If you can get local to that machine and not use ssh to connect you may want to check the internal sound chip and if it has failed, you may need a new motherboard. The hard drives here can't verify downloaded files any longer so it's likely this computer also needs a new motherboard.
-- 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: > It was working, and decided to stop talking. > I also tried your idea about the power maybe not being enough, and tried a > bigger PS. > This Intel NUC will use anything from 9 to 19 volts for power. > I was using an old Braille & Speak 12 volt PS, and I replaced it with a > laptop PS. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jude DaShiell" <[email protected]> > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 11:28 PM > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble > > > I'm glad you had an external sound card to use and I'm glad I offered you > that suggestion. > If you're not using the latest version of Ubuntu frimware is likely to be > old on that version and may not include firmware for your internal sound > chip. If you're using the latest version of ubuntu and this computer > talked in the past with the internal sound chip, then you have a real > mystery on your hands. Unless you had electrical damage inside that > computer and that internal sound chip got fried. > > > -- 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, > > Here's an update. > > After stumbling around with alsamixer, it finally booted into the GUI and > > Orca talks. > > This is, however, through the USB external card. > > So on the desktop, I looked at system preferences, hardware, and sound, it > > only showed the USB soundcard, as a choice of devices. > > So although alsamixer sees it in the CLI, the GUI does not even see it. > > So until I find a way to have the desktop see the internal sound chip, I'm > > stuck with the external soundcard. > > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jude DaShiell" <[email protected]> > > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]>; > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 10:23 PM > > Subject: Re: OT, Ubuntu Sound Trouble > > > > > > Have you tried orca --replace lately? > > > > > > > >
