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#1 2012-09-20 02:41:09

NAND
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Registered: 2012-07-13
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ALSA: no sound, snd-hda-intel (Acer Aspire 5742)

I can't get sound out from my Acer Aspire 5742. Not from internal and not from external speakers.

I have set volumes and everything from alsamixer, but still nothing. The internal microphone seems to work (tested with audacity).

Any ideas?

# lspci | grep -i audio
# 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 05)

Linux: 3.5.4-1-ARCH x86_64

Last edited by NAND (2012-09-20 17:55:31)

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#2 2012-09-20 12:26:19

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Re: ALSA: no sound, snd-hda-intel (Acer Aspire 5742)


+pc: custom | AMD Opteron 175 | nForce4 Ultra | 2GB ram DDR400 | nVidia 9800GT 1GB | ArchLinux x86_64 w/ openbox
+laptop: Apple | MacBook (2,1) | 2GB ram | Mac OS X 10.4 -> DIED
+ultrabook: Dell | XPS 13 (9343) | 8GB ram | 256GB ssd | FullHD display | Windows 8.1 64bit ArchLinux x86_64 w/ Gnome

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#3 2012-09-20 13:51:56

NAND
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Re: ALSA: no sound, snd-hda-intel (Acer Aspire 5742)

I use openbox, but this ugly trick worked for me:

1. installed gnome and all dependencies
2. run gnome once
3. logout, remove all gnome stuff
-> sound still working with openbox smile

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#4 2012-09-20 15:04:21

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Re: ALSA: no sound, snd-hda-intel (Acer Aspire 5742)

Did this problem start recently?
Maybe in the last one month? Because I'm having the same problem.

I can't get sound, AFTER starting XFCE. Before I load X-Server, the sound plays, and continues after I load X.
But if I try to play any sound, AFTER X is loaded, there is no output.

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#5 2012-09-20 18:04:06

NAND
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Re: ALSA: no sound, snd-hda-intel (Acer Aspire 5742)

When I restarted my pc the sound stopped working gain. hmm

I disabled login manager (slim) and tried playing sound with aplay before i load X, but no sound. And when I startx with openbox, no sound again.

But if I run gnome, logout and run openbox I have sound.

Can anyone explain what gnome does to get my sound working - and how I can do the same without gnome?

@darnir: I went from ubuntu to arch recently on this machine, so I don't know if this would have worked before.

Last edited by NAND (2012-09-20 18:09:10)

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