Realtek Audio Drivers for Ubuntu

Are there any Realtek audio drivers for Ubuntu? If yes where do I get them and how do I install them correctly? (for Ubuntu 14.04 64bit) Also with jack work okay after I install them?

Curious about the reason? The ALSA drivers don't support microphones for my soundcard (Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 VX). Also, It does not handle audio output quite well. I have issues. Also, I'd really like some software like the windows-only "Realtek Audio Manager" that does effects to the audio such as echoes and so on.

3 Answers

The best thing to do would be to remove alsa and reinstall it. The same thing happened to me when I switched motherboards, and this fixed it.

1. Remove the ALSA packages.

    sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

2. Reinstall the same packages.

    sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

   Packages gdm and ubuntu-desktop are also removed in this process if you are using Gnome. They need to be reinstalled:

    sudo apt-get install gdm ubuntu-desktop # or sudo apt-get install gdm3 ubuntu-desktop

   If you are using Xubuntu this will also happen to you.

    sudo apt-get install gdm xubuntu-desktop

3. Reboot.

    sudo reboot

I had the same problem (internal mic not working) with my Lenovo Ideapad 320, which runs Ubuntu 18.04.

I installed GNOME ALSA Mixer from the Ubuntu Softwares Panel and followed another topic instruction: put the "Capture" full on the right and "Internal" empty on the left, as the following image:

It worked well for me.

Install Pulseaudio Equalizer for purposes:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-equalizer

Your sound card Realtek may have problems frequencies. To solve install OSS. It seems that it is supported. Download from here. Install and restart.

If installation errors, install alsa-oss

There is a similar problem here.