[ubuntu-uk] Sound woes - Dapper

[Sean Miller]

MrSparks wrote:
> Just a quick (none technical) thought. I 'lost' my sound the other week 
> by plugging in a USB headphone/mic. I found out during it detection and 
> automatic setup it had altered the default sound card from my onboard 
> laptop card to the "Generic USB Sound Device". Changing it back in Sound 
> Preferences restored all by beeps. Worth checking if you haven't already.
>   
Alas, there are no sound cards listed in the Sound Preferences... :-(

But I did plug some headphones in a couple of weeks ago... could have 
been a factor... don't remember when precisely after that the sound 
disappeared. Worked fine on the headphones, mind you.

Sean