If it fixed your sound problem, you may want to fix brightness issue as well. Save and close the file and reboot your system. Open the alsa configuration file (command might be different for Mint because Gedit text editor is not used in Mint): sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/nfĪdd the following line to the end of this file: options snd-hda-intel dmic_detect=0 While Linux kernel 5.5 and above versions has improved support for this model, it is still tricky for Ubuntu 18.04 and Mint 19 users because the kernel in use is still 5.3.Ĭheck your Linux kernel version and if it is 5.4 or lower, try this possible workaround that is suggested by Arch Linux and Ubuntu developers. I looked into various places and found that this newer model has issues with Linux. Fifth alternate method (specially for Lenovo Carbon X1)Ī few of It’s FOSS readers mentioned that none of the above methods worked for their Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 7th Gen laptop. Open the terminal and edit speech-dispatcher file by using the following command: sudo gedit /etc/default/speech-dispatcher I think its a motherboard issue, the dell XPS 8500 Motherboard will allow use of both the IGPU and Nvidia card, but wont let me specify a primary/init display. If you do not need this feature, you may try disabling it as it may bring your audio back. You got me looking in the right direction. Sometimes, it conflicts with other audio settings. Speed dispatcher is the feature that allows your system to convert text to speech. In that case, you need to specify the sound card number (refer to the inxi output I mentioned in the beginning) like this: alsamixer -c 1 Fourth alternate method to fix no audio in Ubuntu Note that if alsamixer command returns error, it’s probably because you have more than one sound card. If your desired audio output (mostly it’s speakers) or the Master is muted, unmute it. Once you verify this, go to Sound Settings:Ĭheck if the speakers or your desired audio output is muted here. Fixing dummy output in sound settingsįirst step, just to verify, check if the sound is not muted. This information maybe useful in some stages of your audio troubleshooting.
It tells that it is Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio and it has the Linux driver snd_hda_intel and the sound is served with Alsa.
Look closely in the audio section of the above output.
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: v: N/Aĭevice-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel You should see some information like this: :~$ inxi -SMA Now check the system, machine and audio information with this command: inxi -SMA