no sound
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Brickwizard
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Oh I was not expecting that, will need to think... if your i-mac has the cirris chipset for sound then there was an updated driver put out a couple of months back https://github.com/davidjo/snd_hda_macbookpro, but i will keep thinking
Brickwizard
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@noelw
this has been an on going problem with I-mac sound, I have found this it goes further than i normally do, [YOU do not need to install INXI as it is already installed in Mint]
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this has been an on going problem with I-mac sound, I have found this it goes further than i normally do, [YOU do not need to install INXI as it is already installed in Mint]
How To Fix No Sound in Ubuntu And Linux Mint
Brief: No audio in a fresh Ubuntu install? Only see dummy output? No worries. Here are a few methods that you can try to fix the no sound problem in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. As it happens with every Ubuntu release, you install or upgrade to a newer Ubuntu
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@nolew
In post #36, where you showed the output of alsamixer, there are a couple of adjustments you could try:
unmute S/PDIF;
raise all sound levels to maximum so they show red at the top of each slider.
You can use the instructions for adjustment described by @Condobloke in post #33.
It looks like it's not a full picture of the alsamixer output and there may be more to the right. If there is, unmute, and maximise volumes to see if it makes a difference.
From post #41
I'm not sure we have any basic information about the hardware on the machine, which could help.
Pipewire is not a sound card, rather it's a sound server that can manage sound output that the alsa software in the kernel controls at the hardware level.
To see how many sound cards you have, you can use the alsamixer program, and hit F6. Its output should show all the cards.
To see which is your default sound card at the moment you can run the following in a terminal:
And it would be helpful if you could paste the output of the above command and the following command here in code tags:
so that we know in more detail what we are dealing with.
In post #36, where you showed the output of alsamixer, there are a couple of adjustments you could try:
unmute S/PDIF;
raise all sound levels to maximum so they show red at the top of each slider.
You can use the instructions for adjustment described by @Condobloke in post #33.
It looks like it's not a full picture of the alsamixer output and there may be more to the right. If there is, unmute, and maximise volumes to see if it makes a difference.
From post #41
I'm not sure we have any basic information about the hardware on the machine, which could help.
Pipewire is not a sound card, rather it's a sound server that can manage sound output that the alsa software in the kernel controls at the hardware level.
To see how many sound cards you have, you can use the alsamixer program, and hit F6. Its output should show all the cards.
To see which is your default sound card at the moment you can run the following in a terminal:
Code:
aplay -L | grep -i -A2 sysdefaultAnd it would be helpful if you could paste the output of the above command and the following command here in code tags:
Code:
inxi -Axx
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System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-106-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: iMac17,1 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 9 v: Mac-65CE76090165799A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-65CE76090165799A v: iMac17,1 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple
v: 526.0.0.0.0 date: 11/15/2023
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache:
L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/3600 cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 bogomips: 25599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Saturn XT [FirePro M6100] vendor: Apple Tropo driver: radeon v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6640
Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:3
chip-ID: 05ac:8511
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: eDP res: 3840x2160 dpi: 163 diag: 685mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: BONAIRE ( LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 2.50 5.15.0-106-generic)
v: 4.5 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
Device-2: AMD Tobago HDMI Audio [Radeon R7 360 / R9 OEM] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aac0
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-106-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC vendor: Apple driver: brcmfmac v: kernel
pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43ba
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1686
IF: enp4s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Bluetooth USB Host Controller type: USB driver: btusb,hid-generic,usbhid
bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 05ac:8294
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
sub-v: 21a9
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.35 TiB used: 12.23 GiB (0.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: OWC model: Aura Pro X2 size: 447.13 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
serial: <filter> temp: 32.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Apple model: HDD ST1000DM003 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 438.55 GiB used: 12.23 GiB (2.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 45.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: apt: 2159
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb https: //mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint-packages virginia main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 227 Uptime: 22m Memory: 31.24 GiB used: 1.51 GiB (4.8%) Init: systemd v: 249
runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13
Kernel: 5.15.0-106-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Apple product: iMac17,1 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 9 v: Mac-65CE76090165799A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-65CE76090165799A v: iMac17,1 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple
v: 526.0.0.0.0 date: 11/15/2023
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-6500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 cache:
L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/3600 cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 bogomips: 25599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Saturn XT [FirePro M6100] vendor: Apple Tropo driver: radeon v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:6640
Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:3
chip-ID: 05ac:8511
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: eDP res: 3840x2160 dpi: 163 diag: 685mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: BONAIRE ( LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 2.50 5.15.0-106-generic)
v: 4.5 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
Device-2: AMD Tobago HDMI Audio [Radeon R7 360 / R9 OEM] driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aac0
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-106-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC vendor: Apple driver: brcmfmac v: kernel
pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43ba
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1686
IF: enp4s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Bluetooth USB Host Controller type: USB driver: btusb,hid-generic,usbhid
bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 05ac:8294
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
sub-v: 21a9
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.35 TiB used: 12.23 GiB (0.9%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: OWC model: Aura Pro X2 size: 447.13 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4
serial: <filter> temp: 32.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Apple model: HDD ST1000DM003 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 438.55 GiB used: 12.23 GiB (2.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 45.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: apt: 2159
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb https: //mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint-packages virginia main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ubuntu/archive jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 227 Uptime: 22m Memory: 31.24 GiB used: 1.51 GiB (4.8%) Init: systemd v: 249
runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13
Condobloke
Well-Known Member
That part looks fine.
Do you have Bluetooth installed from Linux Mint ? I can only see bluetooth from apple there. I must admit I am grasping at straws!
"sound all good" is good
Thanks for the output in post #47.
It looks like the best default sound card the Intel 100. That is the sound card the system provides. The AMD sound card is on the Radeon video card. I expect the Intel is the one in current use.
If the sound is good, it's probably best to leave it, but since you have two sound servers running, both pulseaudio and pipewire, it's possible to transfer totally to pipewire which is the more modern alternative with extra functionality. I won't go into the process here since sound is good and it's best to leave well enough alone. Later upgrades may do it automatically.
On bluetooth, I have no experience, so I'll leave that to others.
Well in my rubbish bin i now have a imac. It completely died. It was my second imac that i only had for 2 weeks. It appears i was taken for a fool. It was in a bad state but the seller told me all good, a terrific imac he said. It was crap. My first imac died as well so no more imacs for me, come back one year, NEXT. I am on the lookout for a dell all in one, used of course. Will see how i go.
