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Newbie lsamixer/sound question

  • 06-08-2010 12:23AM
    #1
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,510 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys, recently installed ubuntu 10.04 on a netbook and my desktop, and loving it so far. However, I'm having a problem with my sound on the desktop. It was working 100% perfectly until this evening, when I downloaded suggested updates from the software update package. After the reboot, my sound is not working at all, and when I try to access alsamixer from the terminal i get this:
    cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

    I've tried uninstalling alsamixer to reinstall but the same thing happens each time... Does anyone have any ideas?


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  • #2
    eightcell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭eightcell


    You could try and run alsaconf to configure your sound card...

    sudo alsaconf


  • #3
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,510 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    Thanks eightcell, I tried a few things, and turns out my soundcard had stopped being recognised. I did a clean install of alsamixer from a new kernel ( I think- still 100% up with t he unix lingo!) and managed to get it working.

    It was quite satisfying when I heard the drums on the last restart!!


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