Comments on: No volume control GStreamer ... found — no sound on Ubuntu

By: Costin

Costin — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:45:26 +0000

Thank you very much. It realy worked.

By: thelastquincy

thelastquincy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:50:10 +0000

it says this when i enter the ls -la /dev/snd {ls: cannot access /dev/snd: No such file or directory}

By: thelastquincy

thelastquincy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:35:43 +0000

Hi just switched to ubuntu 8.10 and i get the no volume controller gstreamer stuff i followed instrustions to the step where u go to enter this sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386 and it says couldn't find package soo wtf? what is next? evrything else was good until than…

By: Konstantinos

Konstantinos — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:49:08 +0000

Good work!!!
Thanks!!!

By: Kamil

Kamil — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:19:20 +0000

it is a "Gnome Volume Control", i.e. it is a part of Gnome (and thus should already be installed). from the terminal try: gnome-volume-control

By: navdeep

navdeep — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:00:17 +0000

were do i download the volumeconrol u have

By: doez

doez — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:45:53 +0000

thank's

By: Kamil

Kamil — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:49:45 +0000

Hi Frixos, I haven't used Fedora for a while. Best place to look for answers is on Fedora forums (fedoraforum.org).

I am sorry but I cannot help it, I have to ask: have you considered upgrading to Ubuntu? Go for Ubuntu Intrepid, it works great!

Good luck.

By: Frixos

Frixos — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:44:17 +0000

Hey there! I am a desperate Fedora 9 User, with the exact same problem but have no idea whatsoever what to do to fix that issue!
No one around the web would provide a satisfying (and working) solution! If somebody could direct me to the right solution, it would be appreciated!

Cheers,
Frixos

By: Galen

Galen — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:33:57 +0000

Thanks Kamil,
Actually this time when I did the apt-get it got it, but when I re booted the computer didn't start up properly. I just have a screen with (initramfs) and a flashing cursor. I am just going to boot with a ghost file of the operating system on a flash drive and start over.
I think the problem I have is that my comp is a cloudbook with a version of gOS optimized for the 7 inch screen and it doesn't react well with pieces of newer distros.
Thanks for your help.
G

By: Kamil

Kamil — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:40:56 +0000

Galen, type this as is:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and post back the result.

Note the --configure and not –configure, Wordpress (the content managent system for this blog) tends to replace some character sequences, i.e. dash dash: -- with an ndash or mdash: –, which obviously prevents the commands from working in shell since the syntax is wrong.

Cheers,
Kamil

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:33:56 +0000

Galen, type in:
sudo dpkg –configure -a

By: Galen

Galen — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:21:09 +0000

Hi again,
I am brand new to linux, so if I am messing something up just let me know. The same thing happened again…

galengt@oem:~$ uname -a
Linux oem 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

galengt@oem:~$ sudo dpkg -linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386-configure -a
dpkg: conflicting actions -i (–install) and -l (–list)

Type dpkg –help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg –force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb –help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg –license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !

Thank you.
G

By: Kamil

Kamil — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:11:04 +0000

Hi Galen,

What is the output of uname -a ?

There might be a lock file or a program that is already using the package manager, so reboot before continuing.

When it says to run dpkg --configure -a it means to do just that with sudo, so run sudo dpkg --configure -a and enter your password when prompted for it.

Let me know how it goes.

Cheers,
Kamil

By: Galen

Galen — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:53:13 +0000

HI,
I get the following error when I attempt to install the missing module…

galengt@oem:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386
[sudo] password for galengt:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg –configure -a' to correct the problem.

galengt@oem:~$ dpkg -linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386-configure -a
dpkg: conflicting actions -i (–install) and -l (–list)

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !

I think I made a mistake when trying to install it the first time, any help?

Thanks!!

By: hospITality

hospITality — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:08:41 +0000

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
I was beating my head against the wall until I came upon this article. Dude, you rock!! I have Debain 2.6.18dfsg.1-23 on a Linux 2.6.18 version kernel and this fix works perfectly. Thank you.

By: Kamil

Kamil — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:58:01 +0000

hi Adam,

thanks for your comment,
what version of ubuntu are you using (cat /etc/*rel*)?
on my laptop the above command gives:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10"

the linux-ubuntu-modules do contain some wireless drivers,
what is your wireless card model number?

do you have linux-restricted-modules installed?

kamil@m1730:~$ dpkg -l |grep linux-restricted
rc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-generic 2.6.24.12-16.34 Non-free Linux 2.6.24 modules on x86/x86_64
rc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-17-generic 2.6.24.12-17.36 Non-free Linux 2.6.24 modules on x86/x86_64
rc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic 2.6.24.13-19.45 Non-free Linux 2.6.24 modules on x86/x86_64
rc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic 2.6.24.14-21.51 Non-free Linux 2.6.24 modules on x86/x86_64
ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.12 Non-free Linux kernel modules for version 2.6.27 on x86/x8
ii linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.27-9.13 Non-free Linux 2.6.27 modules helper script
ii linux-restricted-modules-generic 2.6.27.7.11 Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels

also, i think the quickest way to sort your problem out is to also post on the ubuntu forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/ purely due to the sheer number of contributors there, issues do get solved very quickly.

cheers,
Kamil

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:48:04 +0000

Hi
Ive been struggling with this for a few days. thanks to advice above i have got sound back using

sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-*

but now i have lost wireless. does not show up in network settings at all. thankfully wired connection still works.
I am a complete novice so any help on how to go about fixing it would be appreciated.

$ dpkg -l |grep linux-ubuntu gives me-

ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-lpia 2.6.24-19.29netbook13 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-lpiacompat 2.6.24-19.28 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.

$ uname -a gives me-
Linux TOSHIBA-User 2.6.24-19-lpiacompat #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 15:48:54 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

help me obi wan kenobi, you're my only hope!

By: naldi

naldi — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:58:34 +0000

Hi kamil,

just wanna say thank you! the guide is pretty useful and i got my sound back–

i got my problem after installing virtual box through synaptic–apparently the virtual-box detached all user accesses from all users including root after installation =(

Peace out
naldi

By: Kamil

Kamil — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:15:37 +0000

Well, lets take a look at what versions of linux-ubuntu-modules are installed on my system:

$ dpkg -l |grep linux-ubuntu
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-16-generic 2.6.24-16.23 Ubuntu …
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-generic 2.6.24-17.25 Ubuntu …
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic 2.6.24-19.28 Ubuntu …
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic 2.6.24-21.32 Ubuntu …

the version used is linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic since

$ uname -a
Linux m1730 2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Mon Aug 25 17:32:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

i.e., the kernel version and the linux-ubuntu-modules versions have to match, because linux-ubuntu-modules contains lots of pre-compiled (against a specific kernel version) kernel modules. Lets take a look at what exactly is included with the linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic

$ dpkg -L linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
/.
/lib
/lib/firmware
/lib/firmware/2.6.24-21-generic
/lib/firmware/2.6.24-21-generic/zd1211
…
/lib/firmware/2.6.24-21-generic/zd1201-ap.fw
/lib/firmware/2.6.24-21-generic/zd1201.fw
/lib/modules
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/unionfs
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/unionfs/unionfs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/aufs
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/aufs/aufs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/gfs
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/gfs/gfs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/squashfs
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/squashfs/squashfs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/asfs
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/fs/asfs/asfs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/char
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/char/intel-agp-ich9m
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/char/intel-agp-ich9m/agpgart.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/char/intel-agp-ich9m/intel-agp-ich9m.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/misc
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/misc/ac97_bus.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/pci
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/pci/vx222
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/pci/vx222/snd-vx222.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/pci/hda
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko
…
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-adlib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-als100.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-azt2320.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-cmi8330.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-dt019x.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-es18xx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-opl3sa2.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-sc6000.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-sgalaxy.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/isa/snd-sscape.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/mactel
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/mactel/appleir.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/heci
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/heci/heci.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/acerhk.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/av5100.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/fsc_btns.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/gnbd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/lmpcm_usb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/nozomi.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/pbe5.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/thinkpad_ec.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/misc/tp_smapi.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/md
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/md/dm-raid45.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/hwmon
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/hwmon/hdaps_ec.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/acpi
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/acpi/acer_acpi
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/acpi/acer_acpi/acer_acpi.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/acpi/acer_acpi/wmi-acer.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/block
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/block/iscsitarget
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/block/iscsitarget/iscsi_trgt.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/block/drbd
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/block/drbd/drbd.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net/igb
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net/igb/igb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net/e1000e-ich9m
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net/e1000e-ich9m/e1000e-ich9m.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net/et131x
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net/et131x/et131x.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net/atl2
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/net/atl2/atl2.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/lirc
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/lirc/lirc_i2c
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/lirc/lirc_i2c/lirc_i2c.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/lirc/lirc_mceusb2
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/lirc/lirc_mceusb2/lirc_mceusb2.ko
…
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/cx88
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/cx88/cx88-alsa.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/ov511
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/ov511/ov511.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/ov511/ov511_decomp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/media/ov511/ov518_decomp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/acx
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/acx/acx.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/prism2_usb
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/prism2_usb/prism2_usb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/p80211
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/p80211/p80211.ko
…
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/iwlwifi/mac80211/compatible/net/mac80211/iwlwifi_mac80211.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/iwlwifi/mac80211/compatible/net/mac80211/iwlwifi_rc80211_simple.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/at76
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/at76/at76_usb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/fsam7400.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/wireless/hso.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.24-21-generic/ubuntu/snd-bt-sco.ko
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
/usr/share/doc/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic/copyright
/usr/share/doc/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic/changelog.Debian.gz

so, alsa driver does come with linux-ubuntu-modules on Ubuntu, so do some wifi drivers, video for linux (v4l) drivers, as well as some others.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:33:44 +0000

Not official eh? I didn't notice in my game of whack-o-mole. That could explain some things…

I'll give that a shot. I've been working on compiling the latest versions of ALSA
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto

Ran into some issues with the headers though which I've been working on. I tell ya, this is a different animal altogether from BSD or Solaris.

I'll either take a break from that and follow your suggestions with recompiling the linux modules (what are these anyway?) or try to finish this, then move on to that after seeing if the latest ver of ALSA makes a diff.

I'll post results as I know I can't be alone and my suffering may help others

Thanks for the tips, much obliged!

By: Kamil

Kamil — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:00:55 +0000

Ok, so you want to use 2.6.27 kernel, since your wireless works with it (but does not work with the current official ubuntu kernel release).

Important thing to note is that to get the sound working, linux-ubuntu-modules will have to match your kernel version, i.e. you will have to recompile their sources against your 2.6.27 kernel.

I have not done this on ubuntu before, but others have: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=553800

mkdir /tmp/test
cd /tmp/test
apt-get source linux-ubuntu-modules-$(uname -r)
cd linux-ubuntu-modules*
sudo aptitude install fakeroot kernel-wedge linux-headers-$(uname -r)
fakeroot debian/rules binary-arch arch=i386 flavours="generic"

Here is the official site that will also be useful: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile
Good luck and let us know how it goes.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:47:16 +0000

Yes, as 2,6,24 works flawlessly for sound. No wireless network but sound does work.

The device that came up in preferences was:
ALSA Advanced linux sound arch

@boann:~$ ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
crw-rw—-+ 1 root audio 116, 0 2008-10-21 18:30 controlC0
crw-rw—-+ 1 root audio 116, 4 2008-10-21 18:30 hwC0D0
crw-rw—-+ 1 root audio 116, 5 2008-10-21 18:30 hwC0D1
crw-rw—-+ 1 root audio 116, 24 2008-10-21 18:33 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw—-+ 1 root audio 116, 16 2008-10-21 18:33 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw—-+ 1 root audio 116, 28 2008-10-21 18:30 pcmC0D4c
crw-rw—-+ 1 root audio 116, 1 2008-10-21 18:30 seq
crw-rw—-+ 1 root audio 116, 33 2008-10-21 18:30 timer

Result of lspci:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

Any suggestions? Any kernel changes that can be made where I can recompile 2.6.27?

Thanks,

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:17:19 +0000

I will let you know when I get back home later to try. If so, it will be a problem as I installed this kernel for the wireless networking support which i did not have in my previous one.

Are there any specific conf files that can be looked at? I am fairly new to X (Ubuntu as well) but have been using various Unixes for years. Usually server side so this stuff on the desktop/"notebook" is fairly new. If I need something, I download the tar ball, configure and install it. These automated installs sort of bother me as I don't actually know what's going on "under the hood". They do mostly "just work" but….

By: Kamil

Kamil — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:07:07 +0000

Ken, does the sound work if you select the 2.6.24 kernel during boot instead of 2.6.27?

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:56:24 +0000

I see many with the same issue, most solved. I'm currently experiencing the same symptoms described.

Kernel is 2.6.27
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

/dev/snd does not exist

Installed latest linux modules which did NOT match my kernel but package manager said were latest

@boann:~$ dpkg -l linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24*
/> /Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
(Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
Description
===========-=================
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64

dmesg is not giving me anything

any assistance would be much appreciated. hardware is acer 5735-4624

Thanks,
Ken

By: AlexBio

AlexBio — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:59:45 +0000

Thank you very much for this post. My problem was a bit different but your solution worked very well.

By: Michael Colbert

Michael Colbert — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:22:32 +0000

Thank you SO much for posting this. I'd been trying one thing after another with no luck, but just a simple "sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-{my_kernel_version}" did the trick, just as you suggested. I've got sound again!

By: Daniel Ricardo Escobar

Daniel Ricardo Escobar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:40:05 +0000

Thank you.

By: Kamil

Kamil — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:31:24 +0000

Karl, looks like the hardware is found and linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19.28 is installed, but for whatever reason the sound modules fail to load. Can you post the outputs of the following? lsmod |grep snd dmesg |grep AC.97 what is shown under System > Preferences > Sound under Devices tab? Are there any other options (devices) other than Autodetect?

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:39:22 +0000

I'm having the same problem in Ubuntu 8.04, and nothing seems to fix it:

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
0a:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705_2 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)

~$ ls -la /dev/snd
ls: cannot access /dev/snd: No such file or directory

$ dpkg -l linux-ubuntu-modules-*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-============================-============================
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24- 2.6.24-16.23 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24- 2.6.24-17.25 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24- 2.6.24-18.26 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24- 2.6.24-19.28 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64

$ uname -a
Linux main 2.6.24-19-386 #1 Wed Jun 18 14:09:56 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

The user I'm logging in under is a member of audio, and has audio access checked in the users & groups manager.
Grepping the logs for audio or alsa doesn't help. All I get something about the bluetooth audio daemon (and I don't have any bluetooth devices).

The thing is, Audio worked perfectly until I did a system update a month back.

By: Paul s

Paul s — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:36:23 +0000

Would just like to say this was a perfect resolution for me, I was at my wits end why I had lost sound for no reason, by the way my problem happened with Hardy Heron so this bug is still not fixed, thanks again

By: Kamil

Kamil — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:08:33 +0000

Robis, please read the comments above… i.e. use
uname -a
to find your kernel version and then run
sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.??-??-???
with question marks replaced appropriately.

By: Robis

Robis — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:01:22 +0000

robis@cyrkeshke:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn't find package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386

By: Alex Hughes

Alex Hughes — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:47:00 +0000

Thanks! Problem fixed exactly as described. Well done!

By: comet

comet — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:54:20 +0000

Thank you very much!!!
I entered the command in terminal, and after the reboot, and I heard volume!!!

By: Kamil

Kamil — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:18:27 +0000

comet! thank you for your comments, i am currently overseas, so atm i can only provide very limited help… that said you have provided a lot of information which helps a lot. the instructions in this article are for previous release of ubuntu (for 7.10 gutsy gibbon). since you are using 8.04 — hardy heron things have to be adjusted somewhat. the uname command tells you what kernel version u have… and the modules you should install should match the current version of your kernel (i.e. they should be precompiled for your kernel). so try this:

sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-17-386

hope this helps! good luck and plz let me and other readers know if that works!

By: comet

comet — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:06:33 +0000

This is what my full terminal looks like with all instructions provided above…
And of course, I replaced kamil with comet where needed…
I also want to point out that I have Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition installed, well that's what the disc that came in the mail says…

comet@comet-desktop:~$ ls -la /dev/snd
ls: cannot access /dev/snd: No such file or directory

comet@comet-desktop:~$ dpkg -l linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386
No packages found matching linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386.

comet@comet-desktop:~$ dpkg -l linux-ubuntu-modules-*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii linux-ubuntu-m 2.6.24-16.23 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.
ii linux-ubuntu-m 2.6.24-17.25 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.

comet@comet-desktop:~$ sudo chmod -R a+rwx /dev/snd
chmod: cannot access `/dev/snd': No such file or directory

comet@comet-desktop:~$ ls -la /dev/snd
ls: cannot access /dev/snd: No such file or directory

comet@comet-desktop:~$ sudo usermod -g comet -a -G audio comet

comet@comet-desktop:~$ groups

comet adm dialout cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev fuse lpadmin admin

(This command shows I have most groups, but I did the other command anyways since there's no audio group)

comet@comet-desktop:~$ sudo usermod -g comet -G

comet,audio,adm,uucp,dialout,cdrom,floppy,dip,video,\plugdev,scanner,netdev,lpadmin,powerdev,admin comet
usermod: unknown group powerdev

(Since this command says 'unkown group powerdev', I removed powerdev from the command)

comet@comet-desktop:~$ sudo usermod -g comet -G

comet,audio,adm,uucp,dialout,cdrom,floppy,dip,video,\plugdev,scanner,netdev,lpadmin,admin comet

comet@comet-desktop:~$ sudo users-admin

** (users-admin:10232): CRITICAL **: Unable to lookup session information for process '10232'
comet@comet-desktop:~$

(This command still showed me 'users-admin tool', but under properties>user privileges, I cannot check any boxes-but 'use audio devices' is checked with all of the others except 'use of filesystems', 'faxes', and 'tape drives'.)

By: comet

comet — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:41:11 +0000

hi there! this is my problem

comet@comet-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386
[sudo] password for comet:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn't find package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386
comet@comet-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux comet-desktop 2.6.24-17-386 #1 Thu May 1 13:57:56 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
comet@comet-desktop:~$

By: Kamil

Kamil — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:15:58 +0000

have you tried: dpkg -l linux-ubuntu-modules-* as explained above?

By: NotYet

NotYet — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:59:47 +0000

Thank you for your explanations thooug I've a problem. Whenever I type any command with /dev/snd it gives the same answer, No such file or directory (also I've tried /audio ). The sound's been gone for 2 days and I need it. I've updated the the ALSA, downloaded the needed GStreams with no luck…

By: Kamil

Kamil — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:16:08 +0000

hi there, I believe this means that you do not have any alsa supported devices present… what type of sound card do you have?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:54:35 +0000

i have run command :

sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386

'n it is successfull,

but when i run command :

ls -la /dev/snd

the output is different than kamil's output, my outpun is:

rini@rini-laptop:~$ ls -la /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 2008-04-25 08:34 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 13860 2008-04-25 08:35 ..
crw-rw—- 1 root audio 116, 3 2008-04-25 08:34 seq
crw-rw—- 1 root audio 116, 2 2008-04-25 08:34 timer

my sound still have the same problem…….

help me……….

By: ariel

ariel — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:37:07 +0000

Thanks!!! this worked perfect.
Maybe using adduser instead of usermod could avoid that stupid people (like me :D) forget using -a parameter.

Cheers

By: Kamil

Kamil — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:57:25 +0000

Well, the E: Couldn’t find package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386 error is likely due to the package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386 not being present in the enabled apt repositories. Also check what kernel you currently have by using uname -a. Does it or does it not match 2.6.22-14? Also, I haven't used Virtual PC, but you may need to enable sound support for audio devices to appear under emulation.

By: arun

arun — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:43:26 +0000

I have similar problem with sound but the command apt-get does not help me.

root@arun-desktop:~# sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn't find package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386
root@arun-desktop:~#

I dont have /dev/snd either.

Any ideas. I installed Ubuntu 7.10 as a virtual machine under Windows Virtual PC 2007

By: Kamil

Kamil — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:24:19 +0000

You could try to reconfigure the xserver using: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg It is always a good idea to have backup of X server configuration (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) that does work for you. That way, if for whatever reason X fails and the crappy, safe, low-resolution mode settings get re-written to the xorg.conf file, you can always replace that file with your old high-resolution settings. Have a look in /etc/X11 for xorg.conf* file backups. Use kompare or meld to see what has changed between the config files. Remember that you have to restart X for any changes to xorg.conf to take effect.

By: Ahab

Ahab — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:50:32 +0000

Help!

After running 'sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386' and rebooting, I receive the alert:

———–
Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode

your screen and graphics card could not be detected correctly. To use higher resolutions, visual effects or multiple screens, you have to configure the display yourself.

[Configure] [shut down] [continue]
———–

I hit configure, and there were no options for my full screen resolution (1920x1280).

I tried runnin 'sudo apt-get uninstall linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386', but received 'E: Invalid operation uninstall'. I am on Gutsy with Dell Precision M6300.

By: jajabinx

jajabinx — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:20:00 +0000

encountered the problem when i recently installed updates for ubuntu 7.10. got my sound working with

sudo apt-get install linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-386

thanks!

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By: Kamil

Kamil — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:28:24 +0000

Hi Taufan,
It would be interesting to know how to reinstalling audio drivers in Ubuntu! In SuSE all you have to do is remove the driver in Yast and then auto-detect the device again, few clicks and you are done! I found this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-192956.html they reckon to recompile ALSA and then run config and that's it. Let me know how you go!
Cheers
Kamil

By: taufanlubis

taufanlubis — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:57:09 +0000

Thanks Kamil…
I got my sound now.
Only I have to add additional steps, re-install my sound driver first.
Because, my case is a bit different.
I don't the permission like you AND I lost my /dev/dsp … and few files in /dev/snd.
And didn't make any changes before…..

Well, thanks again.
Cheers,

Taufan Lubis
www.taufanlubis.wordpress.com

By: Kamil

Kamil — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:01:36 +0000

Hi fi0na, It would be helpful if you could post the error messages you got. That way it is easier to solve them. The error after running chmod -R a+rwx /dev/snd is likely to occur because the user you are running this command under does not have adequate permissions. In that case the command should be sudo chmod -R a+rwx /dev/snd. I have updated the article to reflect this change. After running the updated command you should not get any errors. When prompted for it, simply enter the password for the user you are logged-in under. As mentioned in the article this is just a temporary fix. So check if your audio is working (it should be), then reboot. Now, lets assume that you are logged in as a user fiona. The second command, which re-adds the fiona to the audio group, should look like this: sudo usermod -a -G audio fiona. Run this command, then enter password for fiona, reboot, login as fiona and test if the sound is working. Hope this helps, let me know how it goes. Kamil

By: fi0na

fi0na — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:41:15 +0000

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3943717#post3943717

By: fi0na

fi0na — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:30:55 +0000

Hi!

I have this problem with my sound/volume control exactly as mentioned here. So I began to follow this guide to get it fixed, and suddenly errors occured after I launched the commands "chmod -R a+rwx /dev/snd" and "sudo usermod -G audio Administration menu. I Tried to add them back via System->Preferences->Main Menu but they simply uncheck themselves after I've checked them. Strange isn't it? So I decided to try Update Manager to correct errors, and when I type my password to perform administrative tasks, this error message appears:

"Failed to run /usr/sbin/synaptic '–hide-main-window' '–non-interactive' '–parent-window-id' '56623107' '–update-at-startup' as user root.

The underlying authorization mechanism (sudo) does not allow you to run this program. Contact the system administrator."

Any particular reason why this happend? How to correct it?