[10:26] <llwalahoop> It seems to be quite slow here.. Anyway I have a clean install of Lubuntu on a laptop HP655. I can't find a volume switch anywhere in the panel (or systray). Anyone have an idea how to get it there? So far I have no sound at all.
[20:58] <llwalahoop> I have no volume control. How can I get to changing volume? I'm running Lubuntu on HP655 laptop.
[20:59] <ianorlin> llwalahoop: you can open a termianl and run alsamixer
[21:00] <ianorlin> or if you want the applet you can right click on lxpanel
[21:06] <llwalahoop> ianorlin: I have a Volume Control visible in Panel Preferences, but it doesn't show. Any idea how to proceed?
[21:06] <ianorlin> llwalahoop: what version of lubuntu is this?
[21:06] <ianorlin> also is this a virtual machine?
[21:06] <llwalahoop> 14.04
[21:07] <llwalahoop> sry I do not know what virtual machine means.
[21:07] <ianorlin> ok then you are not if you don't know what that is
[21:07] <llwalahoop> :) good!
[21:07] <ianorlin> llwalahoop: so sound comes out but you can't turn the volume up or down to be correct
[21:08] <llwalahoop> ianorlin: Oh, I have no sound at all.
[21:09] <llwalahoop> I can't even find the sound card in system profiler.
[21:09] <ianorlin> ah glad I clarified as that is a differnt problem
[21:09] <ianorlin> llwalahoop: does this machine have an hdmi port?
[21:09] <llwalahoop> Sorry!
[21:09] <llwalahoop> yes it does
[21:10] <ianorlin> llwalahoop: are you trying to output sound through speakers or headphones?
[21:10] <llwalahoop> speakers
[21:10] <ianorlin> not connected to say an hdmi monitor
[21:10] <llwalahoop> I haven't tried headphones.
[21:10] <ianorlin> oh it might be trying to use the hdmi as default
[21:10] <llwalahoop> no, not connected to anything
[21:11] <wxl> it's more of a question of which sound card is default, llwalahoop
[21:11] <ianorlin> some people like to use pavucontrol to switch this easily
[21:11] <wxl> pavucontrol is often easier to grok
[21:11] <ianorlin> In my desktop machine I have a bios option to turn of the integrated hdmi audio
[21:12] <llwalahoop> ianorlin: wxl: alsamixer shows that default card is "-"
[21:28] <llwalahoop> ianorlin: wxl: Brilliant! pavucontrol gets me there.
[21:29] <llwalahoop> I only wish to have a control in the panel. Is there a way to do that?
[21:29] <wxl> llwalahoop: it should work now. try it again.
[21:32] <llwalahoop> wxl: Just to make sure: are we talking Panel Applets?
[21:32] <wxl> llwalahoop: yep.
[21:33] <llwalahoop> and plugins?
[21:34] <llwalahoop> wxl: For I still can't make it visible in the panel :|
[21:39] <llwalahoop> wxl: ianorlin: Thanks a mil! A reboot was needed, now everything seems to work as it should.