12.04 new install

[Ric Moore]

On 05/05/2012 06:35 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
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> On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com
> <mailto:wayward4now at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 05/05/2012 04:10 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
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>         On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Hans Muecke
>         <ubuntu-ml01 at __filderstadtweather.eu
>         <mailto:ubuntu-ml01 at filderstadtweather.eu>
>         <mailto:ubuntu-ml01 at __filderstadtweather.eu
>         <mailto:ubuntu-ml01 at filderstadtweather.eu>>> wrote:
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>             Am 05.05.2012 13:22, schrieb Verde Denim:
>          > I have everything running on this system the way I can be
>         happy with
>          > it, except the sound. I've been searching through lots of
>         links of
>          > people who have the same problem, but not much in the way of
>          > solutions. Anyone here gotten past the silence with 12.04? alsa
>          > testing (speaker-test) seems to work, but players, etc - no joy.
>          > Any input is appreciated...
>          >
>          >
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>             Just thinking (since I had the same trouble after upgrading)
>         ... are you
>             a member of the audio group?
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>         looks like I'm about to be... I can't seem to find a satisfactory
>         solution and have seen two recommendations to join that group
>         since this
>         problem will get addressed at some point and I'm willing to help in
>         whatever way I can...
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>     Whoops! He meant is your user in the audio group in /etc/group
>     ??
>     That is the easy way to check: more /etc/group and see if your user
>     is a member of the group named "audio"
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>     ...or crank up your personal user account editor in preferences and
>     do that with a gui. I don't know the name of that KDE application
>     but I'm sure you can easily find it. You user should also be a
>     member of the group "cdrom" as well, if you want to use your cdrom
>     or dvd. Ric
>
> Does this solve the issue for the lack of sound? If it does, I'm going
> to feel mighty n00bish!

It is supposed to add you to the various groups you need to be added to, 
by default.

The usual sound problem is where alsamixer hasn't been set yet. Just 
open a terminal and type: alsamixer.

Look for what is muted (MM) and if it shouldn't be muted, you un-mute it 
using the m key. Things like "Master" shouldn't be muted. Once you have 
checked that, and that all of the sound sources you expect to use, set 
to at least 85%, then close out by hitting the "esc" key. Then in the 
same terminal window just type pavucontrol and examine your 
configuration (multiple speakers, etc, and with that still up and 
running, play some sound file. While the file is playing, you should see 
the volume indicator flicker during the playback, If so, at least your 
system is actually PLAYING the file successfully. Check your volume 
levels on both the "output" and "playback" tabs. You should be hearing 
something now. Ric



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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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