No sound

[Bill Stanley]

Hi,

Yesterday, all application sounds for one of my user account stopped.  I 
still get the startup sound for that account and on the other user 
accounts the sound works OK.  It's obvious that it's not the hardware.

I am using the Mint desktop.  I checked to see if the sound volume was 
turned down and it is at 100%.  I also checked to see if the sound was 
muted, it's not muted.  I checked under system /preferences / sound and 
everything seems to be OK.  When I tested the speakers using the sound 
utility I do get sounds.  Since I get the startup sound, the speakers 
work when tested (using the affected user account, and the other user 
accounts work fine.

Only the applications (Firefox, VLC, etc.) seem affected.  I checked the 
applications but I doubt it is an application setting because all 
applications are affected. Any suggestions on where else to look?


Bill Stanley