Questions tagged [pulseaudio]
Questions related to PulseAudio, the default sound server in Ubuntu, which manages all audio devices like internal and external sound cards (and therefore all speakers, microphones, headsets, etc.) through its ALSA backend.
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Get rid of lingering file found with `lsof +L1`
Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Hi,
I had a large database file that filled up my disk space and I deleted it with rm big-file.
Then when I wanted to install something (the CLion backend via SSH) I got the prompt ...
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Weird volume sliders on startup [duplicate]
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04, I have a Razer Barracuda X headset working fine. The usb receiver is always connected, when I start my computer this weird thing displays:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q8SNJ.jpg
if I ...
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Sound Not Working on Ubuntu 22.04 but working in Windows
Here are the outputs to some commands:
aplay -l: aplay: device_list:274: no soundcards found...
lspci -v: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake-U v1 4c Host Bridge/DRAM Controller (rev 0c)...
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22.04 audio input/output and volume control issues
I recently started over with a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04, after having some issues with updating to 23.04, as both 22.10 and 23.04 come with pipewire by default, which my sound card does not play ...
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No headphones audio on Ubuntu 20.04
I have an old PC running Ubuntu 20.04.1 with no sound through the headphones. I'm not sure if there's a problem with the speaker output because I currently don't have working speakers to test it.
I've ...
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Can't switch audio output to built-in speakers on Ubuntu laptop (headphone jack plug broken and stuck)
I was using headphones with my laptop (running Ubuntu 22.04), the cable broke and small part of the connector stayed stuck inside the jack plug. I'm having trouble switching the audio output to my ...
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Ubuntu laptop no sound issue (no speakers and no headphones)
I recently got a new laptop (XMG Pro 17), set up for dual boot with Windows 11 and Ubuntu (23.04 STS). In windows everything is working as expected. However in Ubuntu absolutely no sound, not on ...
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No HFP audio after upgrade from 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04
since I upgraded to 22.04 I haven't been able to configure bluetooth speakers as microphone+speaker for video calls and other.
I can use them as hi-fi speakers, but when I try to configure them as &...
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Ubuntu sound control menu is not working after upgrading to Ubuntu 23.04
As you can see on the screenshot the sound menu of the Ubuntu settings is always empty, and I am not able to change any sound source or volume, etc.
Meanwhile when I execute inxi -Fxz, my audio ...
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Shell script works manually but doesn't work correctly in Crontab
I have a Python script to record audio/video using the "subprocess" module to execute ffmpeg commands, as follows:
def kill_ffmpeg_process(args):
for proc in psutil.process_iter(['pid', '...
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Ubuntu Microphone not detected
I recently installed an Ubuntu alongside Windows via DualBoot. At the beginning everything was fine and my Ubuntu had no problem. Recently, however, my headset microphone is no longer recognized and I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 alsamixer/pulseaudio issues
I recently started over with a fresh install of Ubuntu (Cinnamon) 22.04, after having some issues with updating to 23.04, as both 22.10 and 23.04 come with pipewire by default, which my sound card ...
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Problem with Jack Audio Server
I use Ubuntu-Studio 22-04-2 LTS (64 bit machine), with Jack Audio Connections Kit to handle all the internal and external audio used in the PC.
I don't know why but, since the last system upgrading (2 ...
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Setting audio output level fails within tmux
I am following this question to set my volume levels from the command line. I need to be able to set the volume from within a tmux session (actually from a node process running in tmux).
When I run ...
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After Ubuntu installation There was no sound output at all & my build-in speakers aren't recognized on 22.04
i have tired the following steps :
Step 1 – Update System Packages
Step 2 – Install Pulse and Alsa Audio Drivers
Step 3 – Reload the Alsa Driver
but on step 2 , it took too long and the code didn't ...
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Why won't my laptop speakers work Ubuntu 22.04.2?
I am unfamiliar with how to troubleshoot audio, however, I can tell you the following:
My headphone jack works, audio goes through
The "output device" under Settings->Sound is listed as &...
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Mic is not working when connected to SB Audigy 1550 RX sound card
My mic is not working on Ubuntu 22.04 when connected to a SB Audigy 1550 RX sound card. I've checked alsamixer but I have no clue what these volume bars mean. I have tried turning up the "Amic&...
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persistant loss of sound ("dummy output") after upgrade to 22.04 and 22.10
I've sunk about 4 hours so far on this and tried all the common solution that have worked for others. I first lost my sound on upgrade to 22.04 and it's still not come back after upgrading to 22.10.
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Applications headbar is acting weird and changing color
Recently a few of my applications got their top bars acting weird. I thought that it only happened to my terminal, but turned out there were more. GNOME Terminal, LibreOffice, Task Manager, and ...
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Cracking and crackling sound when starting PulseEffects(-service)
Currently on Kubuntu 22.10 and KDE Plasma 5.25.5. Today I installed PulseEffects and after opening it my sound starts to crackling around like hell(when I doing like no tasks it suddenly stops, after ...
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Ubuntu 22.04LTS - Computer makes weird high pitch sound
So I installed Ubuntu on my system and when I am playing music after a while my speakers are making a weird high pitch sound. I tried pulseaudio -k and pulseaudio --start and the high pitch sound ...
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How to automatically switch to HFP protocol after connecting to my Airpods?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS.
When I connect my Airpods and try to use a conference application like Zoom, Teams or any tool of that sort, I always have to manually switch from High Fidelity Playback (...
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No Audio Ubuntu 22.10
Just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.10 on my Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (model Q409ZA) but I have no audio. I followed a guide on installing pipewire, but that did not work. I saw some other questions ...
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Jack port not detected in Dell Inspiron 15 3000
I recently installed Ubuntu on my laptop, but I can't connect headphones. I tried to reinstall pulseaudio, but it didn't work, It just doesn't show the jack port on configurations, on pulseaudio ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 not recognizing connected Bluetooth headphones as audio device
My JBL Tour One Bluetooth headphones connect to my laptop but are not recognized as an audio device. I have reinstalled all audio packages, tried pulseaudio and blueman and sudo systemctl restart ...
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Sound works as root but no sound as www-data
I'm trying to play a .wav file on my server (which is an old laptop with Ubuntu server installed) through a website using a shell script.
Now the problem is that when I play the .wav file through ...
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How does one change to TV audio output automatically after connecting to HDMI?
I am using Ubuntu 22.04, and every time I connect to my TV through HDMI, I have to manually select the TV to be my sound output. Is there any way for me to automate that?
Headphone pairing ...
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Broken HDMI Sound
12:35:09 pulseaudio: Failed to load module "module-alsa-card" (argument: "device_id="0" name="pci-0000_00_09.2" card_name="alsa_card.pci-0000_00_09.2" ...
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Can't for the life of me get internal speakers working (2017 Intel i5 MacBook)
I've tried running Fedora 38, Nobara 37, Kubuntu 22.10 and now Ubuntu 22.10 on my 2017 Macbook (Intel i5). In all cases, internal speakers simply will not work. Wired and Bluetooth audio work fine. ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Web audio suddenly extremely low for some sites
Recently the audio from some websites on my Ubuntu 22.04 desktop is barely audible. This happens only on my sites but not others, but happens on both Chrome and Firefox.
It even happens for different ...
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pulseaudio won't detect headphone unless restarted
My computer is a desktop with an MSI B450m mobo. It's connected to a display via HDMI, which is also used as the main speaker. If I plug the headphone to the audio jack, I want it to switch to the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Pulseaudio not seeing my connected headphones
Common issue, but nothing I have found has worked (see below)
I can connect the headphones instantly, but, I never get the "Bluetooth connected" voice in my ear, so it may not be a proper ...
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How can I fix the problem of the external earphone mic or external mic not working in Ubuntu 22.10 while the external earphone speakers are working?
"I have tried several solutions, including:
Ubuntu 22.04 does not recognize my microphone's headset when plugging in, just audio
https://candid.technology/ubuntu-microphone-not-working/
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Linux Internal Mic Is Not Working
My internal mic is not working jack mic and usb mic all work fine.
When I try to use my internal mic I just hear static.
I have tried changing the volume to see that would help but all that does is ...
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Restarting Pulseaudio manually completely prevents bluetooth audio device recognition by pulseaudio, rendering bluetooth audio defunct until reboot
I just noted something whilst troubleshooting bluetooth audio on Ubuntu 22.10 on pulseaudio, that restarting pulseaudio is not equivalent to a reboot of the system and that a manual restart of ...
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PipeWire no sound on TV via HDMI
On Ubuntu 22.10 I have a strange bug for sound on HDMI, the sound is working fine on my LG monitor plugged via HDMI but not on my Continental Edison TV (HDMI as well).
So I tried with a live CD of ...
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Audio playback issues and GUI programs crashing randomly
I'm having some issues with audio playback and program crashes on Ubuntu 22.04, Pulse Audio.
I've uninstalled some random stuff that I have installed recently off of my disk (some
python stuff and ...
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Headset shows as audio card but I can't use it
Linux noob here spent 3 hours yesterday and another 2 today trying to figure this out.
After a restart my Corsair USB headset doesn't show up on the audio settings, but does show up in the ALSAmixer ...
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How to connect to pulseaudio server from service
I'm developing a simple app to duck audio automatically using the pulsectl-asyncio library.
I've developed the application in Python with a virtual environment, and when I run the script from the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 not Recognizing Bluetooth headphones as audio device
My JBL Tour One headphones can connect to my laptop but will not show up as an audio device. Sometimes I can get them to show up after factory resetting them, but i'ts not reliable. This is the output ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS headphone and microphone not working at the same time
In my desktop my headphone is connected with wire with following devices.
My problem is during a meeting when I select input device as Microphone - Built-in Audio I can not hear any sound but people ...
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No sound through HDMI after update
I have a laptop connected to a TV via HDMI. Initially the sound did not work, and I had to modify something in a file somewhere to get it to work. Clearly a highly descriptive recollection of events ...
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Dummy output issue in Ubuntu 22.04, now showing HDMI / Display Port as output device. No Sound, no mic [closed]
after I switched off on my system last night with perfectly working audio, when I started it u p, I got the dummy output issue. After trying out the variety of solutions available online, nothing ...
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Pipewire pulse isn't running properly
When I first log on to my computer, no audio output device is detected. When I run pipewire-pulse in the terminal it gives this output
[W][00099.552106] mod.rt | [ module-rt.c: 297 ...
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Crackling/clicking sound while recording audio Ubuntu 20.04
I record audio using USB microphones. In all the recorded audio from all the microphones, there is a crackling/clicking sound. It's not continuous though. I changed the cable, tried different USB hubs ...
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How to stream system sounds to Android device in Ubuntu 22.04?
My desktop speaker is dead and I want to listen to sounds using my phone over Bluetooth or shared Wi-Fi. How could it be done? There are similar questions but too old and mostly not working.
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Displays' sound output not appearing since the latest software update
I had a software update popup a couple of days ago, installed everything and can't choose either of my 2 displays as the sound output device. It doesn't appear at all. There's only Line out (which is ...
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HDMI on AMD video card doesn't work with sound on Ubuntu 22.10
Hello today I just booted up my pc normally and the sound output is dummy output, I even reinstalled my whole OS because of that and it didn't work. This is the logs that come up during startup:
18:52:...
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Upgrade Kernel 5.19.0-35-generic [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-Series] not detected anymore
I am on Kubuntu 22.10. After upgrading to 5.19.0.35 (the other day) the system doesn't detect the sound card any more
I can see the soundcard at Device-2:
$ inxi -A
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series ...
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how to force SBC codec on A2DP profile on ubuntu 22.04 bluetooth audio?
my headphones always chop audio when reconnecting. and always work normally on the first pairing connection. i've tested this several times. i've tried this but it didn't work. using pavucontrol, i ...
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