On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Steve Holdoway <st...@greengecko.co.nz> wrote: > ... cant linux get it's sound sorted out properly? > > I've lost mine again... I know it works as I get a 'click' when a new > window opens. But playing anything at all - forget it. > > System says everything's fine. > Gnome sound preferences widget can see both the analog stereo and the > usb headset, and is allegedly outputting, at volume 100% to both. > alsamixer has all sane values next to it. > > Just no output on either device. Can anyone point me to a decent, up to > date ( this is ubuntu 9.10 ) troubleshooting guide. > > Or start a project to provide a sane alternative to alsa... (:
You mean like pulseaudio? In fact that's probably where your problem lies. Also you could try unloading and relading the relevant alsa modules.
