No Sound After Installing LMDE 5

TooTall · 02-27-2023, 11:19 AM

I just installed LMDE 5 and after getting things working I now do not have sound. I have searched the Forum and the Internet for solutions however have not been successful. I'm running Cinnamon Version 5.6.7 and Kernel 5.10.0-21.I. Installed pavucontrol and no sound.

Code:

$ sudo aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Code:

inxi -Fx
System:
  Host: linuxmachine Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 10.2.1 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.7 Distro: LMDE 5 Elsie 
  base: Debian 11.2 bullseye 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M2A-VM v: 1.XX 
  serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Phoenix v: ASUS M2A-VM Revision 1603 
  date: 11/30/2007 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: K8 rev.F+ rev: 2 L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm bogomips: 8799 
  Speed: 1800 MHz min/max: 1000/2200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1800 2: 1800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RV670 [Radeon HD 3690/3850] vendor: PC Partner Limited  
  driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RV670 (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.10.0-21-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1) 
  v: 3.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:14.2 
  Device-2: AMD RV670/680 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 3690/3800 Series] 
  vendor: PC Partner Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-21-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: ASUSTeK P5B driver: r8169 v: kernel port: dc00 bus ID: 02:00.0 
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: 00:1b:fc:1d:12:c2 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter 
  driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: bc00 bus ID: 03:06.0 
  IF: enp3s6 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full 
  mac: 00:40:f4:18:81:40 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 21.99 GiB (18.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Timetec model: 30TT253X2-128G size: 119.24 GiB 
  temp: 40 C 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 115.8 GiB used: 21.96 GiB (19.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.02 GiB used: 32.8 MiB (3.1%) 
  dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: 34.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 67.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1622 psu: 0 case-1: 0 
  Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.36 vbat: N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 178 Uptime: 45m Memory: 3.84 GiB used: 1.6 GiB (41.7%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 2336 
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3

I have speakers plugged into the jack on the back using the onboard sound. If I wiggle the connection you do hear static in the speakers. What else should I be looking at?

Arnulf · 03-01-2023, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooTall

I have speakers plugged into the jack on the back using the onboard sound. If I wiggle the connection you do hear static in the speakers. What else should I be looking at?

Take a look at speaker's plug and cable. Possibly a defective contact in the plug or a cable break has been occurred.
If you can test these speakers on another computer do this.
Open pavucontrol, go to "Configuration" and set HDMI Audio to "off" and HD Audio Controller to "Analog Stereo Output" or "Analog Stereo Duplex". Then go to "Output Devices" and set for HD Audio Controller Line Out a value of 100% (0 dB) or a shade less.

TooTall · 03-01-2023, 04:36 PM

I tried plugging in a set of headphones into the jack in back and still no sound. I verified pavucontrol and everything is set as you outline. Actually for the HDMI it states that it is unplugged unavailable. I'm missing something but can't get a handle on it.

Arnulf · 03-01-2023, 04:44 PM

Boot a live Linux e.g. Knoppix and check whether you get sound.
The ASUS M2A-VM is quite old. Sound may be broken.

TooTall · 03-03-2023, 01:30 PM

Tried playing sound when using a different Live OS and no sound. Odd that I had sound before I upgraded to LMDE 5 and did other things to the computer and now no sound. While the board is older everything on it works fine (except the sound apparently), and my approach is if you can run run Linux on an older machine you are getting more life out of something that may otherwise end up a cast away.

TooTall · 03-03-2023, 03:17 PM

Been searching the Internet. What about using one of those external sound cards/adapters that plug into a USB port and have a jack to plug the speakers in? From what I have read, from those that have used, they had no sound from jack on computer however using one of these adapters are able to get sound from their PC. Anyone have an opportunity to try?