Realtek Audio Driver For Linux Mint
There is, of course, an alternate route you could explore, if you don't want to spend ages faffing around in the terminal. Use a USB external sound card.and route the ALSA sound server's output through that instead. There's loads available on the market, they're Plug'n'Play, and most will work with any USB Audio Class-enabled system, regardless of platform.
Realtek Linux Driver Download
I've successfully followed this route to 'replace' a worn-out 3.5 mm headphone socket on a 15-yr old Dell Inspiron laptop.and it was a piece of cake to do so. Just an idea I thought I'd toss into the ring.It's also possible that your 'mini-PC' is so new that the kernel maintainers haven't yet got around to 'reverse-engineering' the drivers for it. It's a well-known fact that it's not a good idea to attempt to run Linux on brand-new hardware for this very reason. Reverse-engineering can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months.and that is not a brand I've ever heard of. Just a brief update. The Intel HDMI/DP.LPE sound card and drivers are now recognized in PulseAudio and in such programs as VLC Player. However, still no sound.
I have been trying to install Intel-linux-graphics-update-tool - as the audio drivers are included with the graphics drivers. I am getting the all familiar 'Package libpackagekit-glib2-18 is not installed' As suggested online, I ran sudo apt-get -f install Also 'wget -no-check-certificate.//download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-GROUP-KEY-ilg' Then adding the key sudo apt-key add RPM-GPG-GROUP-KEY-ilg' Then running sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade Still no luck in installing the Intel-linux-graphics-update-tool. This is not the pc that I use each and every day but am slowly making progress.
Any thoughts, as always, appreciated. Another update. I have decided to use a USB external sound card as it makes perfect sense at this time. I initially planned to install Linux Lite over writing Windows 10 completely, but there was some difficulty in installing any operating system on this Maxesla Z83 mini pc.
Because of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI - the relatively recent BIOS replacement - I could not get any operating system to boot from a DVD or even a USB stick. The Aptio YB1 0.
07 BIOS, is very limited and there isn't anyway to disable either the Quickboot/Fastboot or Intel Smart Response Technology (ISRT) or Secure Boot, in the BIOS. In fact, they are not even listed in the BIOS. It will let you change the boot order: DVD, USB, etc, but getting it to boot from a DVD or USB is not easy, to say the least. The following operating systems would not install.
Linux Mint - Linux Lite - Cub Linux - Lubuntu 17.04 - Peppermint - Cloud Ready a Chromebook derivative However, the only operating system that I could get to boot from a DVD, was Ubuntu 16.04. The BIOS recognized it presence in the DVD drive, the UEFI let it pass and Ubuntu 16.04 installed without any problems. Once Ubuntu 16.04 cleared the way - I was then able to install Linux Mint 18.2. But as said above Linux Mint 18.2 and Ubuntu 16,04 - are the only operating systems that would install on this Maxesla Z83 mini pc. It is clear that the UEFI is causing some problems with installing alternative operating systems.
It may of course be limited to this Maxesla mini pc or it may also be difficult to install other operating systems like Linux, on newer laptops running Windows 10. It has been said that using operating systems like Linux/Ubuntu is a process of discovery and learning. And that is true. Learning something new each day is one of the reason why we come here to Tech Support Guy.