Audio is working, but the speaker test doesn't work
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from a minimal cd on a netbook (Asus 1001 PXD).
I've installed the ubuntu-desktop
package using the --no-install-recommends
option.
Everything works fine, except the "sound test" for headphones or analog speakers.
Clicking on the "test" buttons (front left and front right) I don't hear any sound. Despite this, the audio is working properly.
I've checked the audio levels with alsamixer; I have also checked that the test sounds actually exist in /usr/share/sounds/alsa
.
I tried an installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS made with the desktop-cd, and in this case the speaker test works properly.
I suppose, therefore, that the problem could depend on the lack of a package, but I have not identified which one.
I've found the solution:
it is needed to install the libcanberra-pulse
package, that is recommended for the gnome-session-canberra
package, which is one of the packages on which depends ubuntu-desktop
.
I had the same problem after updating to Ubuntu 20.04. and rebooted.
I solved using:
sudo apt-get install -y libcanberra-pulse