Sound System Failure - Or Deaf Old Man...

[Karl F. Larsen]

Larry Shields wrote:
> Joseph wrote:
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>> Larry Shields wrote:
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>>> Joseph wrote:
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>>>> I'm using Ubuntu 9.04, the Jaunty Jackalope...   or Crusty 
>>>> Cockroach....   :)
>>>>
>>>> I loaded the 8.04 and it suggested the new 9.04....    so I did.  I 
>>>> noticed that it does sounds for KNetWalk and a couple of other things, 
>>>> but when I play a YouTube video, it does nothing.  I had to load a 
>>>> program (I forget which one), so the videos would play...   I now can 
>>>> play the video, but there's still no sound, except for what sounds like 
>>>> a waterfall....
>>>>
>>>> I'd run sudo pulseaudio --system and got this:
>>>>
>>>> jlsnurr at jlsnurr-den:~$ sudo pulseaudio --system
>>>> W: main.c: Running in system mode, but --disallow-exit not set!
>>>> W: main.c: Running in system mode, but --disallow-module-loading not set!
>>>> N: main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling SHM mode!
>>>> N: main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling exit idle time!
>>>> E: pid.c: Daemon already running.
>>>> E: main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How can I get my audio system working?
>>>>
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>>> *Check your settings use "alsamixer", then use the right arrow to move 
>>> to each setting, the up arrow moves the setting from off to as high as 
>>> it will go...
>>>
>>> See if this helps... ;-)
>>>
>>> Larry
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>> Larry, I checked that, and everything is wide open...   should be full 
>> volume....    but nothing.
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> *Ok Joseph, that's all that I had to do when I had no audio...
>
> Sorry, but I do not have any other ideas, except use google to see if 
> anyone else has solved the problem...
>
> Have a nice day...
>
> Larry
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>   
    I would like to know if you upgraded your 8.04 or did you put your 
9.04 in a new partition?

73 Karl