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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Restarting Pulseaudio manually prevents bluetooth audio device recognition by pulseaudio, rendering bluetooth audio defunct until reboot
I asked this question before, but got no answer, this is still an issue as of release 23.04.
I just noted something whilst troubleshooting bluetooth audio on Ubuntu 22.10 on pulseaudio, that ...
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Audio input is broken in Kubuntu 23.04
I've changed to Kubuntu pretty recently, but for some reason it never detected my headphone's microphone, i've tried a lot of things, but i think i broke my GRUB accidentally following a solution i ...
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Audio quirks after pavucontrol install on i3wm
Have been experimenting with i3wm on a Ubuntu 22.04 system.
Installed pavucontrol on i3wm to control sound settings. After moving back to GNOME, adjusting via the Settings menu (Settings->Sound-&...
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Pulseaudio doesn’t start
Pulseaudio is not starting after a Xubuntu release upgrade (22.04).
pulseaudio --check returns nothing
pulseaudio -D starts the deamon and sound is working, but I need to restart my web browser to ...
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problem with alsa
ALSA lib pcm.c:2666:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2666:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2666:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown ...
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Headset mic not getting detected
I am currently on Ubuntu 23.04. I have a headset which has both a microphone and a headphone with a single jack port required. Whenever any application requires an audio input, my default laptop mic ...
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I am getting problem while running some program made by using pyaudio. My microphone system is completely fine for other system
While running program terminal is showing this:
ALSA lib pcm.c:2664:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2664:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA ...
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No sound output from builtin speakers on a new laptop
The laptop computer is:
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG Strix G814JI_G814JI
The sudo lspci reported audio is:
Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 22bd (rev a1)
I know the hardware works because Windows ...
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(K)ubuntu 22.04 - Microphones seem to be muted
I've got a problem with my new computer (Fujitsu Lifebook u7412). I first installed Ubuntu 22.04 and later changed to Kubuntu 22.04. On both, I've got the same issue.
My microphones don't work. All my ...
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Developping software using Google Pixel Buds bluetooth headset
I am currently developping a piece of software that requires a microphone and some way to "click"... that is why I was enthusiastic using Google pixel buds.
I can use the buds microphone ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2LTS HDMI to TV [almost] No Sound
I recently installed 22.04.2, dual boot with Windows 10 on my laptop [HP 250 G6 Notebook, I5 2,5Ghz, 8GB RAM] - HDMI connection to a Samsung TV. This works fine with Windows but not Ubuntu. I've tried ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 loading ALSA source in PulseAudio fails on startup but works after restarting PulseAudio
I am trying to set my default source to be a virtual dsnoop device (dmic_sv) defined in ~/.asoundrc, and I have added to ~/.config/pulse/default.pa the following lines:
# Tried placing the line below ...
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No audio on Ubuntu 23.04 fresh install
I have just installed ubuntu 23.04 on my hp 15 fc00xx laptop. The sound would not work at all, there is only 'Dummy Output' in the settings. I have read about 100 posts and have tried everything. But ...
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Huawei D16 r5 no sound 22.04 LTS
I'm new in Ubuntu Linux and I have a big problem. After I installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my Huawei matebook D16 r5, I don't get any sound in my computer.
I just tried all things that I found on ...
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Built-in microphone not detected on Ubuntu 22.04 Alienware m17
I cannot use my built-in microphone since it seems to be not detected by the system. Here is a screenshot of the
sound tab from the settings panel: the "Input Device" control is disabled.
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Ubuntu 23.04 Headphone Microphone is not recognized
I have a MONSTER TULPAR T7 V20.5 laptop(a foreign brand). I have Ubuntu 23.04 installed with the kernel version of 6.2.0-20-generic x86_64.
The problem I am having is that my headphone microphone is ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 jammy run script on resume
When i wake my laptop from sleep the sound doesn't work but pulseaudio --kill && pulseaudio --start fixes it. I want to run this as a wake up script. A good search reveals that the trick is to ...
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Recording Audacity Output
In Audacity, I'm selecting a short segment of audio and looping it for playback by holding down the shift key. Works great, and I love Audacity's fine-tuned selection and looping features. However, I ...
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JACK Audio Connection Kit with Surround Sound
I'm using Ubuntu Studio 22.04.2 LTS (64 bit version).
Also, I always use JACK Audio Connection Kit 1.9.20.
Also, I use JAMin, as a real time audio dynamic processor (to get the best high level against ...
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Unable to install a volume control for ALSA
On my Ubuntu 22.04.2 + XFCE4, Today I have uninstalled pulseaudio and pavucontrol.
I´m interested into leave ALSA audio as the default audio API/server/manager, but I need to install a desktop gui ...
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Automatically input text ( sript ) when the terminal open
I have script to mute sound:
pactl set-sink-mute 0 true
Tt's working if I run directly in terminal but if I make file.sh or run in crontab:
* * * * * pactl set-sink-mute 0 true
I get error.
Is there ...
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SPDIF/TOSLINK/optical audio output missing after upgrading from 22.10 to 23.04
After GUI-upgrading from Xubuntu 22.10 to 23.04 I had a nightmare of a time getting various issues fixed, principally caused by imbalanced packages (mainly exo). In doing so I also purged my nvidia ...
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Audio Drivers that avoid "audio cutoff" or overwrite external audio hub (22.04 LTS)
Premis
Question structured as follows: Premis, Problem, Question, Attempts.
My PC:
Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4
AMD Ryzen 5 5600x (Zen3)
Palit Dual GeForce RTX 3060Ti 8GB
MX500 1TB (...
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pavucontrol rapidly switching profile in configuration tab
Been having audio troubles since reinstalling linux. Installed pipewire and pavucontrol. In pavucontrol I noticed my headphone output in the config tab rapidly switches betweeen "pro audio" ,...
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Logitech Brio 4K no microphone sound in Ubuntu 23.04
I have bought a Logitech Brio 4K camera which is running fine out of the box as a webcam but I can't get the microphone to work reliably. I'm on Ubuntu 23.04 and the camera is plugged using an USB ...
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Pipewire on Ubuntu (20.04) playing audio on both speaker and headphone port
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04, albeit with some changes to the regular distribution. I installed the minimal Ubuntu server and then got what I wanted from some repositories. For example, I got the Kubuntu ...
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No audio Dell XPS 9730, while the audio works just fine in the live USB Kubundu 22.04
When using the live USB, it works just fine.
Outputs for the live USB:
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ inxi -xA
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Dell driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
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Audio not Working in Kubuntu (pulseaudio
I was checking out top and I saw that pulseaudio is taking too much ram. I tried to kill the process, and now it wouldn't start again. When I try to start it, it just gives me this error at the end:
[...
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Headset microphone not working on Ubuntu 23.04 with ALC897
i have a single 3.5mm audio jack at the front, which i connect mobile headphone with microphone support. i can use both rear speaker and front headphone yet cannot activate microphone.
system info:
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USB audio device not working because error in samping rate
I have a problem with my USB audio device (Fiio BTR5) not outputting sound. I used to make it work but now it stops working. After some inspection, I found the problem is that, I specified the ...
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No sound from speakers on ASUS Zenbook UX3402ZA_Q409ZA
I installed Ubuntu 23.04 on my ASUS Zenbook UX3402ZA_Q409ZA. I am able to hear sound when the headphones are connected however the internal speakers do not output sound when nothing is connected to ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - No sound from frontal case jack AUX
I already see all similar post around the web without finding a working solution.
I am in this situation:
Dual boot: Windows 11 - Ubuntu 22.04 (audio works normal in Windows 11)
HW infos:
MB: MAG ...
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mic from headset combo still shows plugged in after I unplugged it
The problem with that is it wont accept another mic input from my 3.5mm audio jack.
The speakers from same headset works as expected. When plugged in the output is switched to headset automatically ...
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Bluetooth is connected to the Headset but Sound output is through the speakers
I am new user of ubuntu,
I was trying to manually reinstall bluetooth services as headset sound used to stop for 2-3 second every 10-20 min;
I used the following command
$ sudo apt-get purge blueman ...
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Dell XPS 17 9730 No sound, only dummy output
I can't get the sound on my Dell XPS 17 9730 to work. It's stuck on dummy output. The sound controller is an Intel Corporation Device 51ca. Alsa mixer lists it as sof-hda-dsp. I'm using Ubuntu 23.04
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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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