Xubuntu 14.04 system sound not working?











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There are no system sounds as far as I can tell and there is no option for setting this in settings. Speakers are working fine as I'm able to play Youtube Videos.



Its a fresh 14.04 LTS install.



All help is appreciated.



Edit: I'm sorry for not putting things in better words. Yes, Youtube sounds and Songs, movies etc are working fine. Its just sound indication/system sounds which were played as a feedback from system during events.
E.x:Login sound.



2nd Edit: I was able to get Log-in sound working by following this.
However, nothing else has worked to get other sounds working which are mentioned in there.



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Problem;



XXXXX:~$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds
false
XXXXX:~$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds
false


Found solution, looks like this was set to false so I had to change it to True using following commands, not sure why it was on false though.



xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds -s True
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds -s True









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  • Your question is not clear. Can you hear sound when you play youtube vids or not? if not, try this, type alsamixer in the terminal and navigate using the arrows and keep pressing m to unmute all
    – Lynob
    Apr 26 '14 at 11:40










  • You edit 3 solves the problem, but it requires lowercase boolean value.
    – hrzhu
    Dec 23 '15 at 4:03















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There are no system sounds as far as I can tell and there is no option for setting this in settings. Speakers are working fine as I'm able to play Youtube Videos.



Its a fresh 14.04 LTS install.



All help is appreciated.



Edit: I'm sorry for not putting things in better words. Yes, Youtube sounds and Songs, movies etc are working fine. Its just sound indication/system sounds which were played as a feedback from system during events.
E.x:Login sound.



2nd Edit: I was able to get Log-in sound working by following this.
However, nothing else has worked to get other sounds working which are mentioned in there.



3rd Edit:



Problem;



XXXXX:~$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds
false
XXXXX:~$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds
false


Found solution, looks like this was set to false so I had to change it to True using following commands, not sure why it was on false though.



xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds -s True
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds -s True









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  • Your question is not clear. Can you hear sound when you play youtube vids or not? if not, try this, type alsamixer in the terminal and navigate using the arrows and keep pressing m to unmute all
    – Lynob
    Apr 26 '14 at 11:40










  • You edit 3 solves the problem, but it requires lowercase boolean value.
    – hrzhu
    Dec 23 '15 at 4:03













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There are no system sounds as far as I can tell and there is no option for setting this in settings. Speakers are working fine as I'm able to play Youtube Videos.



Its a fresh 14.04 LTS install.



All help is appreciated.



Edit: I'm sorry for not putting things in better words. Yes, Youtube sounds and Songs, movies etc are working fine. Its just sound indication/system sounds which were played as a feedback from system during events.
E.x:Login sound.



2nd Edit: I was able to get Log-in sound working by following this.
However, nothing else has worked to get other sounds working which are mentioned in there.



3rd Edit:



Problem;



XXXXX:~$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds
false
XXXXX:~$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds
false


Found solution, looks like this was set to false so I had to change it to True using following commands, not sure why it was on false though.



xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds -s True
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds -s True









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There are no system sounds as far as I can tell and there is no option for setting this in settings. Speakers are working fine as I'm able to play Youtube Videos.



Its a fresh 14.04 LTS install.



All help is appreciated.



Edit: I'm sorry for not putting things in better words. Yes, Youtube sounds and Songs, movies etc are working fine. Its just sound indication/system sounds which were played as a feedback from system during events.
E.x:Login sound.



2nd Edit: I was able to get Log-in sound working by following this.
However, nothing else has worked to get other sounds working which are mentioned in there.



3rd Edit:



Problem;



XXXXX:~$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds
false
XXXXX:~$ xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds
false


Found solution, looks like this was set to false so I had to change it to True using following commands, not sure why it was on false though.



xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableEventSounds -s True
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/EnableInputFeedbackSounds -s True






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  • Your question is not clear. Can you hear sound when you play youtube vids or not? if not, try this, type alsamixer in the terminal and navigate using the arrows and keep pressing m to unmute all
    – Lynob
    Apr 26 '14 at 11:40










  • You edit 3 solves the problem, but it requires lowercase boolean value.
    – hrzhu
    Dec 23 '15 at 4:03


















  • Your question is not clear. Can you hear sound when you play youtube vids or not? if not, try this, type alsamixer in the terminal and navigate using the arrows and keep pressing m to unmute all
    – Lynob
    Apr 26 '14 at 11:40










  • You edit 3 solves the problem, but it requires lowercase boolean value.
    – hrzhu
    Dec 23 '15 at 4:03
















Your question is not clear. Can you hear sound when you play youtube vids or not? if not, try this, type alsamixer in the terminal and navigate using the arrows and keep pressing m to unmute all
– Lynob
Apr 26 '14 at 11:40




Your question is not clear. Can you hear sound when you play youtube vids or not? if not, try this, type alsamixer in the terminal and navigate using the arrows and keep pressing m to unmute all
– Lynob
Apr 26 '14 at 11:40












You edit 3 solves the problem, but it requires lowercase boolean value.
– hrzhu
Dec 23 '15 at 4:03




You edit 3 solves the problem, but it requires lowercase boolean value.
– hrzhu
Dec 23 '15 at 4:03










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This drove me crazy. Make sure Pulse Audio Volume Control is installed.
To install open a terminal (Ctrl+T) and type sudo apt-get install pavucontrol



This took me forever to find but worked like a charm.






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    Search for Pulse Audio Volume Control in XFCE menu, Go to playback section, you will find the system sounds section. It must have been muted



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    • It is not muted. Actually its set for 100%. :/
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    Search for PulseAudio in XFCE menu. Go to Output Devices section. You will find the mute audio button. It might have been muted.








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      This drove me crazy. Make sure Pulse Audio Volume Control is installed.
      To install open a terminal (Ctrl+T) and type sudo apt-get install pavucontrol



      This took me forever to find but worked like a charm.






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        This drove me crazy. Make sure Pulse Audio Volume Control is installed.
        To install open a terminal (Ctrl+T) and type sudo apt-get install pavucontrol



        This took me forever to find but worked like a charm.






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          This drove me crazy. Make sure Pulse Audio Volume Control is installed.
          To install open a terminal (Ctrl+T) and type sudo apt-get install pavucontrol



          This took me forever to find but worked like a charm.






          share|improve this answer














          This drove me crazy. Make sure Pulse Audio Volume Control is installed.
          To install open a terminal (Ctrl+T) and type sudo apt-get install pavucontrol



          This took me forever to find but worked like a charm.







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              Search for Pulse Audio Volume Control in XFCE menu, Go to playback section, you will find the system sounds section. It must have been muted



              enter image description here






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              • It is not muted. Actually its set for 100%. :/
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                Apr 26 '14 at 11:22















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              Search for Pulse Audio Volume Control in XFCE menu, Go to playback section, you will find the system sounds section. It must have been muted



              enter image description here






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              • It is not muted. Actually its set for 100%. :/
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              Search for Pulse Audio Volume Control in XFCE menu, Go to playback section, you will find the system sounds section. It must have been muted



              enter image description here






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              Search for Pulse Audio Volume Control in XFCE menu, Go to playback section, you will find the system sounds section. It must have been muted



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              • It is not muted. Actually its set for 100%. :/
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              • It is not muted. Actually its set for 100%. :/
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              It is not muted. Actually its set for 100%. :/
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              It is not muted. Actually its set for 100%. :/
              – Glen
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              Search for PulseAudio in XFCE menu. Go to Output Devices section. You will find the mute audio button. It might have been muted.








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                Search for PulseAudio in XFCE menu. Go to Output Devices section. You will find the mute audio button. It might have been muted.








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                  Search for PulseAudio in XFCE menu. Go to Output Devices section. You will find the mute audio button. It might have been muted.








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                  Search for PulseAudio in XFCE menu. Go to Output Devices section. You will find the mute audio button. It might have been muted.









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