sound stopped working

Tue Jun 18 12:02:23 MST 2019

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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