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On Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:00:05 +0100, deloptes wrote: > Have you found solution to this. <>  I finally (today indeed) took the plunge & switched to testing - this  brought in Linux 4.3 - full/better support for Intel Skylake chips - and  lo and behold!  it lives! If/As I come upon any further

Solved: Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:00:05 +0100, deloptes wrote: > Have you found solution to this. <> I finally (today indeed) took the plunge & switched to testing - this brought in Linux 4.3 - full/better support for Intel Skylake chips - and lo and behold! it lives! If/As I come upon any further

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

(Sorry if this is a re-post ... I've just (I think) re-registered.) On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:10:02 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: Thanks Darac .. I'm sorry I missed the first part of your response - answered here: <> >> >> daud@debian:~$ lspci -nnk |grep udio 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel >>

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:10:02 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: Thanks Darac .. I'm sorry I missed the first part of your response - answered here: <> >> >> daud@debian:~$ lspci -nnk |grep udio 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel >> Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio [8086:a170] (rev 31) > > To

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 03:33:13PM +, David Parfitt wrote: > > I've often noticed recommendations to uninstall pulseaudio but never seen > a case where it has been reported to work :) apt-get purge pulseaudio > wants to take gnome & lots of other stuff with it :(( JFTR, it worked for me,

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 11:56:32PM +, David Parfitt wrote: > [This mail was also posted to linux.debian.user.] Ummm, aren't they all eventually? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On 11/19/2015 01:32 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Thu, November 19, 2015 4:38 am, David Parfitt wrote: I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2. All's well except that I have no sound. I've done quite a lot of online research but got nowhere. I'm looking for ANY

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 17:01 +, David Parfitt wrote: > I was coming to that conclusion myself, but was hoping upon hope that > I > had just missed something. It also means, I suppose I have to read > up on > the vagaries of UEFI & installing/running second distros. Debian was >

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, November 19, 2015 12:50 pm, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > Doesn't lugging that thing around defeat the purpose of having a > laptop? :) 6 inches by 6 inches by 1.5 inches, knobs and all. To me, the added package is a small price for features such as headphone jack plus RCA

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, November 19, 2015 4:38 am, David Parfitt wrote: > I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2. > All's well except that I have no sound. I've done quite a lot of online > research but got nowhere. I'm looking for ANY other practical ideas, > please. In my

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 12:32 -0600, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > In my experience, a good work-around is to use an external, usb audio > interface, such as the Lexcon Alpha, which costs about $50 and > provides > several significant benefits over on-board sound, whether for laptop > or > desktop.

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

[This mail was also posted to linux.debian.user.] On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:10:02 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:38:51 + David Parfitt > wrote: > >> Hi all: >> daud@debian:~$ aplay -l List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices >> card 0: PCH [HDA

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 19:50:35 +0100 Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 12:32 -0600, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > > In my experience, a good work-around is to use an external, usb > > audio interface, such as the Lexcon Alpha, which costs about $50 and > > provides > >

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:38:51 + David Parfitt wrote: > Hi all: > I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2. > All's well except that I have no sound. I've done quite a lot of > online research but got nowhere. I'm looking for ANY other practical

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 19:59 +, Joe wrote: > If I just want email and web surfing, I carry a netbook, and only > carry power adaptors if I'm not on foot. Horses, as always, for > courses. Right, but you need an external sound card for that notebook, remember? ;) -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson

No sound - seeking ideas

Hi all: I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2. All's well except that I have no sound. I've done quite a lot of online research but got nowhere. I'm looking for ANY other practical ideas, please. What I've done: 1. Checked alsamixer & pavucontrol - I can't find

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:38:51 + David Parfitt sent: > Hi all: > I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2. > All's well except that I have no sound. I've done quite a lot of > online research but got nowhere. I'm looking for ANY other practical > ideas, please.

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 10:38 +, David Parfitt wrote: > Hi all: > I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2. > All's well except that I have no sound. I've done quite a lot of > online > research but got nowhere. I'm looking for ANY other practical ideas, > please.

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[This mail was also posted to linux.debian.user.] Thx for responding, Charlie. On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:30:03 +0100, Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:38:51 + David Parfitt sent: > >> Hi all: >> I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2. >> All's well except

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

On 11/19/2015 10:33 AM, David Parfitt wrote: [This mail was also posted to linux.debian.user.] Thx for responding, Charlie. On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:30:03 +0100, Charlie wrote: On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:38:51 + David Parfitt sent: Hi all: I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) &

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

[This mail was also posted to linux.debian.user.] On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:40:02 +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 10:38 +, David Parfitt wrote: >> Hi all: >> I've newly bought a laptop (details at end) & installed Jessie 8.2. >> All's well except that I have no sound. I've

Re: No sound - seeking ideas

[This mail was also posted to linux.debian.user.] On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:00:02 +0100, Ric Moore wrote: > > For what it is worth, I have both pulse and my user ric added to the > audio group in /etc/group. Trouble shooting with a shotgun again. > Sometimes I get lucky! Ric Thx Ric Yes I forgot