[xubuntu-users] no sound xubuntu 12.04 (had sound previous version)

[Michael P. Reilly]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Wybo Dekker <wybo at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Sound settings are as buggy as keyboard settings. They change
> unpredictably. This works, most of the time for me:
> Add Mixer to your panel: right click panel->Panel->Add new
> items->Mixer->Add
>
> Then left click the new item->select controls-> select them all.
> Sound card: select alsa mixer
> Master, headphone, speaker, pcm: all on and 100%
>
> Then it works, most of the time.
> But often, after logging out and in again, and sometimes impredictably,
> Master appears to have gone to a (very) low level, so keep an eye on it.
>
> On 2012-05-21 10:17, springbunny wrote:
> > On 05/20/2012 11:32 PM, Michael P. Reilly wrote:
> >>
> >> If you have pulseaudio installed, check the "Output Devices" tab of
> >> "pavucontrol" (PulseAudio Volume Control from the Multimedia menu).
> >>  I've found that the device (either headphones or speakers)
> >> automatically mutes after a system suspend operation (pm-suspend) and
> >> possibly after a reboot.  Haven't figured out yet how to deal with
> >> that, but that was the problem I first had.
>

The xfce-mixer hasn't been working properly, which may be part of the
problem.

I've noticed that if I click on any of the mute buttons in xfce-mixer, that
it mutes properly, but I'm not able to unmute.  I need to go to pavucontrol
and unmute there.

For example, if, in xfce-mixer, I mute the speaker, then the speaker and
master are muted in xfce-mixer and the speaker in pavucontrol.  If I unmute
the speaker in xfce-mixer, then only that one channel is unmuted - the
master in xfce-mixer and speaker in pavucontrol are left muted and I need
to unmute the others manually.  If I mute the speakers in xfce-mixer and
unmute the speakers in pavucontrol, then all three unmute correctly.

However, in xfce-mixer, I change to use "Playback: Built-in Audio Analog
Stereo (Pulse Audio)", and right now, things seem to work.

Try setting that, springbunny, and see if that works for you.

  -Michael
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