sound stopped working

[Michael Butash]

You had the wrong output sink chosen for the apps inside pulseaudio volume
control (pavucontrol) app.

You should be able to set the default sink in the output device tab, or
disable the unused output sink in the devices so it only has the one you
want.

-mb



On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:42 AM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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