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Dell Dimension E510, Ubuntu 8.04 no sound

Asked by Ricky G

I have a 2 year old Dell E510 with WinXP SP3. I recently installed Ubuntu 8.04 from within Windows. When I boot the PC in Ubuntu everything is fine except the sound. I can faintly hear a little sound (very faint) but no response from the volume controls. I need some help and am brand new to Linux, but good at following "good" instructions.
Ricky G

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please be sure your volume are all in a high state.
Double click on top right loudspeaker and you will see a mixer please put all slider on a no zero a low level
and try.
Then go to System->Preferences->Audio and make the test.

Hope this solve your issue

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Ricky G (rgolson) said : 		#2

Thank you. Sound now works. I am grateful.
Ricky G.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

To play music like mp3 you need to read and install some software...
please read: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Always useful is the online Ubuntu doc https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/

Thank you