No sound with new install of Kubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.

Asked by Charles Lee

I have a Sound Blaster Live Dell 5.1 that is detected by Kubuntu 7.04. I have Windows XP Home also installed and i still have sound there so I know it is not my hardware. I don't have an on-board sound device. Nothing is muted in the mixer. I have read many many forums for newbies and others in the last two days, so far nothing has fixed the problem. This is my first experience with any OS other than Micro Soft OS's so be sure to assume that I don't know what you are talking about. The install seemed to have gone smooth I just can't make the sound work at all, no static or any hint of noise. I realy want to be able to us Kubuntu as my primary OS so a fix for this would be very cool. Thank you

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said :
#1

try a tinker with alsamixer (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture).

If you open a terminal from Applications>Accessories>Terminal

and type:

alsamixer

have a look in there, make sure things are on and turned up etc etc

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#2

Thanks Sam, but it didn't work. I made sure that nothing was muted and
everything that would turn up I turned up. The alsamixer recognized
the sound card and the chipset but I still have no sound. Anything
else I can try I am willing to give a shot. With the fresh install I
have no data to lose if it gets messy so feel free to get creative.

On 4/25/07, Sam Cater <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #5671 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Sam Cater proposed the following answer:
> try a tinker with alsamixer (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture).
>
> If you open a terminal from Applications>Accessories>Terminal
>
> and type:
>
> alsamixer
>
> have a look in there, make sure things are on and turned up etc etc
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said :
#3

okay....

sudo apt-get remove alsa

sudo apt-get install alsa

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#4

Well I removed and installed alsa and still have no sound. The text in
the terminal suggested alsa-oss so I removed alsa again and installed
alsa-oss. No change with that either. Here is a copy of the terminal
text.
icl@dhcppc0weisus:~$ sudo apt-get remove alsa
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting alsa-base instead of alsa
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  alsa-base ubuntu-minimal
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 397kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 75308 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ubuntu-minimal ...
Removing alsa-base ...
icl@dhcppc0weisus:~$ sudo apt-get install alsa
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting alsa-base instead of alsa
Suggested packages:
  alsa-oss
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  alsa-base
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/167kB of archives.
After unpacking 352kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package alsa-base.
(Reading database ... 75271 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking alsa-base (from .../alsa-base_1.0.13-3ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Setting up alsa-base (1.0.13-3ubuntu1) ...

icl@dhcppc0weisus:~$ sudo apt-get remove alsa
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting alsa-base instead of alsa
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  alsa-base
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 352kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 75305 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing alsa-base ...
icl@dhcppc0weisus:~$ sudo apt-get install alsa-oss
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  alsa-oss
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 51.2kB of archives.
After unpacking 221kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe alsa-oss 1.0.12-1 [51.2kB]
Fetched 51.2kB in 3s (13.4kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package alsa-oss.
(Reading database ... 75271 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking alsa-oss (from .../alsa-oss_1.0.12-1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up alsa-oss (1.0.12-1) ...

icl@dhcppc0weisus:~$

Thanks, Charles

On 4/25/07, Sam Cater <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #5671 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Sam Cater proposed the following answer:
> okay....
>
>
> sudo apt-get remove alsa
>
> sudo apt-get install alsa
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said :
#5

okay, try this

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-minimal

and

sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#6

That didn't work either.

On 4/26/07, Sam Cater <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #5671 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Sam Cater proposed the following answer:
> okay, try this
>
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-minimal
>
> and
>
> sudo apt-get install alsa-oss
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671/+confirm?answer_id=4
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#7

Hey Sam great news! I had time later today to play around with the
mixer again after the new changes you suggested.

udo apt-get install ubuntu-minimal
>
> and
>
> sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

There are many new buttons that were not there before. So I clicked
all of them in turn and when I hit the Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo
button the sound was there. Thank you for all your help. I am so
excited to have this alternative To MS XP.

On 4/26/07, Sam Cater <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #5671 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Sam Cater proposed the following answer:
> okay, try this
>
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-minimal
>
> and
>
> sudo apt-get install alsa-oss
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671/+confirm?answer_id=4
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671
>

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said :
#8

ya welcome :D

dont forget to close the question, i see you havnt yet :o

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#9

It seems that I need help in closing the question. I clicked the link,
logged in and looked all over, however I am unable to close the question.

On 4/27/07, Sam Cater <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your question #5671 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Sam Cater proposed the following answer:
> ya welcome :D
>
> dont forget to close the question, i see you havnt yet :o
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
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>
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Best Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said :
#10

it should be below the comment/answer box

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#11

After I clicked on the link below I browesed around and read all sorts of
info and other peoples questions but still can't find a way to close my
question. I am trying but haven't figured it out yet.
https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671/+confirm?answer_id=9

On 4/27/07, Sam Cater <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your question #5671 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Sam Cater proposed the following answer:
> it should be below the comment/answer box
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
>
> https://answers.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/5671/+confirm?answer_id=9
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
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>

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#12

Okay I finally figured out how to close the question. Slow but steady, HA HA.

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#13

Thanks Sam Cater, that solved my question.

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#14

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Charles Lee (ichooselife) said :
#15

Sorry for the accidental e-mail. I was sending an email to my brother-in-law
and it somehow also went to you.

However, your prompt response was impressive.

Thanks

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> Your question #5671 on alsa-driver in ubuntu changed:
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