Sound in Intrepid

[Jim Smith]

Jim Smith wrote:
> Charlie Kravetz wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:13:34 -0700
>> Jim Smith <jim at oz.net> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Just upgraded this laptop to Intrepid(8.10) and so far everything seems
>>> good except for sound. Bringing up the Pulse-audio controls doesn't seem
>>> to help.  Gnome Alsamixer doesn't show anything either. Fortunately this
>>> is only my play machine, not for serious work.
>>> Any others run into the problem of no sound in Intrepid?
>>>       
>>> Thanks
>>> JIM
>>>       
>>> --
>>> Its only a hobby, only a hobby, only a hobby, only a ho............
>>>       
>> Xubuntu is trying "Listen" as the audio player because of this issue.
>> You do need to add yourself as a member of the Pulse-audio group, I
>> think.
>>
>> good luck,
>>
>>     
> I did that by using the user & groups manager. Added myself to pulse and
> pulse-access. After restarting the Gnome session I got my Volume Control
> applet back but still no sound. I did notice a message about ALSA not
> running when I logged out.
> I will keep working on it.
>
> Thank you
> Jim
>   
Further information: My desktop machine is running Intrepid dual boot
with WinXP. Sound works fine on it, as it uses a Soundblaster Live
5.1sound card. This laptop uses integrated Intel sound.
Jim

-- 
Its only a hobby, only a hobby, only a hobby, only a ho............