Xubuntu 12.04 - sound not working

[Ric Moore]

On 09/20/2012 07:21 PM, Bill Stanley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As an experiment, I installed Xubuntu 12.04 to see if it is acceptable.
>   All in all, it is OK but I am getting absolutely no sound.  I read
> somewhere that XFCE and Pulse Audio might not work in certain instances.
>   I have Pulse Audio installed and I am trying to figure out what is
> wrong.  The problem can't be hardware related because my sound system
> works just fine with Ubuntu 10.10.  I also notice a lack of meaningful
> sound control programs in the default installation of Xubuntu.
>
> I would appreciate any hints in getting my sound working.

For whatever reason they do not list pavucontrol as a dependency. So, 
install that with apt-get. Then, you'll be running after you use it to 
setup your sound system . Ric



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