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All other sound works fine including other music players. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1743663 Title: [AppleOnbdAudio - SoundByLayout, playback] No sound at all Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When running Rhythmbox, no sound is produced when a music file is "played". I get a thump sound from the OS and a pop-up message saying " Couldn't start playback - Failed to link GStreamer pipeline; check your installation" I have tried purging and re-installing but the same problem continues. When I start Rhythmbox from the terminal, I get this message: (rhythmbox:21017): Gtk-WARNING **: Duplicate child name in GtkStack: Add to Playlist (rhythmbox:21017): Gtk-WARNING **: Duplicate child name in GtkStack: Add to Playlist (rhythmbox:21017): Gtk-WARNING **: Duplicate child name in GtkStack: Add to Playlist (rhythmbox:21017): Gtk-WARNING **: Duplicate child name in GtkStack: Add to Playlist (rhythmbox:21017): Gtk-WARNING **: Duplicate child name in GtkStack: Add to Playlist (rhythmbox:21017): Gtk-WARNING **: Duplicate child name in GtkStack: Add to Playlist (rhythmbox:21017): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to grab media player keys: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files (rhythmbox:21017): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: minus one I had this problem once before and I believe an update fixed it. I am running Ubuntu Mate 16.04ppc on a Powerbook G4. This is the current latest version of Rhythmbox on this platform. Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-109.132-powerpc-smp 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-109-powerpc-smp ppc ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: powerpc AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: simon 2322 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Tue Jan 16 23:10:57 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-17 (183 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release powerpc (20160719) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:SoundByLayout successful Symptom_Card: KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O - SoundByLayout Symptom_DevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: simon 2322 F.... pulseaudio Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [AppleOnbdAudio - SoundByLayout, playback] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1743663/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp