Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 13.10 (saucy) reached end-of-life on July 17, 2014.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295859 Title: Ubuntu 13.10 no sound Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I get no sound whatsoever. My speakers are connected thru HDMI. When I run alsamixer there is no s/pdif listed. There is a digital and analog when I go to system settings/sound panel. I select test sound in both digital and analog output and I get nothing. I have tried the following things: sudo alsa force-reload Reboot Didn't work Then: sudo apt-get remove --purge alsa-base pulseaudi sudo apt-get install alsa-base pulseaudio sudo alsa force-reload Reboot Didn't work Open the terminal and edit speech-dispatcher file by using the following command: sudo gedit /etc/default/speech-dispatcher In here, change RUN=yes to RUN=no Reboot Didn't work So now what? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32-generic 3.11.10.4 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: mcrae 1382 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: mcrae 1382 F.... pulseaudio Date: Fri Mar 21 14:37:11 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-06 (166 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not accessible: Permission denied No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. SourcePackage: pulseaudio Symptom: audio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-03-21 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/15/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 5.11 dmi.board.name: NARRA3 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC. dmi.board.version: 3.02 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr5.11:bd04/15/2008:svnHP-Pavilion:pnKQ422AA-ABAa6407c:pvr:rvnASUSTekComputerINC.:rnNARRA3:rvr3.02:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: KQ422AA-ABA a6407c dmi.sys.vendor: HP-Pavilion To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1295859/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
