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

[Jerry Longbottom]

On 05/21/2012 02:22 PM, Michael P. Reilly wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Wybo Dekker <wybo at xs4all.nl 
> <mailto: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
> -- 
> What comes after the O-nut?
> The P-nut
> What comes after the P-nut?
> The elephant
> /joke told by my sons/
>
>
>
Form what I posted at here 
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=6a76314e2b213fcf593b31e824adbd79&t=1871357&page=2>

*the solution is to change to default sound card for xfce4 from the 
physical one to the pulse audio card*

to do that

go to xfce-menu->Settings->'Settings Editor' near the bottom

then find the 'xfce4-mixer' item on the right of the menu

then select the active-card property and then edit it put this as the 
new value:

Code:

PlaybackInternalAudioAnalogStereoPulseAudioMixer

save it if it worked the effect should take place emmediatly
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