Apt-get install alsamixer

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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Ubuntu Asked 8 years, 8 months ago. Active 4 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 34k times. Improve this question. Try to delete asound. Radu I do not have a asound. Those Unknown symbol errors indicate that you have installed drivers that do not match your kernel.

Radu Wow man this is a coincidence, I joined here actually to thank you for your guide on installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 8 but didn't have enough rep to comment! So, thanks! Show 6 more comments.

Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. I updated my question with the results. I just installed Linux Mint I checked the sounds settings to be sure nothing was muted and i can't even change my output device. There's also nothing in the output profile that works. I hope someone can help me fix this Re: Fresh install, no sound Post by Sir Charles » Sun Jan 28, am Open a terminal an run the following to reinstall some audio-related packages, when prompted type in your password.

Code: Select all sudo apt-get install alsamixer. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. For your settings, see the ALSA sound card matrix details for your soundcard! If everything worked out correctly, you can now use your sound card!

So, first of all, adjust your soundcards volume levels. All mixer channels are muted by default. You must use a native mixer program to unmute appropriate channels, e. Note : Some soundcards don't utilise the alsamixer program so you will need to learn how to use the amixer program. Unmute the 'Master' and 'PCM' levels and pull them up, also look for a "Headphone" slider, and if it exists pull that up as well - if everything worked out, you should be able to playback music now.

If not, check out the 'Troubleshooting' section. Some special problems are listed here: If playback still doesn't work after installation and programs give errors like 'Can't open default sound device!

Category : Installation. Requirements 1. Getting the sources 1. Compiling and installing 1. Loading the ALSA modules 1. Getting started 1.