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Sound Menu options are disabled
Accidentally I have removed the pulse audio from my Ubuntu 12.04. But after that I am unable to use the sound applet options of changing output, input volumes and unable to test the output speakers. ...
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not able to change volume in ubuntu 12.04
I am using Ubuntu 12.04
I am unable to change volume and the devices are not shown in sound setting in root ,
but in guest session ,it is working well.
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Sound turns of even if the volume bar is not at zero
I have Ubuntu on a laptop, when i lower the volume it lowers the sound to a certain point where it just turns of, even though the volume bar is not at 0%, more like 10-20%.
This means that i can not ...
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Where did the volume slider go? [closed]
i upgraded to 12.10 2 days ago and that time the volume slider in the sounds menu was perfectly present!
but the lst time i switched on the laptop,now its gone!
only "Volume" can be seen written!
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Sound works but no device shown in the Sound settings
Following a troubleshooting post I've found out that my driver is recognized in fact but is not listed at the sound settings and I think because of this my cinnamon sound applet will not appear. ...
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Volume level changes by itself [closed]
My volume level changes all by itself,without me touching physical buttons or the indicator or something at all.
It usually decreases the volume every 30 seconds or so,but sometimes it mutes it ...
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How do I reinstall the sound icon / sound menu?
I was trying to fix a problem a long time ago with my sound by removing alsa/puleaudio and reinstalling things that I didn't understand.
Now my sound is messed up. The volume keys on my keyboard ...
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How to make popup volume bar linear instead of pixely box?
I used to have a nice sleek-looking linear popup volume slider bar like this:
Now I have a pixelly volume slider box whenever I change the volume on my keyboard:
How do I change my pop-up ...
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1answer
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Sound settings panel empty on 12.04
After trying to fix my subwoofer problem sound indicator icon is always showing dashes and Sound Settings panel is empty (no audio profiles available, screen attached). Strange that the sound itself ...
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Sound is muted on startup with iBook G4 PPC
I have Ubuntu 12.04 running on a iBook G4 PPC. Every time I restart my sound is muted, how do I make it so the sound is automatically on.
Sound does work, after bootup I can manually un-mute it
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2answers
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how to silently adjust system volume?
I am using 12.04 LTS. Is there a way to properly disable that feedback sound when you are adjusting the volume? I would like to adjust the volume on my system without producing those "pops".
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3answers
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How to switch 'default' sound device controlled by hardware keys in Xubuntu?
I installed xubuntu-desktop on a 12.04 Ubuntu upgrade after finding Gnome3 lacking. I've mostly been happy, but I've found an odd and frustrating bug. My laptop has two sound 'outputs' - an HDMI-out ...
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What is the 'Sound Settings' program's name in Ubuntu
I use Xubuntu.
Recently I removed all Ubuntu/Unity related packages in the hope to have a more responsive and less cluttered system.
Before I removed Ubuntu/Unity packages following using this ...
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1answer
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Terminal command to set audio volume?
I have an external sound card which mostly works fine, except that when its first plugged in, or when I turn on my laptop, the volume gets set to 100%. That is, the overall system volume, as shown in ...
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1answer
403 views
Sound broken after installing updates - no hardware present, but some programs play sound [closed]
My problem: sound has been working great for 2-3 months until 2 days ago, when I installed some recommended updates. After reboot I've got the following issues:
cannot control master volume through ...
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2answers
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11.10 desktop alerts (volume change and terminal bell) stopped working but all other audio still works
All,
My sound works just fine in 11.10 64-bit install on HP dm1-4050 Sandy Bridge notebook (e.g. audio works in Banshee, flash, games, browser, Thunderbird email notification, etc.), but the core ...
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1answer
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Volume icon missing after removing (and re-installing) pulseaudio
I reinstalled PulseAdio beacause I my indicator-sound just disappeared, but it didn't help.
Strangely, I have installed indicator-sound and still don't have that sound control. Nay, I don't even ...
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No sound alerts for system events
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Inspiron N5030.
Initially there were login sounds and all. But after some updates and software installation, now I'm not getting any alert sounds. However I get ...
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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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0answers
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How do I reinstall my sound system? [closed]
How can I re-install sounds, it was working very fine. I tried fix an wine sound problem. but I broke my sound on Ubuntu. indicator-sound doesn't appear
Linux alz3abi-linux 2.6.39-0-generic-pae ...
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3answers
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Volume applet in the tray has gone. How can I get it back?
Ok, so I installed KDE on my Ubuntu 11.04 laptop. It worked ok, but I wanted to change back, and free up the space, so (having kept unity etc. installed), just rebooted into what GDM calls "Ubuntu". ...
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3answers
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Why can the volume go higher than 100%?
How come the maximum volume on the sound menu isn't actually the maximum volume possible?
If I select "Sound Preferences..." and look at the volume slider in the window, it can go quite a bit higher. ...
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How do I quit Banshee?
When I press the X button in Banshee's title bar, it hides, but the music continues playing. However, from time to time I need to quit Banshee completely. How can I do that? (pressing "close" from the ...
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2answers
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“Waiting for Sound System to respond.” error dialog
I'm having a nasty problem with the Sound Menu on my Ubuntu 10.10 Installation.
What happens is that the sound control icon is blocked, and I can't control the master volume.
If I try to get to the ...
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2answers
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Sound Volume after boot always at loudest level
I installed 10.04 a couple of weeks ago. My primary OS is Windows and i could not install Linux up until very recently because of lack of hardware support for my notebook.
10.04 is the only ...
