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Debian Jessie installed on external USB SSD drive. Xfce desktop environment.
kernel release 3.16.0-8-686-pae, SMP Debian 3.16.64-2, Hardware architecture i686 (32-bit system)
I can't get sound working. Alsa sound architecture. I tried various settings, but nothing worked. The Red X mark is shown on speaker in the upper right hand corner.
I solved this issue myself.
Settings > Settings Editor > select 'xfce4-mixer' (left pane) > select 'sound-card' > click 'Reset' button. Log out, then Log in.
To fix a muted sound icon (Red X mark): right click on speaker icon > 'Run Audio Mixer'. This open "Audio Mixer - HDA Intel PCH (Alsa mixer)". From there select the correct speaker icon (internal speaker, mic, headset, etc) and adjust the volume levels of individual components.
Make sure your Soundcard/Modem/etc was actually detected and shows as valid. Generally speaking if it says UNCLAIMED or DISABLED then it probably wasnt detected/configured right
Try running
sudo lshw -C multimedia
To make sure that isnt the case
