Sound not working in Toshiba Satellite running F22

[alex94puchades]

My laptop sound was working... intermitently with past releases. With F22, sound stopped working completely. I wanted to file a bug, but I have no experience debugging sound issues and I don't know which component to file it against. Sound DOES work with the headphones, it's the internal speakers that don't work. How could I rule out a harware issue? Help please!

Thanks!

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 0: CX20585 Analog [CX20585 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: MID [HDA Intel MID], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

[Colors]

It can be muted in alsamixer. Write alsamixer command in a terminal and have a look.

[alex94puchades]

I checked it, it's not muted

[Ahmad Samir]

Could you post the output of `amixer` to a pastebin online (e.g. https://fpaste.org )?

[alex94puchades]

http://ur1.ca/mq1uy

[BBQdave]

My laptop sound was working... intermitently with past releases.

I have a Toshiba Satellite notebook - no problems with sound since F16 on. My notebook is Intel processor & Graphics. Not to be a bummer, but could this be hardware failure?

[alex94puchades]

I have a Toshiba Satellite notebook - no problems with sound since F16 on. My notebook is Intel processor & Graphics. Not to be a bummer, but could this be hardware failure?

Sure, it can be a hardware problem. Is there anything that can help me diagnose it without taking it to the technical service? Something like HDDs' SMART but for audio devices?

[PabloTwo]

You could boot from any Linux Live media and see if the built-in speakers work there. Also, check all the setting in PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol).

[alex94puchades]

You could boot from any Linux Live media and see if the built-in speakers work there. Also, check all the setting in PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol).

Sound doesn't work with Tails LiveCD either. I was avoiding using another Linux LiveCD just in case it was a driver issue, but it probably is a hardware issue.

[djl47]

I just installed F22 on a Toshiba Satellite A70 yesterday. I noted that when playing a DVD using VLC that the sound disappears whenever the app has to wait for the CD to spin up. Skipping to the next chapter fixed the sound. As long as I don't pause playback it works OK.

[alex94puchades]

Ok, this is rare. I have just tested a LiveCD with Ubuntu 15.04 (mainly to see systemd working) and sound works, kind of. Enough to rule out a hardware issue anyway. The typical drums sound at logon does work, but any other sound does not. As I return to my typical Fedora workspace I will definitely report it, could you provide some advice about what component should I report it against? (ie: kernel, pulseaudio,...)

Also, I know this is not the best place to do it, but if in addition to the above, someone could guide me about what could be the difference between those two situations (1: sound working at logon, 2: sound not working everywhere else, ie: "Test sound" in settings) it would be really helpful.

This is really confusing. Thanks.

[lsatenstein]

This is what I added to my samsung laptop Fedora 22 Linux.

within /etc/profile.d a new script amixer.sh

#!/bin/bash
sleep 1              
amixer -c0 set Headphone unmute 100%  >/dev/null 2>&1

The reason it is placed there is due to the fact that amixer settings are set to mute when performing a switch user, or when changing from one sound card to another and back again.

On the return, there is no sound. The contents of profile.d are executed for every terminal that is opened. Opening any terminal restarts the headphone jack.

The .bash_profile is not executed when returning from a locked screen action or from a switch user action. Otherwise I would have done the implementation differently.

[lsatenstein]

If the above does not work for you...

place amixer.sh within /bin

within /etc/profile.d
create a shell script (yourname.sh for example)
and within yourname.sh
add

/bin/amixer.sh >/dev/null 2>&1

[alex94puchades]

This is what I added to my samsung laptop Fedora 22 Linux.

within /etc/profile.d a new script amixer.sh

#!/bin/bash
sleep 1              
amixer -c0 set Headphone unmute 100%  >/dev/null 2>&1

The reason it is placed there is due to the fact that amixer settings are set to mute when performing a switch user, or when changing from one sound card to another and back again.

On the return, there is no sound. The contents of profile.d are executed for every terminal that is opened. Opening any terminal restarts the headphone jack.

The .bash_profile is not executed when returning from a locked screen action or from a switch user action. Otherwise I would have done the implementation differently.

When executing this command, sound works again, temporarily. When I try to do the sound test in settings, sound always stops working. I've already filed a bug report.

Thanks for the help, I'll keep you updated.