Questions tagged [alsa]
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system.
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No microphone in Ubuntu 18.04 on HP elitebook
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my new HP elitebook 850 G6 after erasing windows. I could not get audio input part working though..
Fn F8 key is orange all the time and this is how settings looks like.
I ...
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How to choose right codecs for Bluetooth headset?
I just got my new Sony WH-1000XM3 headset and would like to know how to properly connect it to my Ubuntu machine. It's an ANC headphone with integrated microphones - primarily to record ambience noise ...
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Volume too low on Ubuntu 17.10
I've a 2.1 sound system and on a Windows PC it works very well. On Ubuntu 17.10 and 16.04 the volume is lower than Windows also at 100%. I've already tried looking at alsamixer (a mixer program for ...
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Combo headphone/microphone splitter does not work on Ubuntu 18.04, individually plugging in headphone or microphone does
So I can plug either my external lavalier microphone or my headphones directly into my Lenovo T450s laptop's single 3.5mm jack, and they both work using the Built-in Audio = Stereo Analog Duplex ...
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Ubuntu/Lubuntu 16.04 External Microphone (Headphone) Detected but not Working
Hello and thanks for visiting my question thread.
My laptop is Asus X45A. I fresh installed Ubuntu 16.04 because I cant upgrade it from previous LTS. Then I installed another desktop environment ...
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PulseAudio: `module-alsa-sink` cannot be loaded automatically by `module-udev-detect`
In short, on my machine,
The card profile Analog Stereo Output and Analog Stereo Duplex are shown available: no (both from pactl list cards and the PulseAudio Volume Control GUI)
When I boot Ubuntu ...
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No sound in various apps on 19.10
I've recently installed 19.10 and am having trouble with sound in various applications. The system sounds work fine, which I guess means pulseaudio is up and running correctly. But Skype and Slack ...
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Swap left/right audio channels, but not for headphones
Cable length issues forced me to place my stereo speakers (of a 2.1 analog sound system) the other way around on my table, so now I need to swap the stereo channels in Ubuntu.
What I tried so far was ...
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Change default Sound Device Order
Basically, Ubuntu (-Mate 16.04) plays sound output on the first non-disabled sound-device in the preferences list:
Only trouble: I'd like to change the order. If there's a headset or that USB audio ...
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How to exclude certain device from being grabbed by PulseAudio?
To cut a long story short: I have a specific case with application run in Wine. The thing is this application is not seeing my sound input device when this device is grabbed by PulseAudio. ...
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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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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 sounds from headphone jack Ubuntu 16.04.1
I am running Kubuntu 16.04.1 on a machine with a Realtek ALC898 audio card.
My system can now normally detect the card and play sounds via the speaker however the headphone is not working. I have ...
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Dell XPS 17 9730 No sound, only dummy output
I can't get the sound on my Dell XPS 17 9730 to work. It's stuck on dummy output. The sound controller is an Intel Corporation Device 51ca. Alsa mixer lists it as sof-hda-dsp. I'm using Ubuntu 23.04
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No sound on HDMI Ubuntu 20.04 (Another case of...)
I have an HTPC (AMD Ryzen 3 2200G on GIGABYTE B450M S2H) connected through HDMI to my Denon AVR-X1400H receiver. This is an always on system and I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-59-...
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How do I connect Scarlett Solo Audio Interface to Ubuntu for best results?
I use Ubuntu 16.04. As a long-time Ubuntu user, I would not like to switch to Windows for Audio Recording. Can you assist me? I am not getting optimal sound from my mic.
Scarlett Solo is an Audio ...
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Headphones not detected as Docking Station analog output in Ubuntu 20.04
I have a Lenovo T490s that I plug into a Lenovo ThinkpadUltraDockingStation. I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 18 to 20.04. The problem is that now when I plug in the headphones in the docking station ...
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How to detect headset sound output and mic input for ALC1220 (asus x570-i motherboard) for Sennheiser HD 450BT headphones?
I just recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a new desktop and making the jack connection (with or without using a splitter) work for sound with mic seems impossible.
I want to use my headphones to hear ...
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No HDMI audio Ubuntu 20.04
I've just installed Ubuntu 20.04 in a desktop computer connected via hdmi with an external BenQ GW2480E monitor. I have perfect video display but no audio output at all. I have checked a lot of ...
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Sound cards not detected after update to Ubuntu 18.04
Both my external speakers (via headphone jack) and monitor speakers (via displayport) worked prior to the update, though I remember having to fiddle when I first installed Ubuntu. Since the upgrade, ...
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sound keeps switching from line out to headphones randomly
I'm using ubuntu 18.04 LTS, the sound keeps cutting off then comes back in an instant but it is still very noticeable and annoying, I've seen that it switches from line out to headphones which creates ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Detecting Blue Yeti Microphone but not processing sound
I own a Blue Yeti microphone and am trying to use it to record some audio with OBS. I have done this in the past and it has worked fine, and I haven't changed any sound settings in between the last ...
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HDAJackRetask gives new audio settings in alsamixer, but they don't work
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The subwoofer does not work on Lenovo Y720 on Ubuntu 18.04, so I have
changed some pins in HDAJackRetask. I tried over 30 combinations,
most of them gave me the same output, so here is ...
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How to identify correct pin assignment for HDAJackRetask?
I am running 16.04LTS with a multi-speaker enabled laptop (4.1 surround). I am trying to get the audio working on all the four internal speakers. The default audio management package alsa-mixer is ...
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PulseAudio loopback module with crackling sound / noise under Kubuntu 17.10
I tried to get audio from my second monitor into Kubuntu through the line-in stereo jack which is now basically working after fiddling with alsamixer (un-mute Line & getting volume settings right) ...
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Difference between pcm and ctl in alsa ~/.asoundrc
I need to write an ~/.asoundrc file to configure some Audio devices because I need to be able to select single channels from these devices.
Because I am not very experienced with alsa I started to ...
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what now... when alsa force-unload fails
I'm having trouble with the sound on my laptop. (Not sure if it is platform specific, I have a System76 Lemur).
james at james in ~
$ sudo alsa unload
Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-...
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Linux supported 5.1 SPDIF out external sound cards
My only requirement is to get 6 channel (5.1) digital audio out from USB and output it with a S/PDIF (optical/coaxial) port. So I'll connect the receiver (DAC) and it does the decoding + playback.
I'...
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Why is `alsactl store` not enough to persist sound levels?
My sound levels in alsamixer, e.g. Mic boost are not saved after restarting.
Many people tell to use sudo alsactl store to save those levels, but that has never worked for me in any machine I own.
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How do I get an Asound-cm106 (USB) sound card to work?
I have a USB sound device asound-cm106 which apparently has the cm6206 chipset.
I want to use it because I give the hell up trying to get my built in soundcard to work with my current setup (it was ...
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How do I get my laptop speakers working?
My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7422 running Ubuntu 12.04. The command
cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
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Codec: LSI ID 1040
Codec: Realtek ALC268
My headphones work, ...
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No sound - Ubuntu Mate 21.04 + Chromebook
When I open sound settings, No profile options are listed for "Built-in audio" except for "Off".
Machine is a Acer Chromebook Spin 713 with MrChromeBox coreboot firmware and Ubuntu ...
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Pulseaudio auto-switches devices despite commenting out module-switch-on-port-available
Whenever I plug in my microphone, my computer switches its source and sink to the microphone (the microphone has an aux output), but I don't want it to automatically switch either.
I tried to fix it ...
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Audio is pitched down by 40Hz
i have a weird problem. Whenever I'm lounching Age of Empires 2 Definitiv Edition out of Steam (via Steam Play / Proton) the audio output of my Computer pitched down by 40 Hz (I can tell it's 40, ...
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Sound not working with internal speakers on Legion 7 15IMHg05
Internal speakers are not working. Plugging in an external speaker in the jack works. I also have windows and there it works fine.
Tried most answers from here: Ubuntu 20.04 - No sound
System: Linux ...
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Audio output missing samples: bug or misconfigured? (Ubuntu Studio 18.04, snd_usb_audio)
I'm using a Audient id44 digital audio interface, connected by USB. I see distortion -- missing samples -- in the output. To debug it I output digitally generated sine wave at CD resolution (with ...
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No sound after suspend only on new kernels
Simple, no sound after suspension. Pavucontrol show that everything is exactly the same, so do the logs.
This bug only occurs on kernel version 5.2 or above.
On the side note, HDMI audio doesn't work ...
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Headset Configuration Automatically Changes From High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) to Headset Head Unit(HSP/HFB)
I just installed ubuntu 20.04 and was using Bluetooth headset with it. The sound at first was all right but whenever I change the microphone (input) device to headset the output configuration changes ...
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No sound from analog output after upgrade to Ubuntu 19.04
So I've just updated to 19.04 and my integrated sound card stopped providing the analog output sink, here's pactl output:
~ $ pactl list short sinks
0 alsa_output.usb-...
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HDMI audio "unplugged" when I came back to desktop
Ubuntu recognizes my HDMI audio is unplugged.
If I run command below, then it recognizes "plugged":
xrandr --output HDMI-2 --auto --set "audio" off
xrandr --output HDMI-2 --auto --set "...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Pulseaudio, split front panel jack into separate sink from back panel front jack
My setup is that I have a pair of speakers running of the front panel headphone jack and my 5.1 headphones are plugged into the back panel jacks (front, rear, sub & center) and the motherboard has ...
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Choose whether to output audio from speakers or headphones?
I like to keep my headphones plugged in, then depending on the situation just switch the audio output as needed. I'm easily able to do this in Windows - my headphones and speakers show up as different ...
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Headphone jack not detected
I've been working on this for a while, and I haven't really gotten anywhere.
I have an MSI GS60 Ghost Pro (Skylake), which comes with the Realtek ALC898 chipset for audio.
What's a little strange ...
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Sound problem - no output device detected
I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 and can't make the sound work - have been trying for good ten hours. I am a linux newbie so I will appreciate any help.
This is how my sound settings look like, there is ...
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Ubuntu does not recognize external microphone
Good morning!
On Ubuntu 17.10 my microphone is not found.
My Sound card is ALC295, driver intel-hda, and everything works fine, internal speaker and microphone, except my external microphone. I've ...
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17.10 and GNOME: Change default sound device
How can I change the default sound device?
I have a laptop with a docking station. The dock has built-in SPDIF and analogue outputs but there is never anything connected to them and I still want it ...
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HTC Vive USB Audio not detected
I recently picked up an HTC Vive, which is working (overall) pretty well, except for sound. Pulseaudio refuses to detect the device as a valid sound output:
However, the audio input is detected and ...
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Create audio path between Virtualboxes with snd-aloop
My goal is to send an audio signal from a Virtualbox and record it in a different Virtualbox. Both are running Ubuntu 16.04 and so is the host.
I thought that I could start snd-aloop in the host (...
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No Sound Output at low Volume
Setting my volume to the lowest setting (not muted) produces no sound, but if I increase it up from there it works as expected.
A small, but somewhat annoying issue.
Is there a way to remedy this ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 will not play audio
It clearly detects my sound card, as well as plugging my headphones in and out of the front panel. (The Sound Settings shows the headphones when they're plugged in., and removes the option when they'...