off and on sound problem

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 21:28 -0500, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> On 12/13/2010 08:25 PM, Mike Holstein wrote: 
> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Douglas Pollard
> > <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >         I am using Ubuntu studio 10.04.   I get sound for a while
> >         after start up
> >         but then loose it. I typed pavucontrol into the terminal.
> >         The volume
> >         control panel comes up and I get an error message
> >         ( connection failed:
> >         connection terminated).  The little speaker thingies in the
> >         Volume
> >         control are showing and X as if muted. If I restart I have
> >         sound for a
> >         while but then loose it.  If I play VLC media player sound
> >         stops and
> >         starts and beaks up and after a while it shuts down
> >         altogether. I would
> >         appreciate any help with this.  Thanks  Doug
> >         
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> > let us know what hardware your using... are you using JACK? is this
> > an internal card? or a USB device? 
> > 
> > 
> > you can run 
> > lspci 
> > in a terminal and paste that here, or
> > lsusb
> > 
> > 
> > i have a VIA sound device that just dies sometimes... what kernel
> > are you using?
> > 
> > 
> > uname -a
> > 
> > 
> > have you tried other kernels?
> > 
> > -- 
> > MH
> > http://www.myspace.com/mikeholstein
> > 
> > http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/
> > 
> I have an AMD 64 dual chip motherboard that I installed about 3 years
> ago . The computer is an HPpavilian 720
>    I am trying to think how to see what kernal is in here. I
> downloaded Ubuntu Studio 10.04 and installed it. I see if I can figure
> out what the kernel is.    Doug

Open a terminal emulation and run

uname -a

;)