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January 18, 2012

Fix Ubuntu Sound With Module Assistant

I lost the sound on my Ubuntu desktop earlier tonight. I’m not exactly sure what caused it to stop suddenly. Anyhow, here’s the fix. I’m running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I did a little digging around and found one great solution that I would like to share. I’m sharing it, so others can benefit as well.

The solution needs the help of module-assistant, a command-line tool for handling module-source packages specifically for Debian-based distros, which Ubuntu is. Module-assistant will help users build and install module packages for custom kernels.

To apply the fix, you must first install Module Assistant. The command line is abbreviated as m-a. You will need to run update first, followed by prepare, and then run the auto-install of the alsa sound drivers. The series of commands below should do the trick. You will need to reboot after the install.

sudo apt-get install module-assistant
sudo m-a update
sudo m-a prepare
sudo m-a a-i alsa

sudo apt-get install module-assistant sudo m-a update sudo m-a prepare sudo m-a a-i alsa

Filed Under: General, Linux Tagged With: alsa, Linux, module-assistant, sound, ubuntu

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