fixing stupid sound breaking on upgrading kubuntu packages

Friday, May 23. 2008

fixing stupid sound breaking on upgrading kubuntu packages

So I use kubuntu on my desktop, and it works great most of the time. However, periodically on upgrading a package automatically, the sound just stops working.

Twice I've fixed it after extensive search, but I never remember how. This post is sort of a public post-it note. Here's how you fix this thing if you have a system like me.

Open alsamixer in a terminal, use the right arrow key to go all the way to the right, and mute (not unmute) the Audigy A line by hitting "M" on the keyboard. This works for Soundblaster Audigy

Hope this is helpful to some other person tearing out their hair.

Posted by Greg Beaver in General at 22:51 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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THANKYOU VERY MUCH! Much stress solved!

#1 anon on 2008-06-04 13:18 (Reply)

Another note, if kubuntu stupidly changes your default sound card, this site has the answer on how to fix that.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/how-do-you-change-the-default-sound-card-in-kubuntu-499520/

Seriously, kubuntu's sound support is retarded. Why would anyone want to change their sound setup without confirmation when updating an unrelated package?

#2 Greg Beaver (Homepage) on 2008-06-09 08:27 (Reply)

sw33t! it works in a HDA INTEL card

#3 rob on 2009-01-08 16:53 (Reply)

THANK YOU.

Such a simple solution worked, had nothing to do with all this crap on the ubuntu wiki about entering completely forgettable terminal commands, would ya believe they'd have you go through and enter like 50+ commands in order just to fix broken sound? Good work, my sound is working now, thanks again

#4 random guy on 2010-02-26 17:12 (Reply)

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