My apologies, apparently I have two sound cards and the wrong one was default. I did spend an inordinate amount of time trying to learn about sound problems without learning much. Finally, I got some hints from an answer from the alsa-de...@alsa-project.org mailing list.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324330 Title: [Dell Inspiron 17R 5737] No sound Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: also no sound with v3.15-rc7-utopic ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.46 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: local 1544 F.... lxpanel CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw' CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Thu May 29 04:02:15 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bdcd98e6-dd6d-4eb1-8fef-ae030ceb3557 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-29 (29 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 5737 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=c58b7a9f-01ff-4475-b0cd-6079703e03cf ro RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127.2 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: rts5139 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/12/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 04X8RP dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A07 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd11/12/2013:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron5737:pvrA07:rvnDellInc.:rn04X8RP:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA07: dmi.product.name: Inspiron 5737 dmi.product.version: A07 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1324330/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
