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Subwoofer is not working in Dell Inspiron 660 with Ubuntu 12.10

I've a "Dell Inspiron 660" desktop PC with Ubuntu 12.10 and Subwoofer is not working. This is the Audio device that have: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family ...
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Do I need any extra drivers for the Realtek waves maxx audio on my Dell XPS 17?

I have a Dell XPS 17(3D) laptop. It has JBL speakers and a subwoofer too. It came windows pre-installed but I have Linux now in it. The problem is in windows I had Realtek waves maxx audio in it for ...
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Headphones don't work on Dell Studio XPS 16 with Ubuntu 12.10

I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell Studio XPS 16 and the headphone jack isn't working. The internal speakers work fine. I have tried a lot of suggestions from different posts, but none of them work.
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Low volume/headphone quality sound on Optiplex 755 with Ubuntu 12.04

I set up my Optiplex 755 SFF with Ubuntu 12.04. I moved from Gentoo just yesterday, and I know I can get good quality sound from my hardware. But on Ubuntu 12.04, I have an audio problem. The issue ...
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How to activate subwoofer in Inspiron 17r?

I have a Dell Inspiron 17r, after a fresh install of 12.10, the subwoofer seems to be not utilized. No sound comes from it and in the Sound Control Panel the settings appear grayed out (see ...
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Ubuntu and surround sound

I'm trying to connect my Logitech x.530 to my Dell studio 1558 and get 5.1 sound. I have 3 jacks and on Windows, I automatically could switch between line in and mic. Which means I could get 5.1 ...
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12.04 dell 14z inspiron 5423 ultrabook sound (noise)

I've just installed 12.04 on my new inspiron 14z and since the systems starts loading a white noise begin to sound. When i play any song or music from internet, it works fine, but the noise continues. ...
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No sound or sound card not detected in Dell Precision WorkStation T7400

I have got Ubuntu 10.04 Server Edition running on a Dell Precision T7400 Workstation with an Intel Sound card Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] and I am trying to get the ...
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Little sound comes out of my audio output jack.

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Inspiron 17r. I believe this is a known bug,"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/994685", but I may be wrong. Any help is appreciated.
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recording sound on 12.04 LTS

I am attempting to use the microphone port to send sound from a mixer out to ustream. My problem seems that the drivers are not working correctly. The machine can play sound just fine and everything ...
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Speakers are not working after upgrading to 12.04

The day before yesterday I upgraded my OS from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04. And I was able to hear sound from my "DELL VOSTRO - 3400" Laptop for 24 hours only. But after that sound is coming through the ...
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Headphone jack not working?

I have a Dell Studio XPS 1647 and headphones do not work (though , internal speakers work like a charm) , I have dual boot Windows 7 and headphones work perfectly fine ... I also tried -adding in ...
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No sound on Dell Inspiron 6400n

After a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Inspiron 6400n Laptop there is no sound on any application I use apart from the log in screen ready noise. If I click on the speaker icon on the top ...
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Poor sound quality on a Dell XPS 15 (L502x)

I have a problem with my sound on my Dell XPS 15. First, when I had Windows 7, my sound was pretty good (I have a JBL 2.1 speaker system with Waves Maxx audio), but since I installed Ubuntu 12.04 it ...
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Audio doesn't work on a Dell Vostro 3550 laptop

I have installed ubuntu 10.4.3 on dell vostro 3550 laptop. I have installed all files related to audio but audio is not working on this laptop.
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Cannot use both headphone ports on Dell XPS L502X at the same time

I am having a problem in Ubuntu 11.10 using both of the headphone ports on my Dell. This may or may not apply to other computers as well. Basically, there is a normal headphone jack next to an ...
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Sigmatel sound card not working on an Dell XPS m2010

I've installed Ubuntu 11.4 on my dell xps m2010 using wubi. Then booted up and could not connect to the Internet using 3three huawei e122 usb mobile broadband (I would like this to work also). ...
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Internal mic is not working on a Dell Studio 1558

I made upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 to Ubuntu 11.04 (amd64 version) at my DELL Studio 1558 notebook. After that internal mic is not working (at previous version all was ok). But external microphone, ...
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How can one reinstall sound drivers?

My machine shut down unexpectedly today (laptop battery is crap) and when I rebooted it I lost all sound. I tried to go to Preferences->Sound but it just opens a little window saying "waiting for ...