[xubuntu-users] Sound Setting - No Sound

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:46 +0000, John Deakin wrote:
> Ralf,
> 
> Your English is fine, better than my German(?).
> 
> Anyway problem solved. I started off on analogue output but nothing
> worked. Tried all the other options and ended up with digital because it
> seemed to give me more options to experiment with. Anyway as a result of
> your help I have switched back to analogue and everything is now working
> fine??
> 
> What other audio managers are there as I feel distinctly uncertain about
> PulseAudio after this episode.
> 
> regards,
> John

I'm using jackd with ALSA or ALSA without a sound server. I never
experienced issues with obsolete sound servers such as arts.

However, I always needed jackd for audio production and for consuming
multimedia I always was comfortable with ALSA only.

Regards,
Ralf