sound stopped working

Michael bmike1 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 9 18:22:16 MST 2019 

that's what I thought as well.

On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 3:24 PM Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:

> 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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