only recently switched to dummy output and didn't allow me to go back). HDMI is no longer listed under Audio and Video - KDE Control Module; ...
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I can't enable the mic on ubuntu 22.04

I'm experiencing a persistent issue on my Ubuntu system where the audio driver gets disabled after each shutdown or restart. To resolve this, I have to reinstall the audio driver via the terminal. ...
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Non privileged user can not access secondary audio device configured in asound.conf

I have a user called sdr that is NOT an admin. sdr@mia-recorder:~$ whoami sdr sdr@mia-recorder:~$ groups sdr audio users sdr@mia-recorder:~$ When I look at permissions the group audio has access to ...
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Play audio through bluetooth speakers in 12.04 using CLI

I have gone through the whole gamut of trials with setting up playing audio through bluetooth and have not been able to make it work reliably (i.e., got it to work one time, and has not worked after ...
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Set "options snd-hda-intel model=generic" fixed sound output on headphone, but didn't work for speaker on Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04

I installed Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 and both have no sound output on built-in speaker and headphone. I was able to fix sound output on headphone by running the following command echo "options snd-...
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Trouble Detecting Both Speakers and Microphone with Combined TRRS Jack on Ubuntu 20.04

I'm facing an issue on Ubuntu 20.04 with my earphones that have a combined TRRS jack. When I plug the jack into the green port, Ubuntu recognizes the speakers but not the microphone. When I plug it ...
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Recognized but no sound with Asus Xonar SE in Ubuntu 19.04

Recently I have bought the Asus Xonar SE in order to use S/PDIF devices for playback. It was the newest and best I could find for the price, and people on Amazon commented it worked in Ubuntu for them ...
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SimpleScreenRecorder records only one side of communication

I am trying to record zoom sessions with SimpleScreenRecorder. Unfortunately, if I set Source = "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" I get only my counterpart recorded. And if I set ...
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No sound after update to Ubuntu 22.04

I very recently made the switch to Ubantu, mainly to eradicate corporations from my life. But also to learn Linux and understand the underbelly of technology. I love everything about it, except my ...
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Delayed, choppy HDMI audio issue on Ubuntu 23.10

This may be more than one issue; upon starting a YouTube video or a video file in VLC, the audio is silent for about 2 seconds before playing. Same delay problem happens when playing audio in Spotify ...
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Is there another way to restart the sound system if pulseaudio/ALSA don't work?

I was listening to music, and my sound suddenly went dead in all my applications. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, which uses pulseaudio, so I tried sudo /etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart, but nothing happened. ...
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No sound in headphone, intel sound card

EDIT: I solve the problem via turn on all the alsamixer settings. (MM to 00) I'm a noob and I am new to ubuntu. I installed ubuntu and I found that sof-bin is required and I installed it. After ...
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Tried to install audio driver for ASUS P5K, now sound is not working

I was bored recently so I decided to download and install drivers from ASUS site. My motherboard is Asus P5K. After downloading the drivers, I messed up the installation somehow (don't remember the ...
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Another Dell XPS no audio ("Dummy Audio") - Clean install of 23.04

I have a new Dell XPS 17 9730 and did a clean install of Ubuntu 23.04. $ sudo lshw xps-17-9730 description: Notebook product: XPS 17 9730 (0BDA) vendor: Dell Inc. $ sudo ...
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Pulseaudio does not detect analog speakers, only HDMI output possible

Asus Z87-Pro (onboard Sound ALC1150), Ubuntu 15.10, Gnome3. $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI HDA Intel HDMI at 0xefd34000 irq 34 1 [PCH ...
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LXDE ubuntu - can't hear speech, but hear background sound

everyone. When playing some online movies, the sound is corrupted - I cannot hear a speech, but can hear the "background" sounds. I use USB headphones, not regular 3.5mm jack. These ...
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Disable microphone loopback into headset

Using an USB headset (Logitech G Pro X) with integrated sound card, I get an annoying loopback from the microphone into the headset, and I can't figure out how to disable it without muting the ...
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No audio Dell XPS 9730, while the audio works just fine in the live USB Kubundu 22.04

When using the live USB, it works just fine. Outputs for the live USB: kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ inxi -xA Audio: Device-1: Intel vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 ...
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Headphones stopped working after enabling alsa

I'm pretty sure there's an easy solution to my problem, but I've looked around and can't find it. I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.3/Windows 10. Fresh reinstall and all has been well until tonight when I ...
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ASUS Q505UA Built-in Speaker Volume Control

I'm running Ubuntu 23.10, but this issue spans 3 releases. Sound plays through my built-in speakers but the volume is either full (100%) or muted. There are no noise issues when any sound is playing....
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Ubuntu 22.04, no sound from speakers

I have a new laptop, HP Zbook firefly, which has Ubuntu 22.04 installed. This is the only OS on the computer, and I've never had any other versions. The sound card is an Intel Alder Lake. There is no ...
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Alsamixer mutes Headphone gain everytime I reboot

Everytime Ubuntu startups, alsamixer looks like this: Image Nevertheless, the volume isn't zero, it's very very low, but not zero (because of the second knob, I think). The "Headphones" are ...
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No sound with X-Fi USB Sound Card after Supend

I use a USB Sound Card (Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro, which I purchased in 2008). It works fine on my Ubuntu 23.10 until I suspend my PC. After resume, media playback and sound are not working until ...
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Getting sound to work on Asus C302C (Chromebook)

I have recently installed Xubuntu on my Asus C302C Chromebook. Everything works great except I don't have any sound, which seems to be a common problem on Chromebooks. I have read a lot of pages and ...
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Headset microphone is not working

I have an ASUS VivoBook S5402ZA laptop with a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04. The internal microphone works, but the headset microphone does not. If I connect the headset via a USB hub with a jack,...
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Audio recorded with Ubuntu 23.04 is strangely distorted/warped

Problem: Audio Distortion When I record audio from my Logitech H111 wired headset, the audio is distorted by Linux's ALSA architecture (either something wrong with the soundcard driver or a setting ...
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Audio output devices only appear one after the other

I have a problem with audio out devices in my Ubuntu 22.04 laptop. My computer has one built-in speaker out and a jack port for headphones: when my headphones are disconnected, no audio device appears ...
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Ubuntu Bluetooth speakers with mic no sound with A2DP and bad sound otherwise

Just bought Boat Stone 352 bluetooth speakers with mic( also supports aux) but it won't connect properly with ubuntu. Originally it would show as headset after connecting with bluetooth and there was ...
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I can't get my USB Mic to work with DaVinci Resolve 18.2 on Ubuntu 23.04

I'm trying to get my microphone working for a few weeks now... Using Resolve 18.6.2 Build 2 and Ubuntu 23.04 with default sound setup (I believe this is pipewire on top of ALSA) Playback in Resolve ...
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Headphones not working on Ubuntu 22.04

Laptop: ThinkPad E495 Dual Boot With Windows 10 Ubuntu 22.04 Whenever I change OS from windows to Ubuntu, the headphone does not work properly. The sound keeps coming from both earphones + system ...
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espeak text to speech sounds very weird while running pyttsx3 code on ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I am bit new to linux and I tried to run this python code. At the first time it asked me to install libespeak-dev and try to run the code again. After installing it when I ran the code the sound was ...

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