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Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

[SOLVED] Sound not working at all in new install

Hi, just installed Arch on my laptop's new SSD.

I can't get any sound at all.
I've already tried:
- putting myself in the audio group
- unmuting PCM, and Master channels with alsamixer
- running alsaconf as root: It cannot detect any working soundcard

I used this same laptop with Arch few months/years ago, used this with Xubuntu, Linux Mint Debian Edition, and it worked then, but now, it doesn't and I don't know what to do.

Ready to try all your suggestions guys, thanks !

Last edited by Lowra (2011-10-28 23:03:24)

Parmazae

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From: Kentucky, USA

Registered: 2011-10-10

Posts: 30

Re: [SOLVED] Sound not working at all in new install

Is there any chance it's disabled in BIOS?

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Thanks,
Parmazae

archlinux x86_64

Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

Re: [SOLVED] Sound not working at all in new install

Hmmh, I don't think so because it worked today on Xubuntu, I'm gonna check but... :S

Additionnal infos: Screenshot with alsamixer/groups

trontonic

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Registered: 2008-07-21

Posts: 80

Re: [SOLVED] Sound not working at all in new install

Is there a kernel module that needs to be loaded? Which soundcard is it? (lspci)

Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

Re: [SOLVED] Sound not working at all in new install

Nope, never had to modprobe a kernel module for my soundcard before:

[david@laptop ~]$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)

EDIT: [SOLVED]: PCM and Master were not muted to me, because they were at 100% but behind the PCM Volume BAR there was [MM].
After some research, I saw that I had to push M twice in order to unmute Left, and Right channel...

Last edited by Lowra (2011-10-28 23:04:53)