<snip> > running. I didn't know it was a wrapper for Alsa. It appears to be standalone > going by the docs (I don't see alsa or OSS listed as a pre-requisite or a > system requirement). > Yes their docs say it runs a sound server. What they don't say is that it is not their own. Pulse is middleware that connects to the default sound server, typically Alsa as noted here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PulseAudio
> Paul > > On 20 Feb 2016 at 5:43, Russell Reiter wrote: > > Sorry to top post. I meant to say PCM channel. Still haven't had morning > coffee. > > Are you using Alsa, OSS or the Pulseaudio wrapper. I've seen this problem > where the Alsa mixer mutes the dsp channel on reboot. > > If you are using Alsa you can try using the alsamixer to unmute the channel > and alsactl store to make the settings persistent. > > > > Hope this helps. > > Russell > > > > Sent from mobile. > > > > On Feb 19, 2016 9:17 PM, "Paul King" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I have what I must describe as a strange sound problem under Linux Ubuntu > > > Studio 14.x. The operating system sound is dead, so is sound which ought to > > > come out of media players like VLC. Sound also fails to work in the browser. > > > > > > BUT, it DOES work perfectly under Audacity. I have tried to change the > system > > > settings to the same settings as Audacity, but I haven't been successful. > > > > > > THere was touted to be a window called "Sound Preferences", but when I > clicked > > > on the speaker icon to select "sound preferences" from the dropdown, the > window > > > that came up was "System settings", which only had icons for the printer, > > > desktop and one other thing that had nothing to do with sound that I can't > > > recall. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Talk Mailing List > > > [email protected] > > > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > --Message-Boundary-8768-- > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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