[xubuntu-users] Sound gone missing

[Roderick Aldridge]

On 14/04/13 09:36, Peter Flynn wrote:
> On 04/13/2013 10:08 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 04/13/2013 04:17 PM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
>>> On 13/04/13 21:06, Neil Winchurst wrote:
>>>> I have been happily running Xubuntu 12.04 for a while now. Suddenly 
>>>> this
>>>> evening I find that there is no sound. I also notice that the volume
>>>> icon is missing from the panel.
>>>>
>>>> When I try to start pulseaudio volume control I get a message that 
>>>> it is
>>>> 'establishing connection to Pulseaudio ... please wait'. But it never
>>>> starts.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone point me in the right direction please. I have never had 
>>>> any
>>>> problem with sound before.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Neil
>>>>
>>> Strange!! It suddenly occurred to me to close down the computer and
>>> restart, and sound is now working (and pulseaudio is running). If
>>> anyone has any ideas about that one I would be pleased to hear it,
>>> especially as I would know what to look out for.
>>
>> Maybe some update occurred that required the re-boot and your system was
>> just unstable until you did? Ric
>
> Audio control was notoriously unstable under earlier Linuxes, and I 
> used to find things like disappearing icons and non-existent panels 
> quite frequently. Over the last 2-3 years it has stabilised and I 
> haven't had any problems like this (at least from Ubuntu). The idea 
> that it is reocurring is a little worrying. I hope this was a local 
> and temporary glitch.
>
> Video (webcams), on the other hand, remains a fantasy in every distro 
> I have tried.
>
> ///Peter
>
>
I have found that sometimes sound doesn't work after I suspend or 
hibernate my PC. Nothing I have tried gets it back except a reboot.

Roderick Aldridge