I have a problem with my sound suddenly stopping working (I'm on Mint 18.2 based on xenial, asus x555l). The work around is to reboot.
Another work around without rebooting: disable pulseaudio, first by turning off autorespawn https://askubuntu.com/questions/8425/how-to- temporarily-disable-pulseaudio and then pulseaudio --kill Then sudo alsa reload alsactl init aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav This responsed (with no audio playback): ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave aplay: main:722: audio open error: No such file or directory However, this works: aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav --device=plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 Then "pulseaudio --start" and my audio is back and working! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1341890 Title: [X550LA, Realtek ALC3236, Mic, Internal] No sound at all Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've been trying to fix this myself for a while now, and just a day or two ago, the speakers stopped working, too. Neither the internal nor external speakers I've been using with my laptop have been working, with two exceptions: the bongos noise when the login screen comes up, and the tones made during a system test. I have tried the commands "alsamixer" and "gstreamer-properties" in terminal and have had success with neither of them, and have also tried using the pulse audio volume controls to no avail. My assumption is that there is an issue with the drivers, as even the microphone produced a few sporadic noises ONLY when I was playing with the mic volume controls, but at no other point in no other program has it been so responsive. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.55-generic 3.13.11.2 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: jake 1815 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: jake 1815 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D3p: jake 1815 F...m pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Jul 14 20:25:02 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-23 (52 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaRecordingTest: ALSA recording test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_DevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: jake 1815 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: jake 1815 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D3p: jake 1815 F...m pulseaudio Symptom_Jack: Mic, Internal Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [X550LA, Realtek ALC3236, Mic, Internal] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: X550LA.403 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: X550LA dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX550LA.403:bd11/26/2013:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX550LA:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX550LA:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: X550LA dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1341890/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
