// , Found a workaround. Open a terminal by pressing ctrl+alt+t. Experiment with different bars in there by using the right and left arrow keys to select a speaker or item. Once you've selected a likely one, use the up and down arrows to change the volume.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/695830/no-sound-ubuntu-15-10-intel- audio-driver-via-vt1708s -- 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/1622844 Title: [XPS L521X, Realtek ALC3260, Headphone Out] No sound from the headphone jack, ever. Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: // , Other sound works alright. This bug seems to affect my Dell XPS L521X Ubuntu laptop running Ubuntu Xenial 16.04: $ lspci | grep Audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 HDMI Audio Controller (rev ff) $ uname -a Linux nb-XPS-L521X 4.4.0-36-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 18:01:55 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux My headphone jack simply does not work with 16.04. It worked just fine with 14.04. I ran the following command to look at my audio packages: $ sudo apt list > apt_list_20160912.txt ; cat apt_list_20160912.txt | egrep 'audio|alsa|pulse' Results are at the following link: http://hastebin.com/kivayotucu.apache If you would like further details about this, or a gdb report, I'm at your service. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: nb 3944 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: nb 3944 F.... pulseaudio nb 13118 F.... alsamixer /dev/snd/controlC1: nb 3944 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Sep 12 22:23:48 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-11 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_Jack: Black Headphone Out, Front Symptom_Type: Only some of outputs are working Title: [XPS L521X, Realtek ALC3260, Black Headphone Out, Front] Playback problem UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/01/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A15 dmi.board.name: 0880F2 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A15 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd08/01/2013:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL521X:pvrA15:rvnDellInc.:rn0880F2:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA15: dmi.product.name: XPS L521X dmi.product.version: A15 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1622844/+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