Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble
It may be running pcm in that case you might try amixer Set PCM 100%
unmute
also check /var/lock/alsa for any files ending in .lck and then try to
configure and if you get sound alsactl store.
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:
> Hi Group,
> I have a desktop with Ubuntu 18.something, and I don't want to upgrade the
> dist because a newer Python will break my Chirp program that I use for
> programming my radios.
> But it boots, and I can SSH into it, but I get no audio.
> I test it several ways,
> aplay file-name
> speaker-test
> espeak test
> I tried:
> amixer sset Master 100% unmute
> and
> amixer sset Headphone 100% unmute
> and no errors, but still no audio.
> It boots up to the desktop, and I tried to manually run orca, but it must
> already be running.
> This is a 64 bit desktop with 8 GB of RAM.
> It has two headphone jacks, and I'm testing both of them, in case the audio
> decided to switch outputs, which it has done before.
> Does anyone have any other ideas I can try?
> Alsamix is not too screenreader friendly via ssh.
> I don't know if I installed something recently that did this, like maybe a
> ham radio program.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Glenn
>
>
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