No sound

[pete smout]

On 20/05/13 19:10, Bill Stanley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday, all application sounds for one of my user account stopped.  I
> still get the startup sound for that account and on the other user
> accounts the sound works OK.  It's obvious that it's not the hardware.
>
> I am using the Mint desktop.  I checked to see if the sound volume was
> turned down and it is at 100%.  I also checked to see if the sound was
> muted, it's not muted.  I checked under system /preferences / sound and
> everything seems to be OK.  When I tested the speakers using the sound
> utility I do get sounds.  Since I get the startup sound, the speakers
> work when tested (using the affected user account, and the other user
> accounts work fine.
>
> Only the applications (Firefox, VLC, etc.) seem affected.  I checked the
> applications but I doubt it is an application setting because all
> applications are affected. Any suggestions on where else to look?
>
>
> Bill Stanley
>
dont want to teach anyone to suck eggs.......
but check you still have the correct output device selected in sound 
settings, I managed to change mine somehow once and it confused me for a 
few hours!! Gotta be worth a look!

regards

Pete