On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:37:29 +0000 Eric S Fraga <[email protected]> wrote:
> Response below/inline for email didier gaumet wrote: > > (original email sent 12 Feb 2026 at 10:05) > > > > No idea but if you are using a DE that implements Pipewire natively > > and Pulseaudio as a compatibility layer (Gnome, perhaps KDE and > > others) you could verify the sound setup in the DE and also vi the > > CLI or GUI Pipewire tools > > I normally use Emacs as my DE but I've logged in using a more > traditional one and it exhibits the same behaviour: the devices are > there but no sound comes out of the actual speakers in the monitors. > > I know next to nothing about pipewire. Any suggested things to try? > If absolutely all else fails, it could be worth getting the live version of the Ubuntu that worked, to check the modules used and any relevant contents of /etc, /proc and /dev. A few years ago, I would have suggested Knoppix, which was extremely good at detecting and driving hardware, but the last public version is now five years old. I used to constantly have audio trouble with new installations, and knew how to fix it, but haven't for many years now. The speaker-test utility still works, but at quite low level, which is not where your problem appears to be. -- Joe
