pulse audio update broke sound output

[rikona]

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 03:53:19 +0800
Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:

> On 9/4/24 03:43, Little Girl wrote:
> > Hey there,
> > 
> > Bret Busby wrote:  
> >> Little Girl wrote:  
> >     
> >>> This sounds like it could be a loose wire that got bumped or moved
> >>> to interrupt and restore a connection.  
> >>
> >> That is why I tried with two different sets of headphones.
> >>
> >> Weirdly enough, it was the right hand channel that was missing with
> >> one set, and, the left hand channel with the other set.  
> > 
> > Loose connector on the computer?
> >   
> >> It was that the problem apparently coincided with the update of
> >> pulseaudio, that led me to believe that it was caused by the
> >> updating of the pulseaudio package.  
> > 
> > If it's a loose connector, the timing of the update could be an
> > unrelated coincidence.
> >   
> I was wrong - it is not fixed.
> 
> I switched sides with the set of headphones that I had believed was 
> working, and the channel is still missing.
> 
> I will have to buy another set of headphones, and check it all again.
> 

Do you have another audio device that could check them? May need an
adapter, but that's a lot cheaper than headphones, and may let you use
them with that device for other uses.

Rik