#1 2016-11-26 18:15:08

linux_user

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[SOLVED] New install - Sound doesn't work

I installed BL to my old desktop that has a 5.1 channel output with Realtek sound driver. However there is no sound output - no stereo, no 5.1, no earphone, no nothing...

I presume that it has something to do with the drivers as even the Live USB and Windows (without the drivers) didn't output the audio - Windows output the audio only after the drivers were installed.

Alsamixer identifies the Realtek sound card, however I am not sure how to fix this.

Mobo: MSI 7309
CPU: AMD Athlon 64x2 4000+

Last edited by linux_user (2016-12-17 13:58:54)

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Re: [SOLVED] New install - Sound doesn't work

Have you looked at https://wiki.debian.org/SoundConfiguration?

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martix

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Re: [SOLVED] New install - Sound doesn't work

There are some posts about sound issues in this forum too, so checking some older threads might help (when I had some issues, somehow I found the tip to use "sudo alsactl init" and suddenly it started working).

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Re: [SOLVED] New install - Sound doesn't work

Please post the output of:

aplay -l
cat /proc/asound/cards
pactl list sinks short

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jimjamz

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Re: [SOLVED] New install - Sound doesn't work

I just wanted to say that I had the same problem with the latest release on a fresh install and the solution in Reply #3 worked for me too:

sudo alsactl init

Response:

Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC269" "HDA:10ec0269,1043831a,00100004" "0x1043" "0x831a"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method

The audio device was instantly enabled and audio playback can now be heard.
This only happens on the latest release, as I did not have audio problems with the earlier release.

heart1010

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Re: [SOLVED] New install - Sound doesn't work

I just wanted to say that I had the same problem with the latest release on a fresh install and the solution in Reply #3 worked for me too:

sudo alsactl init

Response:

Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC269" "HDA:10ec0269,1043831a,00100004" "0x1043" "0x831a"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method

The audio device was instantly enabled and audio playback can now be heard.
This only happens on the latest release, as I did not have audio problems with the earlier release.

+1 on that...

I use(d) bunsenlabs since months and sound worked but stopped working the last weeks. So doing the sudo alsactl init and sound was back here too!

heart@laptop:~$ sudo alsactl init
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC260" "HDA:10ec0260,10cf0000,00100400 HDA:11c13026,11c13026,00100600" "0x10cf" "0x1326"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
heart@laptop:~$ aplay -l
**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) ****
Karte 0: Intel [HDA Intel], Gerät 0: ALC260 Analog [ALC260 Analog]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: Intel [HDA Intel], Gerät 1: ALC260 Digital [ALC260 Digital]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: Intel [HDA Intel], Gerät 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
heart@laptop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xb0000000 irq 42
heart@laptop:~$ pactl list sinks short
0	alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo	module-alsa-card.c	s16le 2ch 44100Hz	SUSPENDED

Last edited by heart1010 (2016-12-13 20:37:54)

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Re: [SOLVED] New install - Sound doesn't work

Thanks to all who responded and sorry for taking this long. There was some issues with my computer hardware and hence took some time.

I wanted to use the USB stick for some file transfers etc... and now I created a new live USB and voila sound works well... even giving me the 5.1 output...

But I'll surely note the command

sudo alsactl init

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