sound stopped working

[Michael]

son of a gun. it is happening again and my botes (thread) don't explain how
I fixed it the first time!

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 3:02 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fixed it! I had installed pavucontrol and found out the application was
> accessing the wrong device.
> Thanks so much for the help.
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 2:31 PM Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:
>
>> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 <eric.oyen at icloud.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> cbs.com doesn't sound either.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:56 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 <eric.oyen at icloud.com>
>>>>> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> now it seems youtube sound isn't working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:09 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com>
>>>>>> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I solved it.... I am running an earlier kernel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 4:54 PM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com>
>>>>>>> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  what are they called. What do they look like?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 10:13 Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 at MikesBeast:~$ pulseaudio
>>>>>>>>> E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
>>>>>>>>> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
>>>>>>>>> bmike1 at MikesBeast:~$ ps -e |grep pulse
>>>>>>>>>  2723 ?        00:00:08 pulseaudio
>>>>>>>>> bmike1 at MikesBeast:~$ kill 2723
>>>>>>>>> bmike1 at MikesBeast:~$ pulseaudio
>>>>>>>>> E: [pulseaudio] pid.c: Daemon already running.
>>>>>>>>> E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.
>>>>>>>>> bmike1 at MikesBeast:~$ ps -e |grep pulse
>>>>>>>>>  7063 ?        00:00:03 pulseaudio
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Would someone help me fix this?
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