microphone issue in Xubuntu 12.04 SOLVED

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Gary J. Kirkpatrick wrote:
> > I created a user (no guest existed) and logged in.  I changed to Pulse
> > using gstreamer-properties and it worked on sound recorder and skype.
> >  So the problem lies in the user.  Should I remove and reinstall
> > Pulse?  What would be the best way to do that?
>
> You wrote already that "the problem lies in the user" which means the
> issue is caused by a config file in $HOME. However the installer doesn't
> touch $HOME which means if you reinstall pulse, the problem wouldn't go
> away. So you'd better have a look at the config files in $HOME. In my
> $HOME I see the directories "$HOME/.pulse/" and "$HOME/.config/pulse/",
> and there is a file "$HOME/.pulse-cookie". So I suppose you could rename
> those or move them to another place and then they should be recreated at
> the next login.
>
>
> Nils



Logging in as another user and then the renaming did the trick.  Thanks to
both of you.

Did not find a .config/pulse/ but it did not matter.


garyk
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