How to fix the "no sound" in Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop or notebook - Linux

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Thank you for this. Every time I update Ubuntu I lose sound and I can never remember how to fix it. I can verify that this works for Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid on my Asus laptop.

by cat on Sunday 9th of November 2008 at 04:38

thank god! and thank you!!!
I spent 2 days digging around.. no driver errors.. nothing! yet no sound! plogged thru pages of help online..
that is~ until i stumble across your blog!
Great help! thanks again!

by Joel on Sunday 28th of September 2008 at 08:22

I love this article, but my no sound problem seems to be something other than the system/preferences/sound.

At first I had a hard time in my fruitless attempts to install ubuntu 8.04 in my brand new HP Laptop, finally I used the previous version 7...., that I had burned on a DVD last year, I've managed to install that one on the Laptop, but now there isn't any sound coming out of my laptop's speakers or the head phone jack, and no video is playing either.

by Juan Enerio Baptiste on Tuesday 23rd of September 2008 at 13:59

I don,t like the f words been used

by bear 500 on Thursday 24th of July 2008 at 14:24

I’m using ubuntu 8.04.
I’ve seen the "switch"option before.

But, it seems to have dissapeared.

It does not currently appear in the list of checkboxes in the preferences of alsamixer wither.

I wonder what could be going on there ?

by sunil on Thursday 17th of July 2008 at 15:02

Helpful post, though in 8.04 you need to double click on the volume control, click on Edit/Preferences, then check External amplifier to be visible. The switches tab then appears. Uncheck External amplifier in that tab. Worked for me anyway.

by David on Monday 19th of May 2008 at 07:12

very strange problem. It’s happened to me a few times, and i got really annoyed. I had to reset my machine earlier just to fix this. this time i thought there must be a solution, and here it is...

turning off the external amplifier is the solution...

thanks

by on Tuesday 15th of April 2008 at 23:51

you dont know what the fuck you are talking bout dawg. Make some more fucking sense and then fucking tell us nigga!;)

by realfoolfolife1234567890 on Thursday 6th of March 2008 at 19:06

Yes, there is not "switch" option. Lame....

by Wayfarer on Monday 3rd of March 2008 at 19:33

"feeb dweeb" lol. what kind of a cock are you?

this advice worked for me at least

by Harpo on Wednesday 20th of February 2008 at 03:14

You’re a bit of a feeb dweeb. You failed at installing 3 OSs.

Ubuntu uses Partman, not Gparted, as its default partition manager at installation.

The sound issue is just plain stoopid.

However, you will looove Hardy Heron!

by anonymous on Tuesday 19th of February 2008 at 22:22

What are you talking about? There is no "Switches" tab on 7.10. in System->Preferences->Sound

"System->Preferences->Sound

Load up preferences and ..."

Following System->Preferences->Sound does not provide you with a "Preferences" option. You really need to edit this post, because it isn’t helpful at all in its current state.

by on Saturday 16th of February 2008 at 06:31

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