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  Re: No sound - seeking ideas David Parfitt <dauddaud1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 17:00 +0100
    Re: No sound - seeking ideas Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 18:00 +0100
    Re: No sound - seeking ideas Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-20 10:00 +0100

#160807 — Re: No sound - seeking ideas

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Thx for responding, Charlie.

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:30:03 +0100, Charlie wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:38:51 +0000 David Parfitt sent:
> 
>> Hi all:
>> I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2.
>> All's well except that I have no sound.  I've done quite a lot of
>> online research but got nowhere.  I'm looking for ANY other practical
>> ideas, please.
> 
> Sound is a never ending problem with Debian. It's just the way it is, so
> I have found it.

I never have before.  It's always 'just worked'.  Haven't had a new 
laptop for some time, though.

> 
> Try alsamixer and press F6 and if you have the option of a couple of
> sound cards try each one. But it may not stick if you reboot.

Done & done ... only 'default' and 'HDA Intel PCH' available (and "enter 
device name")

> 
> Try pulseaudio, you don't always need to use pavucontrol, that works
> sometimes but after a reboot it also may fail. Then uninstall it and try
> again without and that may work.

I've often noticed recommendations to uninstall pulseaudio but never seen 
a case where it has been reported to work :)  apt-get purge pulseaudio 
wants to take gnome & lots of other stuff with it :((

> 
> Sometimes your headphone jack works and sometimes it doesn't so you play
> around with alsamixer and pulseaudio and you can possibly get it
> working. I haven't been able to recently.

And so it goes ..

> 
> It's really, try everything till you hit on the combination that works
> and depending what audio package you use, you may also have to select
> the audio function to get the sound to work. VLC has heaps and you just
> work through them till one works. One will probably work?
> 
> Or you may plug in a USB stick
  
What is this?

and get a dialogue up that asks you what
> you want to do with the sound configuration, various options. All a bit
> hit and miss.
> 
> I've never had sound working constantly no matter what brand laptop or
> sound card is in the machine. If I want to listen to music or speech on
> a video, always have to fiddle to get it working. Done it for so many
> years now it has become automagic.
> 
> Probably not much help.

No, in fact, but I'm nonetheless grateful you made the effort.  Thx again.
D2 

> 
> Charlie

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#160810

On 11/19/2015 10:33 AM, David Parfitt wrote:
> [This mail was also posted to linux.debian.user.]
>
> Thx for responding, Charlie.
>
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:30:03 +0100, Charlie wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:38:51 +0000 David Parfitt sent:
>>
>>> Hi all:
>>> I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2.
>>> All's well except that I have no sound.  I've done quite a lot of
>>> online research but got nowhere.  I'm looking for ANY other practical
>>> ideas, please.
>>
>> Sound is a never ending problem with Debian. It's just the way it is, so
>> I have found it.
>
> I never have before.  It's always 'just worked'.  Haven't had a new
> laptop for some time, though.
>
>>
>> Try alsamixer and press F6 and if you have the option of a couple of
>> sound cards try each one. But it may not stick if you reboot.
>
> Done & done ... only 'default' and 'HDA Intel PCH' available (and "enter
> device name")
>
>>
>> Try pulseaudio, you don't always need to use pavucontrol, that works
>> sometimes but after a reboot it also may fail. Then uninstall it and try
>> again without and that may work.
>
> I've often noticed recommendations to uninstall pulseaudio but never seen
> a case where it has been reported to work :)  apt-get purge pulseaudio
> wants to take gnome & lots of other stuff with it :((
>
>>
>> Sometimes your headphone jack works and sometimes it doesn't so you play
>> around with alsamixer and pulseaudio and you can possibly get it
>> working. I haven't been able to recently.
>
> And so it goes ..

For what it is worth, I have both pulse and my user ric added to the 
audio group in /etc/group. Trouble shooting with a shotgun again. 
Sometimes I get lucky! Ric

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

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#160849

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 03:33:13PM +0000, David Parfitt wrote:
> 
> I've often noticed recommendations to uninstall pulseaudio but never seen 
> a case where it has been reported to work :)  apt-get purge pulseaudio 
> wants to take gnome & lots of other stuff with it :((

JFTR, it worked for me, but I don't run GNOME. 

-- 
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X

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