Sound muted or turned low

[Jude DaShiell]

Another shorter possibility is rm -fr $HOME/.config/pulse;reboot
When pulse returns on reboot, system defaults will return.
On Mon, 20
Aug 2018, Nick Wood wrote:

> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 07:54:17
> From: Nick Wood <nick at microlitesoftware.co.uk>
> To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Sound muted or turned low
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> When this has happened to me I usually find that removing or renaming the
> .config/pulse directory in my home folder is enough to reset everything.
>
> Can you SSH into the machine from somewhere else, or log in as a different
> user?
>
> I have learned to have a second user account set up so that if I mess up the
> sound on my main user I can still log in with sound to sort things out.
>
> I guess you could boot off the live DVD, open up a terminal session and rename
> the /home/<username>/.config/pulse directory and see if that helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
> On 20/08/18 12:27, Daniel Crone wrote:
> > Yesterday I messed up the sound settings in my linux system.
> > Is there a way to use my ubuntu dvd I installed from in order to go in to my
> > system and unmute or turn up my sound?
> > I hear orca at log in but not after logging on.
> >
>
>

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