sound stopped working

[Michael]

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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