Hi, I just installed Zorin os lite and I'm a complete beginner at this so please bear with me. When I first installed Zorin os lite there was already a problem with sound there was no sound, any help is appreciated
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Ctrl+h to reveal hidden files (Files with a . in ront of the name).
If you have a ~.pulse-cookie file, delete it.
Then, navigate to /.config/pulse
Remove the /pulse folder.
Then
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y pavucontrol
pulseaudio --kill
pulseaudio --start
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I checked for a ~.pulse-cookie file there was none, then navigated to /.config/pulse removed the /pulse folder then on terminal:
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y pavucontrol
[sudo] password for jeremiah:
Fetched 252 kB in 10s (26.4 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
pavucontrol is already the newest version (3.0-4).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$ pulseaudio --kill
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to kill daemon: No such file or directory
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$ pulseaudio --start
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$
I remove the hit and get outputs because new users can only put 5 links
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Is there any output to this command (checking permissions issues):
find $HOME ! -user $USER
What is the output of
uname -r
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No output for find $HOME ! -user $USER
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$ find $HOME ! -user $USER
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$ uname -r
5.4.0-87-generic
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$
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It is not a permissions issue, then. Have you tried using Synaptic to install the signed 5.8 kernel?
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Sorry for the late reply
What I'm doing is this correct? (Searching for 5.4.0-87-generic)
If it is what do I install?
Click Search on the top toolbar.
Enter into it linux-headers 5.8.0-63
In the treeview below, you should see listed linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-63
Right click it and select Mark for installation.
Now, in the Search field again, enter in linux-modules 5.8.0-63
Scroll down toward the bottom and right click on linux-modules-5.8.0-63-generic and mark for install. Now, look below it for linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-63-generic and mark it as well.
Now linux-image 5.8.0-63 and mark to install on linux-image-5.8.0-63-generic
Click the Apply button on the top toolbar.
Once complete, reboot and test.
Try either linux-headers 5.8 or just linux-headers and see what it yields.
Synaptic was supposed to make this easier... But without me downloading a copy of Zorin OS 15 Lite o check all this, I think it may be harder.
Let's go with a direct and easy route: Terminal.
cd /tmp/
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8/amd64/linux-headers-5.8.0-050800_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_all.deb
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8/amd64/linux-headers-5.8.0-050800-generic_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_amd64.deb
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8/amd64/linux-image-unsigned-5.8.0-050800-generic_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_amd64.deb
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8/amd64/linux-modules-5.8.0-050800-generic_5.8.0-050800.202008022230_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
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Oh, I see... you are using 32bit.
First, remove all files from /tmp
Then
cd /tmp/
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8.18/ppc64el/linux-headers-5.8.18-050818-generic_5.8.18-050818.202011011237_ppc64el.deb
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8.18/ppc64el/linux-image-unsigned-5.8.18-050818-generic_5.8.18-050818.202011011237_ppc64el.deb
wget -c https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.8.18/ppc64el/linux-modules-5.8.18-050818-generic_5.8.18-050818.202011011237_ppc64el.deb
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
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How to remove files from /tmp?
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$ rm /tmp
rm: cannot remove '/tmp': Is a directory
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$
cd /tmp
rm -r *
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Is this a problem?
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$ cd .tmp
bash: cd: .tmp: No such file or directory
I am sorry- I typoed. It is late here and my head keeps hitting the desk. I just corrected the post above...
It should be
cd /tmp
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Oh ok
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:~/Desktop$ cd /tmp
jeremiah@jeremiah-Lenovo-ideapad-100S-11IBY:/tmp$ rm -r *
rm: descend into write-protected directory 'snap.chromium'?
What should I type?
You can hit the enter key. They are all temporary files.
That is why I took this route - since /tmp directory gets purged regularly. This way it is safe if you forget to clear out the downloads.