Hello All!

[Member starcraftsteve]

Brand new user here! so far loving it.
I am using an old macbook pro and I think I found a new use for it here with anti-x
For somereason I dont have sound, how do I troubleshoot this?

[Member PPC]

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Hi and welcome.

When reporting this kind of problem, please post your system info (EDIT: the post below this one shows how to do that), so people can have a clue with what’s wrong with your computer.
“don’t have sound” is a very broad afirmation- you don’t have sound at all, or just, for example, in Firefox? Try this:

antiX Menu > Control Centre > Hardware

Click the icon to select the soundcard and see if any souncard is detected. If so, try the “Test sound” icon- and check if you hear anything.

Try all those suggestions and report back here with the results, and your system info!

Edit: please use the correct name for our OS- it’s not antix, or anti-x, it’s antiX, with capital X 🙂

P.

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[Forum Admin rokytnji]

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Some useful commands you can use in terminal

harry@scooter:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.2.2 Distro: antiX-22_x64-full Grup Yorum 18
    October 2022 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Intel model: NUC5i3RYB v: H41000-505
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: Intel
    v: RYBDWi35.86A.0361.2016.1202.1005 date: 12/02/2016
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i3-5010U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Broadwell rev: 4 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1995 high: 1997 min/max: 500/2000 cores: 1: 1995 2: 1997
    3: 1995 4: 1996 bogomips: 16761
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-8
    bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1024x768~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW
    GT2) direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:03.0
  Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.10.153-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-V driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 2080
    bus-ID: 00:19.0
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 02:00.0
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 2-7:3
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1
    lmp-v: 4.2
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 961.33 GiB used: 285.79 GiB (29.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Transcend model: TS32GMTS800 size: 29.82 GiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: External USB 3.0
    size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 27.69 GiB used: 5.76 GiB (20.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.01 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C mobo: 65.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 3333
  Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.33 vbat: 3.15
Info:
  Processes: 166 Uptime: 2h 28m Memory: 3.72 GiB used: 1.12 GiB (30.2%)
  Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 Packages: 1582 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.4 inxi: 3.3.23

and

harry@scooter:~
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC283 Analog [ALC283 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
harry@scooter:~
$ 

also

speaker-test

You just might have the wrong sound chip recognized or volume in alsamixer is turned down.
Howdy and Welcome.
Enabling sound sometimes can real difficult. Or not. Depends on what our members see on your readouts.
Good Luck.

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[Member marcelocripe]

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Hello starcraftsteve.

Welcome to antiX Linux and the forum.

I don’t know how to write in English and I send my texts translated by the internet translator. I hope you can understand everything, if your native language is not English, please translate my original Brazilian Portuguese text directly into your language with the help of internet translators.Regardless of your level of knowledge about GNU/Linux, I recommend you read these excellent tutorials created by @PPC:

What is antiX and how to try it out or install it.
Short essential how-to list for the complete Linux newbie.
How-to install applications – 2020 version.
How to: correctly use antiX forum.

When I first started using antiX, I read the tutorials that PPC created, these readings saved me a lot of time and I think it saves time for any new antiX user. Your time will not be wasted with these readings, everything will seem to be much easier than you could imagine. You won’t waste your time searching the internet or even creating new topics, on the contrary, you will gain a lot of time with these readings.I recommend you try out desktops that have “zzz” in their name. I usually use zzz-IceWM or zzz-JWM or zzz-Fluxbox (each of these desktops has its own characteristics and consumes more or less resources), zzzFM will be the default file manager for your desktop, it it is very similar to the other file managers of other GNU/Linux distributions and Windows XP. To access other antiX workspaces, click on Menu, Desktop, Other Desktops and click on the workspace name, instantly the workspace will be loaded.

Whenever you need to ask for help or technical support in this forum, please explain in detail what is happening, don’t mince words, be thorough when writing, tell your computer characteristics such as make and model. If possible, post the result of the command $ inxi -Fxz from the terminal, copy and paste here in the message of the topic that you are going to create in this forum.

When you start a topic or participate with a post, remember to check the option “Notify me of follow-up replies via email”, by checking this option, you will receive a message in your email box whenever there are replies from topic in question.

marcelocripe
(Original text in Brazilian Portuguese language)

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Olá starcraftsteve.

Seja bem-vindo(a) ao antiX Linux e ao fórum.

Eu não sei escrever em idioma Inglês e envio os meus textos traduzidos pelo tradutor da internet. Eu espero que você consiga compreender tudo, caso o seu idioma nativo não seja o Inglês, por favor, traduza o meu texto original em idioma Português do Brasil diretamente para o seu idioma com a ajuda dos tradutores da internet.Independentemente do seu nível de conhecimento sobre GNU/Linux, eu recomendo você ler estes excelentes tutoriais criados pelo @PPC:

What is antiX and how to try it out or install it.
Short essential how-to list for the complete Linux newbie.
How-to install applications – 2020 version.
How to: correctly use antiX forum.

Quando eu comecei a utilizar o antiX, eu li os tutoriais que o PPC criou, estas leituras me pouparam muito do meu tempo e acho que poupa o tempo de qualquer novo usuário do antiX. O seu tempo não será perdido com estas leituras, tudo parecerá ser muito mais fácil do que você poderia imaginar. Você não perderá o seu tempo com pesquisas na internet ou até mesmo em criar novos tópicos, ao contrário, você ganhará muito tempo com estas leituras.Eu recomendo você experimentar as áreas de trabalho que possuem “zzz” em seu nome. Eu costumo utilizar o zzz-IceWM ou zzz-JWM ou zzz-Fluxbox (cada uma destas áreas de trabalho possuem características próprias e consomem mais ou menos recursos), o zzzFM será o gerenciador de arquivos padrão da sua área de trabalho, ele é muito semelhante aos outros gerenciadores de arquivos das outras distribuições GNU/Linux e do Windows XP. Para acessar as outras áreas de trabalho do antiX, clique no Menu, Área de Trabalho, Alternar Entre as Áreas de Trabalho e clique sobre o nome da área de trabalho, instantaneamente a área de trabalho será carregada.

Sempre que você precisar solicitar ajuda ou suporte técnico neste fórum, explique com detalhes o que está acontecendo, não economize as palavras, seja minucioso ao escrever, informe as características do seu computador, como a marca e o modelo. Se for possível, poste o resultado do comando $ inxi -Fxz do terminal, copie e cole aqui na mensagem do tópico que você for criar neste fórum.

Quando você iniciar algum tópico ou participar com alguma postagem, lembre-se de marcar a opção “Notify me of follow-up replies via email”, marcando esta opção, você receberá uma mensagem na sua caixa de e-mail sempre que houver respostas do tópico em questão.

marcelocripe
(Texto original em idioma Português do Brasil)

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[Member astronut]

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Hello and welcome to the forum!

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[Moderator caprea]

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Hi starcraftsteve, it’s possible that you’re just using the wrong sound card, as rokytnji said. You can quickly select another sound card
menu > control-centre > hardware > Soundcard selection

To see if alsa recognizes the card
cat /proc/asound/cards

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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@starcraftsteve:

Welcome to the antix community.
I hope the suggestions are helpful.

If not, please share in detail and we’ll do our best to get you the information you need.

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Brian Masinick

[Member madibi]

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@starcraftsteve

welcome to the forum 🙂

I had a couple of Macbook Pro, both 32 and 64 bit (from 2007 and 2008)

In case you miss the MacOS look, you can find on this forum two different ways “how to make antiX look like MacOS”.

Please note that on my 2 models I had to monitor very carefully the possible heating problems.
In this case you can test or “macfanctld” or “psensor”.

good luck
m

[Member seaken64]

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Welcome!

I’ll be interested to see how your hardware gets along with antiX. Is this the first Linux you have tried on that machine?

Sometimes getting sound is as easy as opening the alsamixer in a terminal window and selecting each output and turning it up. Also, beware the old “is it plugged in?” trap.

Seaken64

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