[Liverpool] Ubuntu sound prob

[Sebastian]

Do I remember correctly that people were complaining that Pulseaudio 
configuration under previous versions of Ubuntu was really lacking? 
Sorry to offer such as standard 'Windowze' advice - but I would have 
thought that installing first the latest (10.10) Ubuntu would be a good 
idea. Let us know if it still doesn't work after the upgrade and will 
take the troubleshooting further. A clean install (not in-place upgrade) 
would be preferable - to make sure no current configuration files get 
left behind.

Sebastian


On 02/12/2011 10:17 AM, phil hargreaves wrote:
> On 11/02/11 23:28, liverpool-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> Welcome to the list!
>>
>> I'm not sure I will be able to help you much. I'm afraid I'm a Slackware
>> man myself. However, I've done several Ubuntu 10.10 installs recently -
>> and I've noticed that Pulseaudio is used by default - in between
>> whatever software you are using and Alsa. I had myself some problems
>> with Pulseaudio on these Ubuntu machines - mainly with sound stuttering
>> and freezing after a while.
>>
>> I hope somebody who runs Ubuntu will be soon along with more Ubuntu or
>> Gnome specific suggestions (although I wouldn't have thought it is Gnome
>> that's at fault - as you don't have problems with system sounds - but I
>> could be wrong).
> no - there's no sound on anything. See below
>> Few more things:
>>
>> 1. I've tried the website you mentioned (www.afolksongaday.com) and it
>> works fine on my Slackware machine on Firefox.
> it worked fine on SuSE before as well.
>> 2. You didn't say which version of Ubuntu you have.
>
> 10.04 - should i try upgrading to 10.10?
>
>> 3. If you click on the speaker icon in the top right corner, and then
>> 'Sound Preferences' - what do you have listed under the 'Hardware' tab?
>
> This is the odd bit. Under 'Input' it lists my sound card (ICE1712
> [envy24] - an MAudio Delta 44). But under 'Output' it just lists 'Dummy
> Output (stereo)'. So glad it's a stereo dummy output, mono would be just
> dreadful. Under 'Hardware' it lists the card, but as only having input.
>
> i've persuaded 'aplay' to work from a terminal, so i'm concluding that
> ALSA is OK, but Gnome, for its own reasons, hasn't acknowledged the
> output side of the card. And i'm not sure how to persuade it to do so.
>
> cheers
>
> phil h
>
>
>
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