Turns out the problem was that in the Sound Settings->Applications, Rythmbox was muted. As to wether that is a bug, I still think it is possible because I haven't messed with the sound settings and this was the first time I tried running Rythmbox.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1383906 Title: [XPS 8500, Realtek ALC887-VD, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: New install, sound plays fine through other apps like movie player, but not with rythmbox, no sound. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC3: triem 2100 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: triem 2100 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC2: triem 2100 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: triem 2100 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Oct 21 16:10:03 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-09 (377 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH successful Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_DevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC3: triem 2100 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: triem 2100 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC2: triem 2100 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: triem 2100 F.... pulseaudio Symptom_Jack: Green Line Out, Rear Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [XPS 8500, Realtek ALC887-VD, Green Line Out, Rear] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-09-08 (43 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/19/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 0YJPT1 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd10/19/2012:svnDellInc.:pnXPS8500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YJPT1:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 8500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1383906/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
