Try running pulseaudio in ssh with nothing on the command line, that may start it up.
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > Hi Jude, > in terminal, I ran > paplay file.wav > and it played like with aplay. > Then, via SSH, I ran > pulseaudio --status > and it came back with > unrecognized option --status > > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jude DaShiell" <[email protected]> > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 2:59 PM > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble > > > I've never run into any command like that. Try running paplay and see if > you can play a sound file with that command. You may also want to run > pulseaudio --status and see what's going on with that system. > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > > > Is pulseaudio not always running? > > Here's where I'm at now. > > I plugged in a USB soundcard, and in the terminal, I can play a wav file > > with aplay. > > But no GUI audio. > > Orca should be running, but there is no sound. > > speaker-test and aplay do work now in the terminal with the USB soundcard. > > Is there a command that will list all sound devices and their states with > > regard to volume and mute status? > > > > Thanks > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <[email protected]> > > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]>; > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 2:11 PM > > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble > > > > > > Was pulseaudio started before that script got run? If not, pactl has > > nothing to control. > > > > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and amo. Please use in that > > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > > > > > Can anyone tell me why I get permission problems on the below command? > > > I found this command on-line while searching for any sort of solution to > > > get > > > audio back: > > > sudo pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ toggle > > > I made it into a bash script and ran > > > sudo bash file.sh > > > Here's a copy of the command and the error: > > > lenny@lenny-desktop:~$ sudo bash unmutetoggle.sh > > > graphic 192 Home directory not accessible: Permission denied > > > > > > Connection failure: Connection refused > > > pa_context_connect() failed: Connection refused > > > graphic 545 lenny@lenny-desktop:~$ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <[email protected]> > > > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]>; > > > <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 1:31 PM > > > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble > > > > > > > > > You wouldn't get the feedback since it's over ssh. > > > > > > > > > > > >
