Sound problem?... or?

[Curt Tresenriter]

On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:43:15 -0800
Keith <keith.w_65 at centurylink.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 06:50 -0600, Curt Tresenriter wrote:
> > I have always found sound under Ubuntu to be problematic at worst
> > under
> > many different versions beginning with Warthog but always found some
> > solution when a problem cropped up. 
> 
> 
> The problem is not the restarting of X or any other desktop use. The
> problem is either with the driver or the settings of whatever software
> used to control the sound card input and output. You might want to
> open up a terminal and type alsamixer to see if the settings have
> been set to mute or the volumes are set low. Use the arrow keys to
> navigate left, right , up & down. 
> Despite your experiences the problem is going to be the software
> mixer, not the desktop you use. Or maybe the driver, but that is
> rare. 

ALsamixer has the correct card chosen and all volumes are up - nothing
muted.
In any case VLC always worked would a driver problem not affect
sound from all sources?