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Hardware - Support => Sound => Topic started by: cerise on February 14, 2014, 11:57:28 PM

Title: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 14, 2014, 11:57:28 PM: Totally no sound for speaker after installation. I already tried configuring all mixers, volume levels, all are set properly.

My speakers had been working with Windows XP prior to my Linux Lite installation.

Maybe someone can help.
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: shaggytwodope on February 15, 2014, 01:47:54 AM: Please follow the guide to posting here (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index.php/topic,29.0.html), specificity using the code tags to format your post more cleanly. Alternatively it's much preferred to use a pastebin like service. Ideally using https://gist.github.com/ (https://gist.github.com/). With that said, can you run the system info tool and post the generated file for us.

(http://i.imgur.com/D2v0tvC.png)
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 16, 2014, 05:29:04 AM: I tried to run the Realtek installer and the headphones work but the speaker still does not work..

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Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: shaggytwodope on February 16, 2014, 11:31:22 AM: You may need to set the default output, it is covered in the manual. https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/hardware.html#sound (https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/hardware.html#sound). You will need to select the output you wish with the "Check Mark".
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 16, 2014, 11:36:23 PM: I did follow the manual but this is what happens:

When I choose "Speakers" for the port, the headphones become active.
(http://i.imgur.com/TEK0HNN.png)

If I remove the headphones, there are no sound from the built-in speakers.

The built-in speakers cannot be detected.
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: Jerry on February 17, 2014, 12:59:11 AM: Open up Audio Mixer and make sure nothing is muted in there. Also here is the guide to posting pictures on the forums - https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index.php/topic,29.0.html
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 19, 2014, 10:13:45 AM: There is nothing muted but the built-in speaker still does not work. Only the headphones work.

I posted pictures using imgur.com links.

The pictures show that whether I choose headphones or speaker as output, only headphones work. The built-in speaker never worked after Linux installation.

Built-in laptop speakers previously worked on XP.
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 24, 2014, 01:50:18 AM: Anyone who can help why my built-in speaker does not work on Linux Lite?
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: Jerry on February 24, 2014, 03:53:17 AM: Try this solution here - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1542375 and or here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/946232/comments/32
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 27, 2014, 02:53:40 PM: Followed the instructions from both thread but still does not work...
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: N4RPS on February 27, 2014, 08:17:41 PM: Hello!

A few questions:

1. What is the make and model of your laptop?

2. Before you installed these latest drivers, did you uninstall any and all previous drivers you may have installed?

3. Have you had this same problem with other Linux distros you may have tried?

Worst case scenario, if they're still using ndiswrapper out there, perhaps you could use THAT and the Windows XP drivers.

As always, just my $.02 worth...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 27, 2014, 11:18:23 PM: My laptop is a Fujitsu FMV c6240

1. It was running on XP before, I installed Linux and re-partitioned along the way so XP was removed.
2. No sound for built-in speakers after installation.
3. I did not uninstall anything because headphones does work only built-in speakers do not work.
4. From Fujitsu website, I downloaded the Realtek driver for XP and installed it via Wine.
5. Built-in speakers still does not work.
6. Tried removing required-any and added options hp-rp5700
7. Built-in speakers still does not work.
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: Jerry on February 27, 2014, 11:23:16 PM: I don't believe you can use Wine to install drivers, just programs. At this stage we have exhausted most of your options. Maybe someone else will come along with a solution that fixes your issue.
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 27, 2014, 11:38:18 PM: There is no driver available at Fujitsu other than the one for XP.

Also, this is what I get when I check the driver:

Code: [Select]
zless /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz ALC262 ====== N/A
Looks like my problem is the same as this one, and no solution yet:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2136661
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: N4RPS on February 28, 2014, 01:02:07 AM: Hello!

I guess I've been blessed by everything I've tried to install so far being fully supported by the kernel. Well, it was at LEAST worth taking a shot at it.

If you are unable to make it fly with ndiswrapper and the XP driver from Fujitsu, then there's not much more anyone can do at this point until a solution is found elsewhere...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on February 28, 2014, 01:33:56 AM: Tried installing the HD audio codecs driver that includes ALC262 from Realtek website for Linux.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsview.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Still does not work....

I tried to research a number of forums and this seemed to be a known bug affecting laptops with Realtek ALC262 sound cards way back 2012.. Was this problem never fixed by Linux/Ubuntu?
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: ne8j on May 14, 2014, 08:03:54 PM: I had the same problem.. I went out and purchased a set of usb speakers and they worked right out of the box. NE8J in Mi
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on May 16, 2014, 04:12:55 AM: The point is I need to make a perfectly working built-in speakers get back to work with Linux Lite.
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: cerise on May 16, 2014, 04:19:21 AM: The most idiotic reply I ever got:

Quote from: ne8j on May 14, 2014, 08:03:54 PM
I had the same problem.. I went out and purchased a set of usb speakers and they worked right out of the box. NE8J in Mi
Title: Re: No sound too
Post by: N4RPS on May 16, 2014, 06:51:43 AM: Hello!

Have you had any better success with getting your speakers to work in other Linux distros? If so, which one(s)? Knowing which ones make your sound card work properly might be of help in finding you a solution.

Without the development team having a computer with that configuration at their disposal, it's virtually impossible to troubleshoot something of that nature. If your sound card requires proprietary firmware at startup, it would require whoever manufactured your sound chipset to get involved. Additionally, different manufacturers use their own specific implementations of these chipsets. Broadcom wireless drivers are an excellent example of this. As for Fujitsu, they do this quite frequently.

I have a couple of Tablet PCs that work fine in Windows, but in Linux, their Fujitsu touchscreens don't work. All the past solutions are now so old that they no longer apply - X has changed a lot since those days. Support for them is built directly into Windows itself, so I can't use ndiswrapper and a Windows driver. For me, touchpad support just isn't important enough to try and reverse-engineer these puppies.

Back when Linux hardware support was nowhere near what it is now, people used ndiswrapper so they could use Windows drivers in Linux. I've never had to use it myself, so I don't know how it works. However, it might be an option you may have to explore if you REALLY want your internal speakers to work, and you can't find a Linux distro that supports your sound card...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob