sound

[John Dangler]

On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 08:51 +0200, Johan Ramm-Ericson wrote:
> On Thu, October 26, 2006 John Dangler wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:41:22 -0400
> > From: John Dangler <jdangler at atlantic.net>
> > Subject: sound
> > To: Ubuntu User List <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID: <1161823282.6402.347.camel at localhost>
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> > Since I removed totem from both of my ubuntu dapper installations (in
> favor of gxine) the sound on both my machines has completely gone. As I
> used to have gentoo on these boxes, I went to alsa.org to review the
> setup and config of alsa.  None of the config files for alsa are
> contained in the ubuntu installation (at least none that I can find).
> Someone from the list suggested re-installing totem, but unfortunately
> that didn't help anything.
> >
> > Can someone enlighten me as to how sound is configured in ubuntu, and
> possibly direct me in how to restore it without just installing,
> compiling and configuring alsa from scratch?
> > lsmod | grep snd produces this on the desktop:
> > snip... <
> > the terminal bellworks in both machines, and sound is activated through
> the gnome desktop on both machines.
> 
> Sorry, did I read that right? Are you saying that you have working sound
> (i.e. the "login chime") as you are logging in?
No.  There is _no_ sound whatsoever from either machine.

> So, _if_ I understood you correctly, I would like you to check the speaker
> icon on the top panel of your desktop (you are running Gnome, right?).
> Also, taking a look at Preferences -> Sound may also find the source of
> the problem.

The speaker icon on the desktop of both machines has been turned up to
100%
Preferences -> Sound shows that sound is enabled.  when I select a sound
to play I get silence
> 
> HTH,
> Johan R-E
>