sound broken after update

[Ric Moore]

On 06/22/2012 11:48 AM, Bill Walton wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Frans Ketelaars<ketelaars at wanadoo.nl>  wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:45:41 -0700, David L wrote:
>>
>>> I updated my Ubuntu 12.04 system today and I no longer have any sound.
>>>
> <snip>
>
>> Have you already tried rebooting?
>>
>> I found this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
>> but it says: "As of 2012, much of the information on this page is
>> outdated. Please refer to the official sound debugging guide and Ubuntu
>> Audio Development team's pages for more up-to-date information."
>>
>> Unfortunately it seems ubuntu sound debugging info isn't as good as it
>> should be :(
>
> Amen to that!  I'm on 10.04LTS and haven't had sound to external
> speakers or mic for months.  Luckily the headset jacks still work.
>
> The community documentation used to have a 2 step process for 10.04.
> The first usually got the external sound back.  If not, the second
> always did.  Then the documentation changed and the second step
> disappeared.  Haven't been able to restore external sound since.
My ASUS MB with built-in audio crapped out. So, I just installed another 
sound card, and disabled the onboard one in the bios. And that worked 
like a charm. PCI Sound cards capable of 8 (7.1) outputs cost around 
$20-$30 bucks. It just might be that the internal hardware is just CHEAP 
and doesn't last long.

Of course, if it's a laptop, then battling it out with alsa is about 
your only alternative. Ric



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