No sound on Zorin OS 16.2 Xfce

[ninos]

my laptop has
CPU: Intel Atom x5-Z8300 (4) @ 1.840GHz
GPU: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx

inxi -SMA
System: Host: emmanuel-CherryTrail Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Zorin OS 16.2
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Insyde product: CherryTrail v: N/A serial: <superuser/root required>
Mobo: Insyde model: Type2 - Board Product Name v: Type2 - Board Version serial: <superuser/root required>
UEFI: INSYDE v: TURBOXx.WT102.OABNEEA01 date: 07/08/2016
Audio: Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series Imaging Unit driver: N/A
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.15.0-56-generic

[swarfendor437]

Please open a terminal and enter

sudo nano /proc/asound/modules

and post back the results please.

[ninos]

[ninos]

0 snd_hdmi_lpe_audio
1 snd_soc_sst_byt_cht_es8316

[swarfendor437]

If you don't use hdmi for external monitor, blacklist as per my tutorial here:

[HOW TO] Get a SoundBlaster Audigy Rx to work in your system!

How to blacklist a sound card in Linux Sometimes it may happen that you have a sound device that you do not use or then you are one of those people who dislike Pulseaudio and use Alsa instead. Especially with Alsa it gets very useful if you have only the sound device enabled which you actually use. Here are some notes about using Alsa instead of Pulseaudio in Linux. Start with the minimal installation. When you start with the bare minimum installation (installing only the basic system compo…

[ninos]

So, on my system , i should :
nano /etc/modprobe.d/sound.blacklist.conf
blacklist snd_hdmi_lpe_audio

Have I understood the suggestion of your tutorial well?????????

[swarfendor437]

You will need to add sudo at the start:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/sound.blacklist.conf

Then enter this after nano has opened

blacklist snd_hdmi_lpe_audio

Then save with Ctrl+ O (which is what ^O means. Any time you see ^ followed by a letter it means Ctrl+ letter. Ctrl+ X to exit nano.)

[ninos]

I blacklisted it, but still no sound...

[swarfendor437]

You look like to have not created the blacklist.conf file as it won't be present. Take another look at the tutorial. Your screenshot implies you have tried to edit the proc/asound, but I could be wrong.

Open a terminal and enter:

sudo lshw -C audio

and post back the results please.

[ninos]

I cannot post the result because it appears on the screen of the terminal
for a split second and then disappears !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[swarfendor437]

Pretty sure that shouldn't happen. I will spin up my VM of Core and see if it happens to me. Will also try Lite as a VM too. But first, dinner.

[swarfendor437]

OK, my bad, apologies!

sudo lshw -C sound

[ninos]

this command worked

[ninos]

audio card UNCLAIMED ubuntu 22.04

this site says:
Unclaimed means no driver.

[swarfendor437]

Sadly that is correct. Remember these Notebooks weren't built for GNU/Linux. I would see if you can get hold of an old Dell or old Thinkpad to put Zorin on.

[zabadabadoo]

Can you get a cheap USB sound card for that PC?

[ninos]

thanks for your help, it doesn't matter very much, everything else works well on this old laptop, on Zorin OS. and it's not my every day computer