it would be nice if pulseaudio say in pavucontrol would get a find my speakers button which would try what it thinks is a speaker andput a message on the screen asking if the user heard some music. If the answer is no, move onto the next speaker.
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021, Dan Ritter wrote: > Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > I was on the computer and stopped to eat dinner and the puter went into > > black screen as it always does if left unattended. It would not wake up so > > I changed the batteries in my keyboard and it still would not wake up. So I > > turned it off with the switch and then back on. Once it was on it worked > > fine until I tried to play a you tube and found I had no sound at all. I > > checked the sound icon on the top right of the screen and it was set where I > > always have it. I went to the sound thing to check that I have sound and as > > I tested both speakers I heard nothing. The computer seemed to think that > > was fine with a smiley face. > > Are the speakers internal or external? If external, are they > powered up and turned on with an appropriate volume? > > Does it work with headphones plugged in? > > Run pavucontrol and click on the Configuration tab. It is not > rare for this subsystem to decide to select the wrong audio > output device after a reboot. > > Tell us what options it offers you in the Configuration tab. > > > > I am on a Lenova all in one computer with Debian 9. I have not needed any > > upgrades lately so that is not the problem as my system is kept up to date > > with all software. > > I agree that this is not the problem, but you should know that > the reason you are not getting upgrades on Debian 9 is because > Debian 11 is the current stable version. > > -dsr- > >