[SOLVED (somehow)] No sound, nothing will even play

steelcowboy · 2015-05-11 03:54:22

I just started having issues with my sound and I cannot figure out what is going on. What I did before I got this issue and steps I've taken to try to resolve:

1) Was playing video in frambuffer (working sound), had to set permissions on /dev/fb0 to 666 to get video to work
2) Wanted to ensure no sound would come for a moment, muted using "amixer set Master toggle"
3) Tried to play music, no sound
4) Unmuted everything, uninstalled and stopped PulseAudio to ensure I'd have pure audio
5) Rebooted
6) Triple checked, made sure nothing was muted

This problem seems most likely to be more than ALSA, as when I attempt to play Youtube videos or anything from Plex the media is stuck at 0:00. I looked at the loaded kernel modules, nothing seems out of the ordinary. I tried my speakers on another device, the speakers work fine. I'm using an HP Laptop, a little old (from 2011). How should I go about diagnosing and resolving my problem? Thanks!

Last edited by steelcowboy (2015-05-11 04:59:31)

TheSaint · 2015-05-11 04:45:23

Have you seen the wiki?
Then report some of those tests here, to see if we can decipher what is your hardware and what is doing.

steelcowboy · 2015-05-11 04:48:50

I've read through the wiki, haven't seen any tests for no volume. Which tests specifically would you like me to run?

EDIT: Odd, now sound is working fine except for with Chrome

Last edited by steelcowboy (2015-05-11 04:53:07)

steelcowboy · 2015-05-11 05:00:14

Actually upon reboot everything seems to be working... I have no idea what I did, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth!

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#1 2015-05-11 03:54:22

[SOLVED (somehow)] No sound, nothing will even play

#2 2015-05-11 04:45:23

Re: [SOLVED (somehow)] No sound, nothing will even play

#3 2015-05-11 04:48:50

Re: [SOLVED (somehow)] No sound, nothing will even play

#4 2015-05-11 05:00:14

Re: [SOLVED (somehow)] No sound, nothing will even play

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