Ubuntu Wiki

This set of wiki pages is intended to help anyone dealing with audio issues be that users, developers, testers or bug triagers. It is a jumping off point to get relevant information quickly.

Troubleshooting

• No sound from speakers.

  • Check for muted speaker volume.

• No sound from microphone.

  • Check for muted microphone.

Triagers

• How to request a PulseAudio verbose log

• How to request alsa-info (if the apport information isn't enough)

• How to determine if two bug reports have the same hardware.

Articles

• About the Audio group - i e whether or not you should check the "use audio devices" checkbox

• How to upgrade your ALSA sound drivers to a later version

• Howto: Stop Pulseaudio

• An article about audio debugging techniques, generally directed towards hardware manufactures and Ubuntu 11.10, but gives some interesting explanations nonetheless.

Other Resources

• ALSA Project Homepage

• PulseAudio Project Homepage