<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Man Chris! I got your mail just as I was sending the previous 'success' mail. This seems to have been exactly the case. Another minute and this would have been the solution. I'll give you your coffee beans anyway ;-) // Lucky my messing with disabling pulse didn't break things completely. Question: Are you running off PulseAudio? Are you using the default sound setup? Chow Péter Nel _______________________________________________ "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security"            - Benjamin Franklin CM Schoonbee wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Looking at your mixer list below, you may have the same sort of > problem I have with every Ubuntu install on one of my laptops since >  I got it. (A Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo).  There is no sound after > installation although applications like Rhythmbox, Totem give no > complaints and indicate that they are playing my music track. > > Fortunately, the workaround is simple.  ( I must find out the > permanent fix so the installation configures sound correctly from > the start- something to do with an alsa module option model > parameter and get it fixed upstream.) > > Anyway, to get back to your problem and a possible solution.  I see >  that both your Surround and Center channels are muted.  I am > fairly sure that you have to unmute one of these.  While playing a > music track, try unmuting each in turn, not forgetting to turn up > the volume on that channel as well and see what happens.  On my > laptop I have to unmute the Surround channel. > > Try the steps below for Intrepid: (If you have played around with > your sound (uninstalled, installed other sound programs etc) this > may not work.  If all else fails, try it from a default install.) > > > Right-click on volume applet in top right panel (the speaker icon) > Click "Open Volume Control" menu item Click "Preferences" button > Check the "Surround" and "Center" boxes. Close the dialog boxes > > If you get sound, you can try unchecking one of the boxes to see > which one is not really needed. > > Good luck. Chris Schoonbee > > > Péter Nel wrote: Thanks Louis. > > Like I said previously, Main and PCM is unmuted. They are both at > about 90%. Looking at gnome-alsamixer, the list of visible mixers > and their mute statuses are (0=unmuted; 1=muted): Master - 0 Master > M - 0 3DContr - ? 3DContr - ? PCM - 0 Surround - 1 Center - 1 LFE - > 1 Line - 1 (Rec - 0) CD - 0 (Rec - 0) Mic - 0 (Rec - 1) Video - 0 > (Rec - 0) Phone - 1 (Rec - 0) IEC958 P - ? PC Speak - 0 Aux - 1 > (Rec - 0) Capture - ? (Rec - 1) > > Further, "Surround Down Mix" and "Duplicate Front" are ticked. > > What's funny here is that the name on the tab, i.e. the "title" of > all these controls, is "Realtek ALC650F" which the > gnome-volume-control app lists as the alternate device (OSS) i > mentioned in the previous mail. Under gnome-alsamixer "Program > Preferences" -> "Sound Card Names and Visibility" it's the only one > listed and is ticked. Unchecking it changes nothing, and it reverts > to being checked. > > Also, as previously stated, everything in gnome-sound-properties is >  set to use ALSA - this was done according to the blog i mentioned > before (that disables pulseaudio, and uses alsa only): > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/alsa-instead-of-pulseaudio-for-ubuntu-810-intrepid-a-non-destructive-way/">http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/alsa-instead-of-pulseaudio-for-ubuntu-810-intrepid-a-non-destructive-way/</a> > > > .. so I assume it is the correct device. > > Any other ideas? > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > 8< > > Damn (vent alert!..): It used to work. I thought we were past this > kind of problem. A single issue like this might kill the entire OS > for some people. Luckily I'm a die hard ubuntero. > > - -- > > > Hi Péter, > > Don't laugh, but have you checked that it's not on mute? From what > I can see in your mail, everything appears to be configured > correctly, and no errors are reported (as you said). Firstly check > in *gnome-sound-properties* and ensure that the correct devices are >  selected. you can also test the sound from there. If that fails, > check your volumes in gnome-volume-control or alsamixer and make > sure that nothing is on mute. > > who knows, it's worth a shot :-) > > cheers > > Louis > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a> iEYEARECAAYFAklt5isACgkQVeyk97gakq4tdwCgtzUdwmH8jBuY+vcfFVEQXeRY nr4AmwWjBKlweTQvH1N5sm7WEGZedft+ =ZL3d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- </body> </html>