Dave, Your log files are visual in /var/log/... I am not shore which log file but try to find something about your problems.Maybe you find hardware troubles
Just to work out all possibility's have you tryed other Linux distributions? If the problem is the same then i think your close to a hardware problem. 2007/12/10, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Nothing I could identify as strange. But I'm not that experienced in > interpreting log files. > > This has persisted throughout several versions of Ubuntu, right from my > first installation of Edgy. > > I was beginning to suspect a hardware problem, because I also get > occasional, and again completely random, system freezes. My power supply > failed yesterday and I thought that might have been the cause. But I > installed a new PSU this morning and am still getting the same problems > with sound. Coincidentally, I also had one freeze about an hour ago. > > If this isn't a software problem, then I guess I have an intermittent > fault on the mother board. > > > > > > Gosse J de Jong wrote: > > > > Can you find something wrong in your log files. I mean something > > diverend with yesterday? > > > > Have you try to make a fresh install? > > > > > > 2007/12/8, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > > > Ever since I started using Linux (Ubuntu) about eighteen months ago, > I > > suffered what seems to be a completely random problem where the > > sound on > > my machine is disabled after booting. Sometimes it can take up to > six > > re-bots before the sound eventually returns. I've made several > > attempts > > to track down the cause and have raised the issue on Ubuntu forums > > several times, all without success. > > > > Yesterday, after having failed to get sound going for two whole > > days, I > > started poking around the settings yet again. I discovered that if > > I go > > into the Sound Preferences dialogue and select p16v from the list, > > I can > > get the test sounds to work, even though other applications, such as > > Amarok, Skype or movie player, still remain silent. One odd > exception > > seems to be .wmv files. For some reason, if I play one of these, the > > sound works! > > > > This morning I booted up and lo and behold, the sound is back again. > > It's driving me slowly nuts, so if anyone has any ideas on what > > might be > > causing this, I would be most grateful for suggestions. > > > > The machine has an AMD Athlon XP processor, and a RagePro 9800 > > graphics > > board. Device Manager lists the sound device as : VT8233/A/8235/8237 > > > AC97 Audio Controller. It also lists Creative Labs SB Audigy. I've > > also > > attached a screenshot of the KDE Control Module Sound screen. > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Peterboro mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto: [email protected]> > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > > > > > > -- > > It's not the lofty sails but the unseen wind that move's the ship > > > > Linux Counter number #457714 http://counter.li.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Peterboro mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > -- It's not the lofty sails but the unseen wind that move's the ship Linux Counter number #457714 http://counter.li.org/
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