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

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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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Microphone not working on Ubuntu 12.04 with asus eee pc 1000he

Help, friends! I am lost, and know not what to do... I have both Pulseaudio and the ALSA-mixer running on my Asus EEE PC 1000HE, and while the speaker sound is fine, the microphone has majorly ...
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How to create/simulate two audio lines/devices?

I have searched around the internet for answers; however, I was not successful in locating an answer. What is the best method of simulating two audio devices using Pulse Audio/ALSA/something else? ...
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no soundcard found 12.04 after kernel update

may I ask for help with my sound issue? After newest kernel update i have lost my soundcard. There is only sound via usb adapter. My headphones or speakers working only through this device. The sound ...
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Mute key mutes Alsa and PulseAudio, but unmutes only Alsa

When I press the mute key on my keyboard, both the Alsa master channel and the PulseAudio master channel get muted, pressing it again only unmutes the alsa master channel, the pulseaudio master ...
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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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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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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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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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My headphones mute AlsaMixer when I plug them in, HP DV6 12.04

Whenever I plug any type of headphones into one of the audio out connectors on my hp dv6, alsa mutes them, muting the "speaker" setting(see attached image). This also happened in Fedora, so it's a ...
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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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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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Setting the default ALSA device for Pulseaudio

I recently got an external soundcard/DAC (Fiio E17) and am currently trying to properly configure it on my Ubuntu 12.04 installation. When plugging it in via USB, it's immediately recognized and shows ...
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No HDMI Audio from Nvidia GT 630 on Ubuntu 13.04 (works on win7)

I just replaced my GTS240 with a GT630. I could get HDMI audio output from GTS240, but there is no audio device detected on GT630. (Note that GT630's HDMI audio works on windows 7) The GTS240 was ...
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How do I change the way Ubuntu adjusts my volume mixer levels?

I've had a mildly annoying problem with my sound for quite awhile now, and I've finally decided it's time to do something about it. Every time I adjust the main volume slider in the toolbar, or use ...
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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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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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Upgrade to 12.04 - No Audio Pulse Broken

Trying to fix audio output. NVIDIA GT 520 is the card so HDMI audio. It was working perfectly in 11.10. Following the steps at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/So...otingProcedure Here is my ...
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Xubuntu 13.04 Alsa Control panel - HDMI output option gone from all sound control menus

My ATI HDMI Sound Card use to show up in my control panel as an available output in ALSA sound control panel. I'm sure what I did, but it no longer shows up anymore. I've tried a few terminal things ...
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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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Loud pop on shutdown/reboot

Everytime I shut my computer down or reboot it there is a very loud pop/crack from the speakers. It sounds dangerous, like they are going to blow up. Is there a way to automatically mute the volume on ...
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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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keyboard shortcut/command to mute/unmute microphone

During voice conversations in Skype/Gmail/etc. I would like to mute/unmute the microphone without having to go through all these steps each time: Sound indicator Sound preferences Select Input ...
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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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[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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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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Make a USB device show up as an input and output device

What am I attempting to do? I am trying to make my Line6 Toneport UX1 (hooked up via USB) an output and input device at the same time. Why am I trying to do this? For those of you that don't know, ...
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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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Unclear Sound on Ubuntu

I own an Asus K55vm running ubuntu 13.04 with updated alsa and pulseaudio. The sound on my laptop is clearly unclear at 100% volume on all applications. The sound was clear on windows. I think it uses ...
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How do I fix a noisy input device (Internal Mic)? snd_hda_intel - debug included

As the title says, I'm having trouble with a very noisy audio input device - the internal mic or any plugged in mics. So far I've narrowed it down to an problem in ALSA since my debug info is showing ...
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Alsa mixer mutes headphones every time I plug them [duplicate]

Ever since I updated my laptop from 12.10 to 13.04 I've been experiencing a strange behaviour with my Ubuntu installation. Every time I plug in my headphones the volume becomes mute. I can only unmute ...
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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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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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Make the sound louder in Lubuntu

I have a Toshiba r835 running Lubuntu 11.10. Turning the volume slider up all the way doesn't give very loud sound. I've tried typing alsamixer in a terminal and turning up all the levels there to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 microphone Acer Aspire One 150

The microphone was set to 0db according to alsamixer. I had trouble seeing how to set to a sensible level. Then I found how to set it but, but the microphone is still not working.
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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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No sound with HDA Intel PCH

I don't manage to get sound working on my Ubuntu 12.10. The output of my alsa-info.sh is located here. I would appreciate any help to fix this problem!
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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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Internal microphone not listed in sound settings

On a fresh 12.04 installation in sound settings the internal microphone is not listed (worked upto 11.10). Alsamixer shows that mic is "0" and muted, but after changing that it remains undetected in ...
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No PulseAudio in Skype Sound Devices choices, and microphone does not work…

I have a new re-install of Mythbuntu 12.04.2 LTS. When I installed Skype 4.1.0.20 and tried to use it, I found that under options/Sound Devices/, under the three (Microphone,Speakers and Ringing) ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 crackling and popping sound [SOLVED]

I've an Asus Z92V, I am running Ubuntu 12.10 and since I installed Ubuntu on this notebook the audio keep crackling and popping continuously. Moreover the volume bar on gnome-shell panel keep jumping ...

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