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

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error while installling qt mobility tool kit

i am installing qt mobility tool kit but it shows an error message.how to fix it 1.2.0/src/multimedia' make[2]: Warning: File Makefile' has modification time 1.1e+04 s in the future g++ -c -pipe -g ...
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How to fix “No Soundcards Found”

I was trying to get IEC958/SPDIF optical out working on my ASUS P8P67PRO V3 motherboard running Natty and I seem to have wiped out a crucial part of my sound setup. Here is the output from some ...
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Sound disappeared after OSS installation

I've installed the OSS backend from a deb64 package. And the sound in ubuntu is disappeared... Seems the audio card (hda nvidia) is not recognized anymore... What can I do? EDIT Sound now works, but ...
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How do I get my laptop's Line In inlet to output sound?

I have a laptop - DELL Studio 1773, but I'm pretty sure the model does not matter. One of it's features I love most is the fact it has TWO headphone outputs. This means Ubuntu can use them to output ...
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Sound doesnt work, after installing GPU Ubuntu 13.04

I had a Radeon 4670 that I replaced, with an Nvidea GeForce gtx460. Now My sound doesn't work. I figure it was a driver issue, so I installed the manufacturers recommended driver, but it still ...
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Headphone jack resets in ALSA when unplugged. 13.04

I have been able to get my headphones to work using the alsa mixer, but it resets whenever the headphones are unplugged or the computer is rebooted. I never had this problem with previous versions, ...
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Restore audio settings - cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

The internal speaker of my laptop never functionned under Ubuntu. I tried to follow indication on the web and now the jack audio does not work either. The graphic interface for audio management now ...
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Where is /dev/dsp or /dev/audio?

I have to apply sudo chmod a+r /dev/dsp or /dev/audio but in my Ubuntu 12.10 i do not have such. Where is then the PCM sound file for ssh? chmod: cannot access `/dev/dsp': No such file or directory ...
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Sound through headphones is crackling/popping

The sound through my speakers is fine, however it cracks/popples when played through my headphones. While looking for a solution, I found this. I tested this by unplugging my headphones, plugging them ...
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Skype voice repetition

I use Skype 4 with ALSA. People tell me that they hear my voice twice (voice and the echo of it). To make it clear, I don't hear my voice from the speakers. It is Skype which sends my voice ...
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Analog stereo out on speakers and headphones

this sounds like a pretty dumb question but how can I get audio output on headphones and speakers? My motherboard is GA-G41M-Combo and doesn't seem to have any digital audio out, but 3 miniplugs ...
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No sound ubuntu 12.04, Tried everything

I've tried to find a solution to this but haven't been able to yet. I'm using ubuntu 12.04 installing using wubi installer. I have no audio. I can see the sound icon on the bar on top and interact ...
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ubuntu 12.04 usb audio card roland duo-capture not recognized

I need high quality usb audio card for ubuntu 12.04 PCs so I bought Roland Duo-Capture which is very promising. the problem is that with: cat /proc/asound/cards I can see only the integrated audio ...
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Multiple Audio Issues

I am having issues with my audio on Ubuntu 12.04, I will try and give as much detail as possible so sorry if there's too much detail. The Problem Audio plays from both speakers and headphone ...
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Sound Card HP Beats Edition ENVY 14 - Codec: IDT 92HD81B1X5

I've been trying to put 8 channels working on ubuntu since the 11.10 (I'm now with the 12.04) but with no luck. I only get 2 channels working. I've tried many internet posts but with no luck. Does ...
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External Mic not working but Internal Mic works on an Acer Aspiron AO722

My Acer Aspiron AO722 netbook give me a lot of problems. My Internal microphone is working, when I connect an external microphone(headset) it still take input from internal one. In sound settings I ...
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No sound devices listed under hardware, no sound (one user account specific problem)

Update: Loged in as guest and all works as charm. Using my account (administrator) nothing works and i am not able to locate advanced user management options :( First of all - I use USB headset. ...
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pulseaudio: Why is there no sound?

Question: On Ubuntu 11.10, I have no sound volume control as root. I know this from earlier versions, as root you just had to manually start /usr/bin/pulseaudio, and then you got it. This is still ...
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Toshiba Satellite L745D - internal mic not working

I have a Toshiba L745D (AMD A6-3400M). I cannot get my internal mic to work. My sound card: Conexant CX20585 I've tried this: echo "options snd-hda-intel model=thinkpad" | sudo tee -a ...
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speaker volume always at zero in alsamixer in terminal

On every startup on Ubuntu 11.10, I have to open terminal and enter alsamixer to turn speaker volume up to get sound. Is there a way to lock this in so I don't have to keep opening the terminal.
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Alsa doesn't work in vlc

Alsa Audio Output works fine from terminal, e.g. aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Noise.wav. But I got to change from default to Alsa Audio Output in vlc. I found it in Tools > Perfernces > Audio > ...
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Audio output balance problem

I have a problem on my Ubuntu 10.04 machine with audio output. When playing audio with a headset connected it can be heard on speakers and headset in the same time. It is similar to other questions I ...
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Kubuntu 10.4 No Sound Since Latest Update

Yesterday I preformed a standard update routine using KPackageKit. Everything went smooth. However, today I found out there is no sound anymore on my machine. Since I was listening to music yesterday ...
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How do I get a SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio driver to support microphone?

The microphone is not working on UBUNTU, I checked ALSA mixer and i don't seem to have any channel muted. I believe its a driver issue, since i already faced a lot of problems regarding driver ...
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Beats audio driver for hp dv6-7040tx

Here is the model of my laptop: http://www.gadgetsguru.com/hp-dv6-7040tx-lowest-price-spec-cheap-sale-india-15613.aspx As the specs say, it has quad speakers with a sub-woofer... When i was using ...
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How to tell my default sound card and microphone is that one which i get via aplay -l list?

I have always problem with pulseaudio (either its crash or either never starts i really wanna give up with it and let ALSA have a default mic and speaker output). How can i tell my system to use as ...
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I have no sound on my headphones, but i have sound on my speakers using Ubuntu 13.04

I have an Hp pavilion dv6 laptop and my headphones are not working properly. When i plug them in, there is no sound coming through them. But if i unplug them, the sound comes normally through the ...
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Subwoofer not working on MSI GT780DX

I have an MSI GT780DX, and it has very high quality speakers (2 for left and right, and one considerably good subwoofer). I've been using it for some time (probably a year with Ubuntu; 1.5 years ...
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How do i get the sound out of Hdmi output on Tv

my aplay -l command looks like this ** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: ...
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no sound in Ubuntu 12.04 and /dev/dsp does not exist

Computer isn't playing audio. I've checked the hardware volume buttons, pavucontrol, and alsamixer. Nothing is muted. I've added the ppa sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev. I've also done ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 alsamixer not found

I have a Lenovo Y500 with Windows 8. I successfully got Ubuntu 12.04 installed alongside Windows 8 and the nvidia drivers just worked from the start. The sound wasn't working at all however, and ...
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External Mic not always recognized

although this sounds similar to many previous bug reports, I couldn't find an answer in the other threads. I have a Samsung serie 9 laptop with a single audio connector for headphones/mic. I am using ...
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Sound works until the session is blocked or suspended in Ubuntu 13.04?

Sound card works fine until you supend the session. After that no sounds at all and I have to reboot the system. Any idea to solve this problem?
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Sound on both Speakers and HeadPhones problem

I know there are a lot of questions like this here, but I tried them all and I couldn't make them work. I have a HP dv6-2190ep laptop. My sound card is HDA Intel IDT 92HD75B3X5. My Ubuntu is ...
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Change default audio sink? [duplicate]

I've written a nifty script to automatically transfer all current PulseAudio streams to another output source, but this still doesn't do exactly what I need. It seems that there is another setting ...
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USING TWO PCM's IN ALSALOOP

I am new to alsa, i have a doubt in alsaloop command, i am working in a gsm project in that i have two pcm in the board, i need to capture the data from PCM-1 and want to playback in PCM-2, and also ...
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Thinkpad laptop: pop noises on shutdown

sorry for my poor english :p I recently purchased a Thinkpad T430 series laptop and dual booting(Ubuntu 12.04 and Win7). whenever I shutdown Ubuntu, I get a "pop noise" for about a second right ...
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Alsa works in virtual console but not in X Windows

After booting my computer and logging in on a virtual console the aplay command works as expected but after running startx only root can run aplay. As non-root I get the following error message: $ ...
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HDMI Surround Sound

Everything on my system says I should have surround sound 5.1, but sound tests are only stereo. I have a MCP79 Nvidia chipset with an ALC888 audio codec. I seem to be fixated on the fact that alsa ...
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[Xubuntu]Headphones audio don't work

i have installed xubuntu and it's all okey, but the sounds/audio don't work in the headphones also if are recognized by the system. Help pls Here there are some useful informations: Result of lspci ...
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Lubuntu upgrade to 13.04 killed sound with ALSA. How to troubleshoot?

After upgrading to 13.04 from 12.10 Lubuntu lost audio playback after unplugging usb soundcard (Polycom) and plugging it back in. Volume control was gray and leading to pulseaudio mixer (not ...
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Audio only on honker after upgrade to 12.10/13.04

I'm using a Dell Optiplex 980. Under 12.04, the line speakers worked fine, but after upgrading to 12.10 yesterday, the only audio output was through the built-in PC speaker with nothing going to the ...
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Realtek ALC888 Sound Card doesn't work after Ubuntu 13.04

yesterday i updated my Ubuntu system from 12.10 to 13.04 but since then my audio card doesn't work at all. With the previous Ubuntu version it worked fine. The sound card is recognized by the system ...
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Why ALC262 Analog sound is not working after upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04?

After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 the sound is not working anymore, in Ubuntu 12.10 worked fine. aplay -l **** Lista de PLAYBACK dispositivos hardware **** tarjeta 0: Intel [HDA Intel], dispositivo 0: ...
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No ALSA-Devices without login

Un Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I want to use mpd to play audio files. Everything is running fine only that I do not find any ALSA devices without first loggin into unity. If I connect to the computer via ssh and ...
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Alsa mixer not retaining settings?

My alsa mixer is not maintaining the settings I input when I open my terminal and enter "alsamixer". I tried turning off auto mute and still it will revert to max on my speakers and audio. How can I ...
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MPD on Ubuntu 12.04.2 Server

MPD working, clients showing running stream - but no sound. Alsa/pulse installed, i can see my audiocard with pactl stat. In alsamixer all unmuted (with M) and put to maximum. Any help appreciated. ...
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ALSA in an AO751h with Ubuntu 12.04

I had a problem with the built-in mic in my netbook (Acer AO751h, with Ubuntu 12.04) and fortunately I solved unstalling pulseaudio and then installing ALSA driver. Now everything is alright! Actually ...
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No sound on a clean install Ubuntu 12.10

I'm new here, in fact im new on the linux world. I've had some issues with ubuntu. Nothing that I couldn't managed to fix. But I'm having this problem with sound. The first clean install I made ...
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Sound in Ubuntu 12.04 suddenly missed

Everything was OK a few hours ago. I was watсhing some TED video when the sound suddenly just gone to nowhere. I'm not a very experienced Linux user, so I tried to restart the system - it didn't help ...

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