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audio/alsa _record_playback external and intrenal failures on a dell lattitude D630, Ubuntu14.04.1

Asked by Jeff Houk

did a system check, got back failures on audio/alsa_record_playback external and internal, lost sound settings , lost sound settinmgs on the system tray, external mic is not working, system settings only shows a fourth of what it did before, could use some help, Thanks

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Jeff Houk (blhouk) said : 		#1

internal and external, sorry

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Try:

killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse* ~/.config/pulse*

Wait 10 seconds then try some sounds.

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Jeff Houk (blhouk) said : 		#3

tried it, says no such file or directory

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Yes, you will have one or the other but not both folders.

Does sound now work?

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Jeff Houk (blhouk) said : 		#5

Speakers work, headphones work, still dont have the sound system settings in the system tray and the external mic still does not work