Sound stopped working

Mountainjew · 2008-09-24 18:20:36

So i logged in today and my sound is no longer working.

All i've done since last night is install Virtualbox & VMware. When i go into sounds and click test, i get the following message

audiotestsrc wave=sine freq=512 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink: Could not open audio device for playback.

I've tested all the options in sound playback, but this is the error i get when using ALSA.

Any ideas?

Mountainjew · 2008-09-25 22:47:36

Hmmm strange, the sound comes back after 1 or several reboots. First thing this morning i powered on and got no sound, then rebooted and all was fine. Any ideas what could be causing this or how i could diagnose it?

I've tested on other distros and windows to rule out hardware problems btw.

Last edited by Mountainjew (2008-09-25 22:48:08)

rine · 2008-09-26 00:06:10

Do you have more than 1 soundcard?

cat /proc/asound/cards

I once had the problem that the card was randomly chosen.

Mountainjew · 2008-09-26 00:16:34

I have an onboard card aswell but it's disabled in the bios...

 0 [Audigy2        ]: Audigy2 - Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]
                      Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350] (rev.4, serial:0x20021102) at 0x9c00, irq 18
 1 [camera         ]: USB-Audio - USB camera
                      USB camera at usb-0000:00:02.0-6, full speed

I guess since my webcam has a mic it might be causing problems then...I'll unplug it and keep testing, thanks for the help

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#1 2008-09-24 18:20:36

Sound stopped working

#2 2008-09-25 22:47:36

Re: Sound stopped working

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Re: Sound stopped working

#4 2008-09-26 00:16:34

Re: Sound stopped working

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