artist-wavenet
December 15th, 2018, 05:29 PM
The volume icon, which looks like a loudspeaker with sound waves emanating from it, and is normally in the system tray to the upper right of the screen near the clock, is missing. The OS was recently installed, but I did not get any audio. I do not know excalty when it disappeared in my effort to get audio working, but suspect it disappeared when I attempted to get audio working by the commands:
sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio
sudo alsa force-reload
because it disappeared around that time.
What do I need to do to get this icon back and get audio working?
I am using headphones plugged into the analog output jack.
System information:
$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch:printing-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch:security-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
$ sudo hwinfo | grep -A7 -i "audio"
Can play audio:
Can write CD-R:
Can write CD-RW:
Can read DVD:
Can write DVD-R:
Can write DVD-RAM:
Can read MRW:
Can write MRW:
--
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=GP102 HDMI Audio Controller
E: ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Multimedia controller
E: ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Audio device
E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation
E: MODALIAS=pci:v000010DEd000010EFsv00001043sd000085E 2bc04sc03i00
E: PCI_CLASS=40300
E: PCI_ID=10DE:10EF
E: PCI_SLOT_NAME=0000:01:00.1
E: PCI_SUBSYS_ID=1043:85E2
E: SUBSYSTEM=pci
--
E: ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Audio device
E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
E: MODALIAS=pci:v00001002d00004383sv00001458sd0000A18 2bc04sc03i00
E: PCI_CLASS=40300
E: PCI_ID=1002:4383
E: PCI_SLOT_NAME=0000:00:14.2
E: PCI_SUBSYS_ID=1458:A182
E: SUBSYSTEM=pci
--
34: PCI 100.1: 0403 Audio device
[Created at pci.378]
Unique ID: NXNs.xEnIxzt3m06
Parent ID: _Znp.mxGZ4sT7tg6
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.1
SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.1
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "nVidia GP102 HDMI Audio Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
Device: pci 0x10ef "GP102 HDMI Audio Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
SubDevice: pci 0x85e2
Revision: 0xa1
Memory Range: 0xfe080000-0xfe083fff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 7 (no events)
Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd000010EFsv00001043sd000085E2bc04sc03 i00"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
--
35: PCI 14.2: 0403 Audio device
[Created at pci.378]
Unique ID: 5Dex.oj7atcdzLmC
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:14.2
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)"
Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc"
sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio
sudo alsa force-reload
because it disappeared around that time.
What do I need to do to get this icon back and get audio working?
I am using headphones plugged into the analog output jack.
System information:
$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch:printing-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch:security-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
$ sudo hwinfo | grep -A7 -i "audio"
Can play audio:
Can write CD-R:
Can write CD-RW:
Can read DVD:
Can write DVD-R:
Can write DVD-RAM:
Can read MRW:
Can write MRW:
--
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=GP102 HDMI Audio Controller
E: ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Multimedia controller
E: ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Audio device
E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation
E: MODALIAS=pci:v000010DEd000010EFsv00001043sd000085E 2bc04sc03i00
E: PCI_CLASS=40300
E: PCI_ID=10DE:10EF
E: PCI_SLOT_NAME=0000:01:00.1
E: PCI_SUBSYS_ID=1043:85E2
E: SUBSYSTEM=pci
--
E: ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Audio device
E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
E: MODALIAS=pci:v00001002d00004383sv00001458sd0000A18 2bc04sc03i00
E: PCI_CLASS=40300
E: PCI_ID=1002:4383
E: PCI_SLOT_NAME=0000:00:14.2
E: PCI_SUBSYS_ID=1458:A182
E: SUBSYSTEM=pci
--
34: PCI 100.1: 0403 Audio device
[Created at pci.378]
Unique ID: NXNs.xEnIxzt3m06
Parent ID: _Znp.mxGZ4sT7tg6
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.1
SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.1
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "nVidia GP102 HDMI Audio Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
Device: pci 0x10ef "GP102 HDMI Audio Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
SubDevice: pci 0x85e2
Revision: 0xa1
Memory Range: 0xfe080000-0xfe083fff (rw,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 7 (no events)
Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd000010EFsv00001043sd000085E2bc04sc03 i00"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
--
35: PCI 14.2: 0403 Audio device
[Created at pci.378]
Unique ID: 5Dex.oj7atcdzLmC
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:14.2
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)"
Vendor: pci 0x1002 "ATI Technologies Inc"