Can't get sound to work

[ditto1958]

I recently wiped my whole system and started over. Installed XP and then Ubuntu.

Sound card (Audigy SE) and speakers work fine in XP, but can't get them to work with Linux. They worked before the re-install. I can't remember any issues with getting my sound to work. The system recognizes that the sound card is there.

Any suggestions?

[nareshjethva]

check your user it is in sound or audio group !!

[Linux_tech]

I recently wiped my whole system and started over. Installed XP and then Ubuntu.

Sound card (Audigy SE) and speakers work fine in XP, but can't get them to work with Linux. They worked before the re-install. I can't remember any issues with getting my sound to work. The system recognizes that the sound card is there.

Any suggestions?

In terminal type;

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec

aplay -l

What make and model pc is this?

Please post output of above commands

[ditto1958]

Hi, thanks for the help. I'm at work today- machine is at home. It's an old Dell, like a 4100 or something. I can try this tonight, though.

[Linux_tech]

Gnome-alsamixer is easier to use than alsamixer. Try installing and running it it

sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

To open gnome-alsamixer type

gnome-alsamixer

check all settings, make sure nothing is muted


If you havn't already installed these under Intrepid, installing these should help your sound

sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

sudo apt-get install libasound2

sudo apt-get install libasound2-plugins

In System->Preferences->Sound ..In the Devices tab you will find sound playback, test both AUTO DETECT & ALSA

To open volume control, in the terminal type:

gnome-volume-control