xubuntu 10.2 xfce lost audio after dist-upgrade;(

[Ben Edwards]

On 12 July 2010 22:02, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:

> On 7/12/2010 3:57 PM, Ben Edwards wrote:
> > I have just done as 'apt-get dist-upgrade' on my xubuntu (mythubuntu) box
> > and now I have no sound.
> >
> > I tried exiting the front end and adding a mixer applet but when I try to
> > use it I get 'GStreamer was unable to detect any sound devise...'.
> >
> > alsamixer reports 'canot open mixer:no such file or directory'
> >
> > here is the lspci:
> > 08:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA
> > High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 10)
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > Ben
> >
> >
>
> Next time you should do a grep on lspci so we don't get all the extra
> un-needed stuff... EXP: "lspci |grep -i audio". That said, try:
>
> rm -rf ~/.pulse
> killall pulseaudio
>
>
Thanks I did that and rebooted and all worked.

Ben



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