No sound on Alienware M17xR3 - Ubuntu 12.04
Hello,
I recently installed Ubuntu onto my Alienware M17xR3, i can get sound on my Logitech G930 which i plug in via USB however i do not get sound out of my laptop speakers no matter what i try. My on keyboard controls such as the increase volume and mute etc work perfectly.
My Output:
Digital Output (S/PDIF)
Analog Output
My Input:
Line-In
Internal Microphone
Thanks,
Adam
Question information
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- Solved
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- Solved by:
- Mark Rijckenberg
- Solved:
- 2012-05-04
- Last query:
- 2012-05-04
- Last reply:
- 2012-05-03
Hello Adam,
It sounds to me like you don't have proper driver installed. Have you tried to play some music just inserting live cd into your computer? If you try this and you hear sound from your laptop speakers then you need to install proper dirvers. Probably your driver isn't compatible with new ubuntu os and you should wait for a while to fix bugs.
Regards,
Miha
| Adam N (adzz-on-a-boat) said : | #2 |
Originally when i initially tested Ubuntu on my computer using Wubi, i did head sound coming from my speakers, however when i then reinstalled with just Ubuntu on my computer, i cannot, i think i might just need to install my audio driver, how would i go about this?
What is the output of:
wget -O alsa-info.sh http://
Thanks
| Adam N (adzz-on-a-boat) said : | #4 |
Please try this procedure:
Step 1: Open a Terminal
Step 2: Run the following command (copy/paste command into the Terminal
and then hit <enter>)
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.
In the gedit editor, scroll down to the last lines of the alsa-base.conf
file and ADD these 2 lines to the end of the alsa-base.conf file (with
the file open inside the gedit editor!):
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=alienware
Step 3: Reboot pc and retest sound using both headphones and speakers.
Test all audio jacks on the front and the back of your PC.
Step 4: If sound is still not working after a reboot, replace the alienware
model option with one of the model options below (for example: ref
) and then reboot and retest sound again.
STAC92HD73*
===========
ref Reference board
no-jd BIOS setup but without jack-detection
intel Intel DG45* mobos
dell-m6-amic Dell desktops/laptops with analog mics
dell-m6-dmic Dell desktops/laptops with digital mics
dell-m6 Dell desktops/laptops with both type of mics
dell-eq Dell desktops/laptops
alienware Alienware M17x
auto BIOS setup (default)
Only use and test 1 model option at a time between each reboot! Do not
mix several model options at the same time in the alsa-base.conf file.
| Adam N (adzz-on-a-boat) said : | #6 |
Hi,
am i supposed to replace the whole "options snd-hda-intel model=alienware" line with one of the options you provided or just the "alienware" part of that line?
Thanks,
Adam
alienware is in the list of model options above
So yes: replace model=alienware with model=ref or model=intel or model=dell-m6-amic or .........
Do not replace the whole line, only replace the model=..... part.
| Adam N (adzz-on-a-boat) said : | #8 |
Hi,
Thank you very much, i can confirm that most of these worked however the most suitable one for me was the following:
options snd-hda-intel model=intel
however i noticed that my microphone worked on some models and not others, is it possible to like mix and match, as in, take the speaker settings from model "intel" and then the microphone from "no-jd"
Thanks,
Adam
As I already wrote in answer #5 (at the end of the procedure I gave you) : no, I do not think you can mix model options.
So I suggest logging a bug for this, mentioning which ALSA model options work for which audio components (speakers, microphone, ...).
Run the following command in a Terminal to start logging the separate bug report:
ubuntu-bug audio
Make sure to also mention the newly created bugreport number (web address) at this URL:
https:/
| Adam N (adzz-on-a-boat) said : | #10 |
Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.
