I'm new to Linux, been using it for less than a year. Loving it so much, accept of the fact that I have no sound on my laptop.
It seems to be a known bug concerning Intel sound card and Pulseaudio. Had it on previous version - Xubuntu 16.04, and tried to use the patch, but it's a bit too complex for me. Was kind of hoping that the new Xubuntu LTS version will fix this, but nothing happens.
As I've said - there is no sound whatsoever. The sound icon on the panel is gray, and when I open it - the mute box is checked, and I cannot UN-check it. Also, when I try to open PulseAudio Volume Control (from the Multimedia menu) it says Establishing connection to Pulseaudio. Please wait... - and nothing happens.
Here are my System Info
Host: neumatta Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
Distro: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Machine: Device: laptop System: ASUSTeK product: E200HA v: 1.0 serial: N/A
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: E200HA v: 1.0 serial: N/A
UEFI: American Megatrends v: E200HA.207 date: 02/01/2016
CPU: Quad core Intel Atom x5-Z8300 (-MCP-) speed/max: 480/1840 MHz
Audio: Card Intel HDMI/DP LPE Audio driver: HdmiLpeAudio Sound: ALSA v: k4.15.0-20-generic
Any help is more than welcomed. But do have in mind I need step-by-step help :)
Thanks in advance!
pulseaudio --start
in a terminal?lspci -nnk | awk -v n='[0403]' 'p&&/^\S/{p=0}!p{p=index($0,n)}p'
,aplay -l
, andpactl list short sinks
? Please also make sure that the relevant audio channels inalsamixer
(terminal) orgnome-alsamixer
(GUI) have their volume turned up and aren’t muted. Thanks.