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12.04 LTS with HP2510p software buttons stops working

I'm using 12.04 LTS from long time, and everything has worked fine! But since few weeks the software buttons stops to operate under ubuntu. WIFi, mute, volume..... harware is ok, they function, but ...
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Sound is muted on start up [duplicate]

System sound is muted by default after startup even if I didn't set it muted before shutting down. I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 x64 bit in my HP Pavilion G6. How do I track this problem? How this can be ...
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Issue with mute button UK Dell keyboard with music controls

My Dell keyboard has a music type controls (volume, mute, etc...), the mute button has cause me problems. Tried various tricks/tweaks fromn this forum, in the end I re-installed, as had to fix ...
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Using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS no sound in select apps

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and for some reason I get no sound whatsoever in a few programs. VLC, Hydrogen, GNOME MPlayer, and Movie Player work fine, but Banshee, Rythmbox, Chromium, Konquerer and ...
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LED Touch Buttons, Touchpad toggle not working in Toshiba Qosmio F60

I am unable to toggle wireless on/off, mute/unmute, play/pause using LED keys on my Toshiba Qosmio F60. Currently I need to enable WiFi/Bluetooth from Windows for it to work. Fn+F8 toggle works as ...
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is it a bug in lightdm

When I mute the audio volume in lightdm, then log in, I have no audio in my logged in session. if I uncheck the mute check-box, the volume remains muted. The only way I can restore sound is to unmute ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 indicator-sound shows as mute (three hyphens

I kind of have a problem. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and my sound seems to be fine. I can play videos etc. The trouble I have is the indicator-sound applet shows as a speaker with three hyphens as if ...
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audio problems wont unmute

I tried to install Pulseaudio. I installed but I was unable to find the control panel. Had to remove it now my un-mute F key no longer un-mutes I have to use mouse to un-tick the mute box to un-mute. ...
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Sound Not Working Until Manually Enabled/Disabled

Alright, so I'm running Xubuntu 12.10, and whenever I close the lid to my laptop, or turn it off, I have to go into my sound settings-> Configuration-> then manually switch it from Analog Stereo, to a ...
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How do I automatically mute/unmute sound during a certain time period (e.g. night)?

Is there an app to mute the computer say 10PM to 7:30AM? (On Android devices I use: phone silencer app )
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Mute Light doesn't work as expected on HP dv5-2115br running 12.04 LTS

The dv5-2115br (2011) model comes with a LED in F11/Mute key which changes between "on" or "off" depending of muting state. For Mute is expected the LED on (it's orange), and led off when there's any ...
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Mute not working

I am having trouble with mute. Ever since I upgraded to 12.10, if I have the system muted the sound will automatically unmute if an application that uses sound starts playing something (mp3, video, ...
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Only root see soundcards with aplay -l

First of all I must warn you that I come from a failed upgrading from Ubuntu 11 to 12.04. Because (i guess) I used wdm instead of gdm. Infact wdm automatically closed during the upgrading and, ...
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12.04 sound keeps auto-muting when idle

I just installed 12.04 on an HP8510W. Everything works fine except for one weird behavior which I have noticed. When ever there is no audio playing, the audio mute indicator on the laptop is on. As ...
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Keyboard shortcut to toggle USB mic mute

I came across this question: keyboard shortcut/command to mute/unmute microphone and it answers my question if the mic I was using was an aux mic, so I know I'm on the right track, but I have a bunch ...
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Muted Boot on 10.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to boot muted? Is there any way to set it, so the system is muted upon boot, to avoid making noise in libraries or lectures? I have 10.04 LTS. I know this is ...
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Can't un-mute Toshiba A-305 S6916

The Toshiba Satellite A-305 S6916 laptop has six semi-touch buttons above the keyboard. The 'buttons' are capacitative touch areas which toggle on and off. They are back-lit when on, dark when off. ...
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Lenovo Z560 volume mute/unmute button always blinks while on battery. How do I stop that?

The Lenovo Z560 Ideapad has a row of 4 led buttons in the top right corner of the keyboard. The button on the left end of this group is the speaker mute/unmute button. Usually, this light is either ...
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How to make my microphone unmuted on startup?

Every time I boot the microphone is muted. I want it to be unmuted instead. Of course I can do it by 6 easy steps every time: press sound icon in the upper right of the screen. press "Sound ...
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Why does laptop's mute button keep blinking and ticking if I open certain websites in Chrome?

This is a very strange problem! I am using HP dv6000 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04. Since last few days if I open certain websites in Chrome (e.g. Gmail, Youtube, etc.) the mute button led keeps blinking ...
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Fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 via Wubi, no sound. Any help?

As the title says, I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop using wubi, and I have no sound. $ pavucontrol shows sound playing, but nothing is coming out through speakers or headphones. You can ...
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Speaker doesn't mute when head phone is plugged

Ubuntu 12.04 HP dv7-3170 with Codec: IDT 92HD75B3X5 i solved this problem by adding the following line to alsa-base.conf options snd-hda-intel model=hp-dv5 enable_msi=1 yesterday after applying ...
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Lenovo Mute LED Button Not Working

The LED light that turns on when I press the mute button on or off, respectively, does not turn on in Ubuntu, yet turns on in Xubuntu. If anyone has any knowledge or help please lemme know! Btw, this ...
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JackD mutes PulseAudio

I use rakarrack for guitar effects and I want to listen mp3 playback (Banshee etc.) and midi (Tuxguitar etc.). But when I start rakarack it starts JACK and JACK mutes all other sound sources except ...
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How to add mute/unmute for the sound menu in gnome shell?

The sound menu in gnome shell have no mute/unmute option. so if the sound is muted i have to open Sound Settings and unmute it,unlike unity i,e, i want to add a mute/Unmute button to gnome shell ...
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Why is sound changed muted on 11.10 startup?

Sound is always muted at startup that is after the login. I have to unmute it every time. How can i fix this sound mute problem which occurs at the startup? BTW, I am using HP Mini.
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How do I stop automatically unmuting when playing a Youtube Video? [closed]

Ubuntu 11.10 automatically unmutes when I play a Youtube video. It might be a general flash problem. How do I configure the sound to never be modified by programs unless I control it do to so?
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Sound muted when headphones are connected in 11.10

I'm using an hp dv4 running ubuntu 11.10. The sound is fine when the speaker is on and the volume control works fine too. But when i plug in the headphones, the sound gets muted. Even if i change the ...
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How do you mute from the command line?

How do you mute the sound system from the command line?