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luangwa
August 18th, 2008, 06:35 AM
I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 on it's own hard drive and Windows XP on another. I am not getting any sound from my speakers so I tried :
sudo alsamixer
in the terminal and was asked for my password. When I tried to type it the letters did not appear in the terminal window. It won't even acknowledge the return key. What am I doing wrong?

lswb
August 18th, 2008, 07:34 AM
That's normal behaviour when entering a password in a terminal. Nothing is echoed to the screen but if you have entered the password correctly, the command will be executed when you hit the enter key.