Sound settings

[Daniel Anderson]

On 07/18/2013 11:32 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 19/07/13 00:48, Daniel Anderson wrote:
>> On 07/18/2013 10:26 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> On 19/07/13 00:18, Daniel Anderson wrote:
>>>> Ubuntu 12.04 AMD_64 The sound settings is not finding any devices 
>>>> for the first user. Other users both standard and administrator it 
>>>> works fine. The volume control is also missing for this user. User 
>>>> is added to group audio. Sound is working, just no control or 
>>>> settings. Already googled for answers. Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have yo run alsamixer for this user and set the parameters for the 
>>> sound card/chip?
>>>
>>> BC
>>>
>> Yep, everything seems to be in order there.
>
> OK. But what about pavucontrol settings (if you are using pulseaudio)?
>
> [Just to show you how small things can stuff you up..... I have a 5.1 
> sound system. I noticed a while back that 3 of the speakers weren't 
> producing any sound - but I shrugged this off because the Creative 
> Labs setup is a bit aged. I was looking thru the catalogue of my 
> favourite computer shop a few minutes ago with the intention of 
> ordering a new Creative sound package when a thought occurred to me 
> (happens to me occasionally for some reason.....). I got down on my 
> knees, pulled out all the RCA plugs for the speakers from the woofer 
> box, replugged them, twisted them round and round - and suddenly I had 
> all the 6 speakers working! :-) ]
>
> BC
>
I had moved the home directory and it had the wrong permissions, fixed 
that and it's working now. Trying to start pavucontrol gave me the hint. 
Many thanks to all.
Dan

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