No sound on Ubuntu Linux: “cannot open mixer: No such file or directory” (solved)

I had trouble getting audio to work on a Ubuntu 15.04 system with Intel chipset audio (Intel Corporation 9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller). Trying to run the ALSA mixer would look like this:

$ alsamixer
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

The fix was to edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf at the very end of the file (changes bold):

# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-usb-audio index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=-2

I modified the index value for the snd-usb-audio module to zero and added a line for the snd-hda-intel module. Afterwards the mixer would start as expected.

One thought on “No sound on Ubuntu Linux: “cannot open mixer: No such file or directory” (solved)

  1. Vielen Dank für die Anleitung,hab damit mein Dauer soundproblem Zotac
    EI750 lÖsen kÖnnen.Mp3 ging aber Chrome und Firefox ohne Sound.Gut das es solche Tipps gibt. Alles Gute
    Micki

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