{"id":64346,"date":"2024-06-04T20:10:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T19:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/64346\/fujitsu-esprimo-q920-no-sound-in-linux\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T20:10:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T19:10:54","slug":"fujitsu-esprimo-q920-no-sound-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/64346\/fujitsu-esprimo-q920-no-sound-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Fujitsu Esprimo Q920: No sound in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No sound on old hardware.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I still have an older PC standing around here, a mini PC. So I put Linux on it and everything worked straight away, but once again the sound didn&#8217;t want to. And then someone says that old hardware doesn&#8217;t cause problems with Linux.<\/p>\n<p>According to the data sheet, the PC has a &#8220;Realtek ALC671&#8221; sound card or chip. Only the &#8220;Dummy Output&#8221; is displayed in the sound settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sound_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"273\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sound_1.png 396w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sound_1-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/64346\/fujitsu-esprimo-q920-no-sound-in-linux\/#No_sound_card_recognised\" >No sound card recognised<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/64346\/fujitsu-esprimo-q920-no-sound-in-linux\/#Using_a_USB_sound_card\" >Using a USB sound card<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_sound_card_recognised\"><\/span>No sound card recognised<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A quick search on the Internet unfortunately revealed little that was edifying. The &#8220;sound card&#8221; is not recognised.<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nandy@andy-ESPRIMO-Q920:~$ cat \/proc\/asound\/cards\r\n--- no soundcards ---\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>At least we now know that we are not alone with the problem.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_a_USB_sound_card\"><\/span>Using a USB sound card<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An easy way to get sound is to use a USB sound card. 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