No sound using flash? (Linux Mint 13 (MAYA))
 

I've been stuck with this problem for 2 days now, and I have had it before. I do not have sound coming from flash (so youtube videos, most likely) and can't seem to find how to fix it. I've been messing with the alsa settings, I've tried the mixer too, nothing is muted.

I had this problem on Kubuntu 11.10 too, where it would stop randomly and wouldn't come back until I rebooted my computer. At least I could get sound on there.

Now i'm running Mint 13 (Maya) and it seems like my sound's gone for good. Seems like it's a problem with flash, and that it's a common problem for Asus users (which is my case).

I am running an Asus G51J.

Here's my lspci output (I have 2 sound devices) :

which sound device do you want?

you can create an "index" to force it to index=o for your preferred device or blacklist the naughty sound module

2) post the output to

aplay -l

also run

alsamixer

post the image of it

then press F6 to select the other device and post it as well

Any device that will give me sound :D I believe there is no difference as the only use I make out of it is watch videos and listen to music, so the Intel one could be good.

Here's what you asked for :


and the alsa mixer pictures:
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Attachment 10141

Thanks a lot for replying :)

ok how do you get sound out?

if headphone....the first image shows auto-mute ......that means if you had speakers as well....they are supposed to mute when you plug in headphones

so if you use internal speaker or external speaker leader....for the moment ....go to automute and press the up or down arrow to "disable" or turn off auto-mute function.....the exact word may differ for you....but you know what I mean ok

also keep the world simple.....go back to second device and press m to mute all spdif devices please

2) on your panel you have a speaker icon.....whats the icon between it and the green tick icon?

3) if you have an hdmi cable.....I believe you need to turn off then on the spdif.....works for some

if you have normal 3.5 mm speaker external leader ....then turn off spdif in second device and on first device

if you have spdif out...it should work already

4) if the speaker cable goes into the line jack....first image shows line out is muted so try unmuting it

5) if you are using an internal speaker.....internal speaker is showing as muted and volume down so press m and page up to raise pls

I am not sure why you have TWO internals but if you want to hear any sound its worth trying all?

good luck

Alright, so I disabled automute, muted all spdif on the 2nd device. I am not currently using an HDMI cable, but I might use one and will need an audio output to my TV. My computer's a laptop, so I am using the built-in speakers on it. The Icon between the sound icon and the update manager icon is the bluetooth one.

As I said, I have no problem using alsa, and even tho my sound is all the way up on the lines I get no sound out of my speakers but only when I am using flash. Also, my mic isn't muted, my mic sound is, so that means if I turn the volume up on the ''internal'' at the end of the first pictures, all it does is give me sound from my microphone.

The problem isn't in the sound settings, it's something related to flash, I am pretty sure.

I can verify this. all settings are fine. it is only the browser that doesnt have sound. It is not my computer, so i am unable to troubleshoot immediately, but im going to install mint 13 on another computer here and see if i can sort it out. im only responding to let the OP know he is not alone.

edong23

well it some ways thats good that someone has the same problem.

so relative to you, have you attempted at any stage to install or (is already installed) pulseaudio?

b) have you tried any different web browsers?

c) I am not trying to force you, but you can download firefox and not install it, and run it from your home directory

I ask in case this is not a sound issue per se.....but a package issue by the maintainer not symlinking the plugins

2) So can you post where your plugin are pls....I am on debian and use non-free adobe but that will change soon

/usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so

I remember reading somewhere about the need for installing a pulse-audio package for enabling sound with Flash. Not sure though.

hmm ok well in a new web page show us your version of flash pls

about:plugins

if you are using non-free you may need to go to
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

2) you may have just the lib file installed and not pulse configured.....fingers crossed

what does

show pls....command can run as local user

---------- Post added 24-07-12 at 22:30 ----------

hmm ok well in a new web page show us your version of flash pls

about:plugins

if you are using non-free you may need to go to
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

2) you may have just the lib file installed and not pulse configured.....fingers crossed

what does

show pls....command can run as local user

grrr double post thats

in case it displays smileys

ok.. i figured it outish. We arent certain which step did it, so ill give you the jist of all of them. first make sure these packages are installed:

pulseaudio libao4 paprefs libpulse-mainloop-glib0 pulseaudio-module-jack pavucontrol pulseaudio-module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11 gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils libasound2-plugins paman pulseaudio-module-gconf libgconfmm-2.6-1c2 libpulse-browse0 pavumeter libglademm-2.4-1c2a pulseaudio-esound-compat libpulse0 libpulse-dev pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-zeroconf

we then uninstalled whatever the default flash player was, and installed the "official" one, which was the adobe-flash-installer.

once this was done, create a file called /etc/asound.conf and paste this into it:
after this, delete the ~/.pulse folder, it will be recreated.
then sound worked in firefox. now then, im not certain which steps are not needed and being as this computer is 80 miles away from me, it is difficult for me to poke further, however, ill watch this thread and if this doesnt work, let me know and ill gain access again and we can look further. good luck!

--edit--
before trying sound in firefox/flash, killall -9 pulseaudio it will restart.

Thanks a lot for at least trying to fix the problem! Looks like I've got some of these packages missing, as it says some of them have been declared obsolete but another one is replacing it...

Any chances you could give me some shell commands or anything to try and do that workaround (I am not very experienced with linux yet)

Thanks :)

There is pretty stable alternative to Adobe Flash player in Linux.
It is called Lightspark.
Home Page: http://lightspark.github.com/

How to install in Ubuntu:
http://www.unixmen.com/lightspark-0-...nt13-fedora17/

Lightspark looks promising for day to day use for viewing flash.

Before installing, make sure that the Adobe Flash plugin is not in use or better uninstall it using:
1. In Terminal,go to folder, '/usr/lib/browser/mozilla/plugins' i.e.,
2. Remove the file "libflashplayer.so" i.e.,
3. Then install Lightspark using the steps mentioned in the second link above.

Ignore my previous post if you want to still use Adobe Flash itself.
Go through this link :http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=196&t=96208
Install the libasound2 package usingAfter installing restart the Firefox and check.

In general, the Adobe Flash player performance in Linux is not up to the mark as compared to Windows. My laptop with Nvidia card easily overheats up to 110-120c where 120c is my NVIDIA card's threshold temperature.

@Hunty6:

just break them up into multiple "apt-get install bla bla" commands. that should help you. we had the same problem. when you see the offending package, skip it or do what it says to install the alternative. give it a shot.

@dhruvats:

i believe this issue is different. running ff in a terminal shows no errors. the issue is with pulse for certain.