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I'm a newbie to linux.
I need to move away from Win98.
Have just installed Lubuntu.
Looks great.
I need to learn.
But I have no sound.
Thus I can't hear Youtube in Chrome.
Anyone there who can talk me through getting sound into my pc please - in very simple steps.
Thanks.

hi

I am ex-w98SE user, welcome....how the heck did you use the net on that? heh heh

1) no sound...Do you mean you have no sound at all or just no sound in playing youtube?

a) I do not use your lubuntu but if you have no sound at all....it might be just some settings in your sound mixer that needs adjusting.

b) Do you know how to install packages using your package manager? or do you know how to use the commands...in a terminal using....sudo apt-get install (packagename)

c) Is Chrome the default web browser for Lubuntu?....Have you tried out sound in a different web browser?

d) Can you see the movie in youtube?

e) Leaping ahead....to see the movie in youtube requires a linux version of Flashplayer. There are 2 types....one is called Adobe and is known as non-free software as you can not edit the code as its a breach of that license and there is also ....open source flashplayer....in my distro is called ...gnash

EDIT

I have just installed Chrome....the 32 bit deb file......and I used a terminal to install it.

steps

download file
Open a terminal...issue commands
sudo su
dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb

(gave me errors....because I was missing packages...you may be similar?)
Packages I needed to install were libxssl and xdg-utils

I use apt-get commands but you may use a package manager?

For me, ...commands were.......apt-get install libxss1 xdg-utils

2) and sound and youtube work for me with Chrome....meaning I did not need that flash stuff I mentioned above.

regards

ok just found google chrome uses a adobe variant plugin that on my system can be found here

/opt/google/chrome/libgcflashplayer.so

1) So installing chrome gives you the plugin

2) Therefore, it looks like you just need to raise and unmute your sound mixer?

so have a gander at the mixer you run from a terminal called alsamixer....which is installed from package called alsa-utils

http://sidux.com/index.php?module=Wikul ... erSettings

start from the section called sound out using alsamixer....ignore the top section that affects only sidux users or xfce users meaning not you.

good luck

The first thing to check is whether the sound is muted. It tends to come up that way when you first install.
This you do using alsamixer.
Linux is not a system that is going to hold your hand as much as you seem to be needing. Good luck to you and you might want to find a book for beginners or a nearby friend who can help you.

Thanks for both replies.
It seems that the ISO cd didn't have alsamixer included and thus not installed. I wonder why it was not included as a basic requirement.
Using the commands you gave me and with a few reboots I have now got sound.
Quite a surprise / shock / made me jump when it eventually came thru - I'd had settings on full volume - silly me.
Win98SE was good and fast and simple. Only thing was it couldn't keep up with today's apps.
Lubuntu is growing on me fast - I like it. I'll probably stick with it.
Again many many thanks.