Probably some ALSA module or codec firmware is missing. Look for errors in syslog and provide some information about what sound codec is onboard your laptop mobo: $ sudo journalctl -b
Use "/" key to search for a string. Ex: /audio /hda /sound On 25.09.2017 12:58, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > On my Lenovo Ideapad 110 laptop, with Debian Stretch, I have > sound neither with speaker nor headphone. > Here are some details: > - with WIndows 10, no problem, which means that the hardware is OK. > - with the Debian 9.1 kde live dvd, the sound works with the headphone, > but not with the speaker. > - with the installed Debian 9.1 kde, no sound at all, with any program > (including speaker-test) > > I must add that pulseaudio runs correctly with the live dvd, but fails > on the installed system, although I copied the /etc/pulse content from > the dvd live. > > E: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-alsa-sink" > (argument: "device=default"): initialization failed. > E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed. > E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon. > > > Googling gave me nothing useful. Has anybody an idea? > > I find it abnormal that such a fundamental thing as sound is so > difficult to configure under Linux. It's that kind of problems which > makes difficult to convince people to abandon Windows for Linux. > > best regards,
