Hello Linux Geeksters.
In this article I will give you a temporary fix for the no sound problem, after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.
It should be a better solution, but this is what I have done for fixing my sound on Ubuntu 13.04:
Reinstalling alsa-base and pulseaudio
Remove alsa-base and pulseaudio:
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio indicator-sound
Reinstall alsa-base and pulseaudio:
$ sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio indicator-sound
Force them to load:
$ sudo alsa force-reload
Thanks mate, the first method helped.
This worked for me too. Thanks a bunch dude!
it didn’t go so well for me.. when I reinstalled everything, the sound works, but the top righthand audio control doesn’t appear, and when I remote desktop I cannot use sound there. Any suggestions?
it worked for me , thanks mate.
Now the sound works, but I no longer have the top bar control for the sound, plus the sound no longer works over remote desktop, a big reason I use this cpu. Any ideas?
you have to reinstall “indicator-sound” as well
thanks, somehow I missed that. works perfectly now
Thanks a lot !
Worked for me like a charm, but I have to do it again every time I (re)boot =/ Any suggestion ?
@julien: a temporary fix would be to put everything in a script and execute it at reboot.
Thanks for your help !
After some try I noticed something : I only need the force reload to get it working…
Any idea ?
This didn’t work for me, but I tried something similar (and easier) and this did work:
From software centre: uninstall linux-sound-base
then install again.
Someone published a way something like this:
1) ctl alt T (gets a command window)
2) type alsamixe and pressEnter
3) press right arrow until you see “Enabled” above Auto-mute
4) press the down arrow and it will say “Disabled”
5) press Esc on your keyboard
6) now see if you have sound
Step 2 should type alsamixer, not alsamixe.
Jim
Hi Jim Mullaey,
Your guide help me fix issue on ubuntu 13.04, kernel 3.10.0-031000-generic.
Thanks.
Thanks dude, I did what you wrote there, but I just raised the Master and Speaker volumes which were at 0. Fixed my issue.
Thanks friend. By your guide I fixed my sound problem.
thanks
works on ubuntu 14.10 as well