Sounds like something is muting the apps, or pulse/alsa is broken all together. Install pulseaudio volume contorl (pavucontrol), it's the great equalizer. Most dist mixer apps are crap/overly simplistic, including mint, and hide stuff. In pavucontrol, the "playback" tab shows what apps are opening sound requests. Output Devices tab will show you just that, hardware such to output to speakers. When you launch youtube in a browser, you should see chromium show up in the playback with audio levels. You can control muting directly there as well, make sure they're not muted on either tab. Once you see audio db levels at the playback tab, pulse should route that to your output device, and again see a mirrored db level there for output device being played. You can disable hardware here too if you have anything unused. Sometimes the os will decide to use another output sink, so watching where your audio in and audio out is going helps. HTH! -mb On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 8:41 AM Michael wrote: > the one that comes with Mint. Not trying to be a wise guy. I just don't > know for sure. > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11:13 AM Eric Oyen wrote: > >> Ok, >> This is going to require a bit more research. >> >> Btw, what sound system are you using in Linux? >> >> -Eric >> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Research and >> Development Division. >> >> >> On Jun 18, 2019, at 7:15 AM, Michael wrote: >> >> cbs.com doesn't sound either. >> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:56 AM Eric Oyen wrote: >> >>> Hmmmmm. Ok. >>> >>> So, 2 separate browsers, both display the same issue with sound playback. >>> >>> Well, lets see. >>> 1. Permissions settings for the sound device? >>> 2. Both Browsers part of your user group? Or group assigned to sound >>> device? >>> 3. Both browsers need updating? >>> 4. Codec issues (mp3 audio not supported)? >>> >>> Btw, I just did a duckduckgo.com search for the terms “Linux OS no >>> sound in Chrome or Firefox”. Some of the results are old, but may bear >>> fruit in your case. >>> >>> Btw, I think VLC has a plugin that will work with either browser that >>> can handle codecs and playback media that might not work natively in either >>> of those browsers. Also, have you tried other sites than just Youtube for >>> video/audio playback? If so, does the same issue present there as well? Try >>> playing one of the videos from anime9.com or one of the other >>> movie/tv/multimedia sites. If you get sound there, then it’s clearly an >>> issue dealing with youtube and their handling of the audio portion of the >>> video content. >>> >>> -Eric >>> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Multimedia Support Desk >>> >>> On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:20 AM, Michael wrote: >>> >>> I'm using chrome but I tried with firefox as well and the sound doesn't >>> work with it either. As for extensions or plugins I never needed them >>> before. >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:15 AM Eric Oyen wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, this is getting ridiculous. First system sounds don’t want to work >>>> (turns out to be a kernel version issue) and now Youtube sound doesn’t want >>>> to work. >>>> >>>> Well, considering I had similar issues with youtube in the past, it >>>> usually turns out to be some browser or plugin issue. What is the browser >>>> you are using and are there any plugins or extensions that are needed for >>>> sound playback of streaming content? >>>> >>>> -Eric >>>> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Support services Dept. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:11 AM, Michael wrote: >>>> >>>> now it seems youtube sound isn't working. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:09 AM Eric Oyen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ooooooops! That will definitely do it as well. Mental note, check >>>>> kernel version if lock file issue doesn’t pan out. :) >>>>> >>>>> -Eric >>>>> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Systems management >>>>> Dept. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 18, 2019, at 2:16 AM, Michael wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I solved it.... I am running an earlier kernel. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 4:54 PM Eric Oyen >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> They are usually named after the process and also contain the PID as >>>>>> part of the filename. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Eric >>>>>> From the central offices of the Technomage guild, interesting items >>>>>> dept. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 15, 2019, at 10:31 AM, Michael wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> what are they called. What do they look like? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 10:13 Eric Oyen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Check for a lock file. There is probably one still hanging around in >>>>>>> your /var somewhere. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Eric >>>>>>> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Technical support >>>>>>> issues dept. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jun 13, 2019, at 3:57 PM, Michael wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I remember running pulseaudio once and that fixed it but when >>>>>>> i ran it this time it complained about it already running. Look at >>>>>>> what transpired: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ pulseaudio >>>>>>> E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. >>>>>>> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. >>>>>>> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ ps -e |grep pulse >>>>>>> 2723 ? 00:00:08 pulseaudio >>>>>>> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ kill 2723 >>>>>>> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ pulseaudio >>>>>>> E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running. >>>>>>> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed. >>>>>>> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ ps -e |grep pulse >>>>>>> 7063 ? 00:00:03 pulseaudio >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Would someone help me fix this? >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss