Ubuntu 13.04 has been released with lost of eye-candy and performance boost. As it happens with every Ubuntu release, you install or upgrade to a newer Ubuntu version and run in to a number of problems. But then, there is always a way to overcome these big little problems. One of the most common problem faced is no sound after installing Ubuntu 14.04.
While there could be several reasons for no sound in Ubuntu 14.04, I will share the trick which worked for me. Lets see in steps how I fixed and how you can fix it.
Steps to fix no audio in Ubuntu 14.04:
First step, just to verify, check if the sound is not muted. Once you verify this, go to Sound Settings:
In the Sound Settings, you’ll find that you have practically nothing here except a dummy output. Quite frustrating. It means that your sound card is not even recognized. Puff!
No worries. The one shot solution which fixed the sound problem for me on my Intel powered Dell Inspiron N4010 is to force reload Alsa. To do that, use the following command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):
sudo alsa force-reload
The output will be like this.
You may think that it is hanged or still in processing but it takes only couple of seconds. You can simply close it afterwards by using Ctrl+C. Now, you need to reboot your computer. If at the next start up, you hear the login sound at the lock screen, you know it worked like a charm.
First Alternate method to fix no sound in Ubuntu 14.04:
If the above problem did not fix it for you, try reinstalling Alsa and Pulse audio in the following manner:
sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudio
sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio
And force reload Alsa again:
sudo alsa force-reload
Restart and enjoy the world of sound, again.
Second Alternate method to fix no sound in Ubuntu 14.04:
Open the terminal and edit speech-dispatcher file by using the following command:
sudo gedit /etc/default/speech-dispatcherIn here, change RUN=yes to RUN=no
Reboot and enjoy sound.
If it fixed your sound problem, you may want to fix brightness issue as well. Fixing the sound problem is definitely one of the must to do things after installing Ubuntu 14.04. Any questions, suggestions or a world of thanks to keep me motivated can be dropped in comment section. Stay tuned for more Linux tutorials and tips.
Didn't work. Tried all those commands.
Hi All.
i have an ACER Aspire E-5 473g laptop with Realtek ALC255 chipset. Sound works perfectly via speakers but line out is dead, and HDMI sound is crackling.
Do you have any solution for these issues?
Thanx in advance!
Cheers, J.
First step worked for me on Linux Mint 17.3 I now have sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa!!! Thannnnkkkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwww!!!
None of the method worked for me.
Please help me out.
In Sound Setting it shows 'Speakers ' under play sound through tab.
The first method worked for me. Got the loading sound and audio worked in the browser, however audio didn't work in the brasero movie player. Checked all setting and volume was up to 100%. Finally went to VLC and reset the preferences. When I loaded it up again VLC showed to be muted. WTH? Unchecked the muted box and audio works everywhere now. Didn't realize VLC controlled that much.
ยกYou have saved my life my friend, many thanks!
I install to acer aspire S11 touch.. mint cinamon all perfect ..but sound is weak ..
in sound settings are 4 inner sound systems ..3 hdmi displayport a 1 analog stereo all weak.
cart: hda intel pcm
chip: realtek ALC255
Help me pleas..Thanks
Help me pleas
After tried the "FIRST ALTERNATE METHOD TO FIX NO SOUND IN UBUNTU 14.04". The sounds options disappear completely from my Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS. Any ideas?
Use `sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop` to restore system settings.
Happy to say "FIRST ALTERNATE METHOD TO FIX NO SOUND IN UBUNTU 14.04" worked perfectly. Thanks as always to all contributors to this thread.
Thanks to Abishek, Ryan and the other contributors!
After going through the original steps with no luck, I deleted .config/pulse. After reboot, pulse was re-created and I could then find Multimedia and Audio and Video Settings in System Settings -> Hardware. (This is KDE Mint 17 Quiana. The sound just quit some time after upgrading.) Initially "Test" did nothing. After a cold boot (shut down and remove the power cord - for a laptop also the battery if you can) sound was working fine as if it always had!
Neilrahc, thank a lot. Your method work for me. I have acer aspire 5610 with ubuntu 16.10
I suddenly get no sound on my laptop (no speakers, no headphones, no line sounds...) on ubuntu 14.04.
Finally after an hour trying a lot of things I found It was a VLC conflict. I fixed it following these steps:
Open VLC,
Go to Preferences
then to Sound
click in the reset preferences button.
Close VLC
Hope it helps someone.
Helped me, thanks a lot!
Thank you! That was all I needed to do.
In my UBUNTU 16.04 sound is not working.
i tried these methods.
before volume button was visible in top right corner, but not now.
i upgraded from 14.04, sound was working there
can you guide me to fix this problem.
i am also having the same problem did u get any solution for that please give me... if u resolve our problem
It works for me. But, I still can't hear the system alert sound
I'm running Linux Mint Rosa. I agree with the last post.
Rename (that's safer) /.config/pulse to /.config/tmp_pulse.
Reboot.
Start up Firefox and pull up hulu or youtube and check if it worked.
Did for me...
I performed the sudo alsa force-reload. {didn't work}
Checked the config folder and it was already =no {!}
Renamed pulse folder and rebooted. {worked after a few secs}.
If it works then go back and delete the renamed folder.