Gus Wirth wrote: > Bob La Quey wrote: >> I have been using youtube.com for some time now. >> I like the diversity of scenes presented. >> >> But tonight my system quit producing sound. >> >> I have _no_ idea whay. >> >> I have _no_ idea how to fix it. >> >> I tried rebooting from power off, which often in the >> past has got sound going again. >> >> It did _not_ work :( >> >> Can anyone suggest a way forward. > [snip] > > Have you tried booting the system with Knoppix? You should get the voice > saying "Initiating startup sequence" when the GUI starts up. Hopefully > that works, otherwise your hardware is suspect or not supported by Knoppix. > > What is your system? Can you identify the sound card/chip? The output of > lsmod can be helpful. > > What distribution are you running? > > What desktop are you running? From your ps list it seems to be GNOME. > > What sound system are you using (Pulse Audio, ALSA, OSS, maybe something > else)? If you don't know, I'll assume it's the default for your > distribution. > > How have you tested the sound? Do you have a simple command line player > for wav files that you can use for testing? I use a program called > "play" which is part of the sox package in Fedora. How about for mp3 > files? I use a program called mpg123. Others can recommend other simple > players. > > What program are you using for the mixer/volume control? These might not > be the same program, which could be part of the problem. >
At the risk of sounding like a help desk script, .. is it plugged in? I have had an earphone extension cable with a flaky connection that haunted me for a while. It's symptom was that the sound would work for awhile and then noticeably fade to off. It would work after reboot, or sometimes after playing with the driver (disable/enable). It's only after accidental wiggling the connector that I discovered it. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
