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upgraded to 11.10 Sound no longer works

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Checked for mute and volume level. They are OK. Neither Speakers or headphones will work. Tried to restart but that did not solve problem. This is a Gateway laptop model 3550GZ

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse; rm ~/.pulse-cookie

May help

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Cole (coleibe3) said : 		#2

cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$ cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$ killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse; rm ~/.pulse-cookie
cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$: command not found

Thanks for the try, but that didn't work.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Looks like you ran:

cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$ cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$ killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse; rm ~/.pulse-cookie

Instead of:

killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse; rm ~/.pulse-cookie

Try again but don't copy the prompt into the command

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Cole (coleibe3) said : 		#4

cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$ killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse; rm ~/.pulse-cookie
cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$
cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$ killall pulseaudio; rm -r ~/.pulse; rm ~/.pulse-cookie
cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$

I tried again, twice to make sure, still no luck. Thank you for your response.

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Cole (coleibe3) said : 		#5

What else can I try to get sound back?

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Cole (coleibe3) said : 		#6

`Still no sound. Any help at all would be appreciated.

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Cole (coleibe3) said : 		#7

How would I go about finding and downloading a newer alsa driver

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Cole (coleibe3) said : 		#8

cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801DB-ICH4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: I82801DBICH4 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel 82801DB-ICH4 - IEC958]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
cole@cole-Gateway-M210-and-3500-Series:~$

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Cole (coleibe3) said : 		#9

Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said 16 hours ago: #7

Please use alsamixer to unmute and increase volume on the following mixer channels:

Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0

They are currently muted on your PC.
Cole (coleibe3) said 13 hours ago: #8

Downloaded alsamixer
unmuted Master mono - Line & Aux still no sound
Only controls showing for Mix & Mix Mono are blank check boxes next to their names.
Should I place a check in these boxes?

Also noticed that a box for External Amplifier is checked. So I unchecked that and Bingo !!!
That completed the picture. Thank you very much. You really made my day. And Thanks to all who helped me out with their input and suggestions.

But one other question before I check the "Solved" button.
Previous versions of Ubuntu would play a music file simply by placing the curser on top of the file Icon. That function is not working and was wondering if it was eliminated in 11.10 ?

Referance Question# 179635