I do not have sound

[swimstarguy]

I searched but did not find a thread that had my problem. If you find a thread that I should have posted in please tell me and I'll move my question over there so more people can get the answer if they have this issue as well.

When I first switched to Ubuntu I did not have sound. I upgraded to Hardy and I still do not have sound.

I tried following the instructions on this site:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
I did not get my sound to work though.

When I type in
aplay -l
the computer returns this

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 01fc
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at febfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

The bits that stick out to me are "Unknown device 0lfc" and ",access denied>"

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.

Any help would be appreciated.


~Zar4

[tuxxy]

Are you using ALSA as the sound output?

[kansasnoob]

When I first switched to Ubuntu I did not have sound. I upgraded to Hardy and I still do not have sound.

So, you installed an older version of Ubuntu and had no sound?

Then you upgraded and had no sound?

Would you just try:

sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

It'll then show up under Sound & Video. Look at mine:

Screenshot-GNOME ALSA Mixer.png

Screenshot-GNOME ALSA Mixer-1.png

Lots of toggles!

[bobnutfield]

That sound chip uses the snd-hda-intel module which is very mature and used for a number of chipsets. Are you using a laptop or desktop?

[kansasnoob]

I see from a little googling that sound card has been a problem.

Look here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=607378

[markbuntu]

If you are having problems with the HDA card/chip you should look here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=616845

[swimstarguy]

Thanks!