Cannot get any sound out of my dell inspiron gaming pc with realtek audio. pls help!
What model is your notebook? I'm asking because when it is a very new one you may need a later kernel which you can install, e.g. mainline or liquorix
Here is a help site:
Maybe this solution can help you if you have the same laptop model:
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Do You get Sound when plugging in external Speakers or Headphones/Headset? Could You post the Output of the Terminal Command sudo lshw -C multimedia please?
Do you get sound when using "Try Zorin" from installation Live USB?
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 05)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 05)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 (rev 04)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal Subsystem (rev 31)
00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 31)
00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation HM170/QM170 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM175 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation CM238 HD Audio Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus (rev 31)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 (rev 79)
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller PM9A1/PM9A3/980PRO
heres specs no audio even from audio jack fairly new to the linux world, i had the sound working great with rpm fusion before on fedora 43 but i decided to switch all my pcs to zorin, oddly this one always has issues with sounds on any distro i have tried i stuck with fedora for while but im dtermined to make zorin behave!
Try this or the guide from Linux Mint forum linked above, it is the same principle.
Add those lines at the end of the file
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:
Open the terminal and enter
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Add the lines
options snd-hda-intel model=auto
blacklist snd_soc_avs
Then press ctrl+o to save, press enter to confirm, and then press ctrl+x to exit the editor.
You can also test if it is enough to add only the second line.
Then reboot.
If it doesn't help repeat the steps and remove the added line/s, then reboot.