No Sound :(

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 20:16 -0800, Mark wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Douglas Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > I have xp on the other hard drive and sound works so I guess it's almost
> > got to be a software problem.            Doug
> >
> Okay, I had a similar problem, and here's exactly what (Synaptic says) I did:
> 
> Commit Log for Wed Oct 20 21:08:39 2010
> 
> Removed the following packages:
> indicator-sound
> libcanberra-pulse
> pulseaudio
> pulseaudio-esound-compat
> pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
> pulseaudio-module-gconf
> pulseaudio-module-x11
> ubuntu-desktop
> 
> Upgraded the following packages:
> libpulse-browse0 (1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21) to
> 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21.1
> libpulse-mainloop-glib0
> (1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21) to
> 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21.1
> libpulse0 (1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21) to
> 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21.1
> pulseaudio-utils (1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21) to
> 1:0.9.22~0.9.21+stable-queue-32-g8478-0ubuntu21.1
> 
> Commit Log for Wed Oct 20 21:10:55 2010
> 
> Installed the following packages:
> alsamixergui (0.9.0rc2-1-9)
> libfltk1.1 (1.1.10-2)
> 
> Reinstalled the following packages:
> alsa-base (1.0.23+dfsg-1ubuntu4)
> alsa-utils (1.0.23-2ubuntu3)
> 
> My sound works fine, sans pulse.  YMMV.
> 
> I did also install a perl script that Sonal wrote that provide
> keybaord soundkeys control over volume, something that was completely
> missing after I dumped pulse audio, and the alsa mixer and alsa volume
> control apps just didn't do it for me - they work, but no generic
> control.
> 
> Details here--
> http://sonalsantan.blogspot.com/2010/10/volume-keys-without-pulseaudio-on.html
> 
> Keep us informed - should be interesting.

The part you may have missed is that he reported that pulse worked just
fine, for the OP, with 10.4  This will all end in tears. 
<flibbers lips> Ric


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