Re: Sound problem Dell Latitude E7470

[kamaraju kusumanchi]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:03 AM, Hedvig Kamp  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running Debian Stretch on a Dell Latitude E7470 and I get almost
> no sound. After running alsactl init as root I have a buzzing sound in
> my speakers, as well as a short beep when I unmute in alsamixer. But
> that is all the sound I get. I tested with speakertest.
>
> What is the problem and how do I solve it?
>
> Best,
> Hedda
>

Could you please copy paste the output of "inxi -Ar"?

thanks
raju
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Re: Sound problem Dell Latitude E7470

[deloptes]

Hedvig Kamp wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am running Debian Stretch on a Dell Latitude E7470 and I get almost
> no sound. After running alsactl init as root I have a buzzing sound in
> my speakers, as well as a short beep when I unmute in alsamixer. But
> that is all the sound I get. I tested with speakertest.
> 
> What is the problem and how do I solve it?
> 
> Best,
> Hedda

without any additional input we can only guess

1. some volume control is too low
2. pulse audio and alsamixer settings
3. wrong card reference (messed up controlls)
4. using the wrong output (line out vs head phone jack)

paste output of amixer and lspci | grep Audio
run as root 

regards