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no sound during test device

Asked by surfrico

 I upgraded to tubuntu8.10 and have no sound. I dont no anything about linux and learning as much as I can. I read to try and test the device sound and when I do I get this message,

audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink: Could not open audio device for playback. Device is being used by another application.

hope some one can help. Thanks Ron

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you provide the output of:

sudo lshw -C sound

Thanks

Does sound work in any app at all? Startup sounds?

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Hopefully something in these guides might help

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems

Check the speakers are plugged into the little greeen port at the back if you have separate speakers ;)

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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surfrico (alischr001) said : 		#3

*-multimedia
       description: Audio device
       product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 1b
       bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
       version: 02
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel

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surfrico (alischr001) said : 		#4

surfrico@surfrico:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC268 Analog [ALC268 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
surfrico@surfrico:~$

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surfrico (alischr001) said : 		#5

I have no sound at all not even in start up. Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Try this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto

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