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I have recently installed 12.04, but the sound is not working from both internal speakers, and from headphones when I connect them.

I have followed the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems to no avail and submitted a bug report. I've also tried running alsamixer and unmuting a few more things, but that didn't work.

I've tried to upgrade alsa sound drivers by running:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-alsa-driver-modules-$(uname -r)

however on the last command:

$ sudo apt-get install linux-alsa-driver-modules-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-alsa-driver-modules-3.2.0-24-generic-pae
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-alsa-driver-modules-3.2.0-24-generic-pae'

What should I do to try get sound functioning?

It might be worth noting that 10.04 previously ran on this machine with no sound problems.

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  • tried changing the devices to correct option?
    – Vineet Menon
    Commented May 8, 2012 at 6:24
  • @VineetMenon yeah, I have.
    – oadams
    Commented May 8, 2012 at 9:01
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    If you type pulseaudio into your terminal do you get this message ? E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
    – bibismcbryde
    Commented May 9, 2012 at 3:32
  • Install Gnome alsa Mixer. Set the master control to its Maximum. Check your hardware too. Look at this also - askubuntu.com/questions/24722/no-sound-after-boot
    – Curious Apprentice
    Commented May 9, 2012 at 3:38
  • yes, I do get that message.
    – oadams
    Commented May 9, 2012 at 3:53

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Reset to default
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What solved this problem in my case was posted over at the Ubuntu Forums.

Append /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf with the following line:

options snd-hda-intel model=generic

Then restart your Ubuntu system.

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  • I had a similar problem. I tried changing the alsa-base.conf file, but with no luck. What did work for me was adding snd-hda-intel to the end of the etc/modules file, as recommended here: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1961136
    – Keidax
    Commented Sep 23, 2012 at 21:14
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Just delete / rename the hidden file and folder .pulse and .pulse-cookie and then reboot.

If that doesn't work, try to install the package pavucontrol

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  • Unfortunately that didn't work. pavucontrol is also already installed and running that and changing settings didn't work :(
    – oadams
    Commented May 9, 2012 at 2:58
  • This one worked for me, but my sound stopped working after some sectors of my hard disk (/home partition) were recovered.
    – Alberto de Paola
    Commented Aug 5, 2012 at 23:49

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