On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 06:32:34PM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:36:35 +0200 > Csanyi Pal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid) and sofar I have alsa > > installed and the sound worked. > > > > Since couple of days after an upgrade of the system with > > 'sudo aptitude update' > > 'sudo aptitude safe-upgrade' > > > > today sound doesn't work anymore. > > > > What could be the problem, and how can I solve it? > > > > Daft as it sounds, have you tried rebooting? When this testing box > drops its sound that?s the most reliable way of getting sound back I?ve > found.
I discovered today on my Wheezy box that killing the system PulseAudio and running it as my user account fixes all the many sound problems I have had. Turns out the PulseAudio developers don't recommend running it in system mode: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Documentation/User/WhatIsWrongWithSystemWide/ -- Carl Fink [email protected] Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
