I'm having a sound issue.

**MrOstrichman** · August 8th, 2014

I have recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows XP on an old Dell Dimension 4600. I cannot get sound to play when in Ubuntu. I know it is not a hardware issue because Windows plays sound just fine. It is also not just a bug in my copy of Ubuntu because I have download and loaded another copy of Ubuntu from a USB. I have looked everywhere I know to look and have not found a solution. Thanks in advance.

**Rev2010** · August 8th, 2014

In my experience it's usually happened to me when I install Ubuntu on systems that also have HDMI audio output and such (ATI Radeon cards for example have this). I've had to manually switch to the actual soundcard and not the audio included on the video card since Ubuntu has often defaulted to the HDMI audio output. Go into System Settings -> Sound. Under the Output tab what do you have listed?

Rev.

**MrOstrichman** · August 9th, 2014

It has two options:

Analog Output/No Amplifier
Built-in Audio

and

Analog Output/Amplifer
Built-in Audio

**Rev2010** · August 9th, 2014

If you try selecting the second one, the one that's not already selected, do you still not have any sound?

Rev.

**MrOstrichman** · August 9th, 2014

There is no sound for the second option.

**Jesse_Campton** · August 9th, 2014

Open a terminal> type alsamixer <press enter> > use your arrow keys to scroll through and make sure all your volumes are turned up.. just a thought..

**MrOstrichman** · August 11th, 2014

Originally Posted by Jesse_Campton

Open a terminal> type alsamixer <press enter> > use your arrow keys to scroll through and make sure all your volumes are turned up.. just a thought..

That did nothing.

**FriedMicro** · August 11th, 2014

Try this in a terminal:

Code:

aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

If that fails try this (you'll be prompted for your password

Code:

sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

This will install the proprietary sound drivers:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` linux-generic

I got this from:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting

**MrOstrichman** · August 11th, 2014

Originally Posted by FriedMicro

Try this in a terminal:

Code:

aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

No sound played.

Originally Posted by FriedMicro

If that fails try this (you'll be prompted for your password

Code:

sudo aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

No sound played.

Originally Posted by FriedMicro

This will install the proprietary sound drivers:

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` linux-generic

I recieved this message:

E: Unable to locate package linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-32-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-32-generic'